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You've helped me a lot with this review. I was in doubt whether or not to buy this backpack for my 17.3 inch laptop. Very good review! Congratulations! Greetings all the way from Brazil.
Please redo with military folded clothes. I rarely use packing cubes but want to start using more. I always roll my underwear, socks, tights and trousers.
Compression cubes don't make the bag bigger. I assume that if you still have space after using compression cubes, then you still have space using normal cubes...just put it on top and push down.
Interesting thing about packing cubes and/or compression packing cubes. They may give you more space but the airline WEIGH the bags, not check to see if it is organized or has more room. While I do use them and subscribe to the idea that things are easily accessible, I do not kid myself about the weight. If you are thinking that "oh this is a carry-on" some countries in Europe weight the carry-ons too and have a weight limit. It would be even better if I could remember WHAT i put into each packing cube so I know which one to go through if I need something. Maybe a note taped to the outside would help me.
Would you say on the trip to and while there use uncompressed packing cubes then on the way back use compression to fit the souvenirs you bought while on the trip?
What this review missed is a major flaw in this laptop backpack, that is a lack of bottom padding in laptop compartment. Meaning when the bag is put on a hard surface, it is always knocked, and would even likely to severe damage if the bag falls to a hard surface.
I traveled to nearly 70 countries without packing cubes (Until recently I never heard of them quite frankly) but I think it's now time to ditch the plastic bags. Good review. I will go for the compression ones because I plan to travel by motorbike a lot from now on. Every square cm counts. I will fill the open spaces between the cubes with candybars haha. See, there's a solution for everything.
Thanks, just bought the 17inch but looking at the size on this video it might be a bit too big, wish I'd bought this one but never mind I'm sure it will be just as useful
The premise doesn't even make sense. How can packing cubes save space? The only way to make things smaller is to compress them or fold them, and you don't need packing cubes for that. It's physically impossible any other way. Packing cubes have always been about organization.
You need to over pack the compression packing cubes to maximize the space. There most space savings are at the edges. That's why rolling saves so much space; you can put the rolled clothes at the edges.
Standard packing cubes definitely save space, and much more than this video demonstrates. You've just got to use a different packing technique to do it - rolling, stuffing, etc. I also find that using smaller cubes (especially longer, narrower sizes) strangely enough will save more space than using these larger ones. I would guesstimate that you could save half the suitcase height by using the rolling/stuffing method and different sized cubes.
The principal key to using packing cubes is the way you fold the clothes. There are a few videos that show you how to do it. Again, taking advantage of the packing cubes is how you fold and arrange the clothes inside the cubes.
Thank you!! After my own research today, I narrowed my packing cube search down to the eBags 3-piece, the Shacke 5-piece and the Amazon Basics 4-piece. Then I found your video and you answered ALL of my questions! I occasionally travel with both a TravelPro rollaboard and an Osprey backpack (which happen to be the exact same internal dimensions!) With the Shacke 5-piece set, I can use 3 in my rollaboard and the other 2 in my backpack. Your review is much appreciated : - )
I have been using the Eagle Creek Compression, same what he had shown here, for years. I had no issues and easy to pack my thing and carry it. I love it so much. You get what you pay for.
Thank you for the video. I'll stick to just throwing my clothes in. I think if you simply just fold them neatly it gives you about the same result. Plus packing is a hustle and to have to put everything into another bag feels like more hustle.
After trying many brands of packing/compression cubes, I have fallen in love with the Biaggi cubes. They are a bit pricier than most, but they work the best for me.
I have never thought that travel cubes were meant to save space. That is not the point of them for me. Their huge advantage is in organizing the items that are in them. I use one for my underwear, socks, and handkerchieves, another for T-shirts, shirts, and a few other small items. Organization is the key - not saving any space. No worry about wrinkles. I travel with a small spray bottle that I call my "travel iron." Fill it with water at the destination, unfold a piece of clothing, spray the wrinkles with water, and when the water dries, the wrinkles are GONE.
Probably makes little difference for carry-ons. Large and even medium suitcases definitely benefit because you have two compartments to organise and optimise. Easier to do piecemeal! And without everything falling out of place with one change. 😹
Tests like these are misleading. It looks like you saved space with the compression packing cubes, but that's only because the clothing wasn't really enough to "fill" the suitcase (a lot of the space in the first experiment was just air). If you were to stuff even more clothes in there, and wrestle the zipper shut, the suitcase would essentially be your compression cube, which is basically how we always travel because my wife insists on stuffing every last atom possible into a suitcase. Neither of these products are about saving space because neither of them can save space. The advantages have more to do with organization. Not only do they group items, but they are useful for transferring between outer containers, like from a suitcase to a backpack or drawer. The key difference between both styles is how form-fitting they are, which can be a pro or con depending on your use case.
