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Got roasted by a hostel owner for my packing method, now I swear by a different system
She told me my 'roll everything' approach was wasting space and making my bag heavier, so I switched to compression cubes last year - which side do you fall on for long backpacking trips?
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reese_nelson1mo ago
Last year on a three month trip through SE Asia I saw a guy in a hostel in Luang Prabang with a full sized rolling suitcase. He was struggling to get it up the stairs to the third floor. I asked him about it and he said he just preferred having everything laid flat. I stuck with my compression cubes and a 40L pack, never looked back. Different strokes I guess but that suitcase guy looked miserable every time we hit a new city with cobblestone streets.
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terryk101mo ago
Honestly watching someone try to drag a full size roller through old town Luang Prabang made me glad I switched to a 35L pack years ago. Your compression cubes and 40L setup is the move for that kind of travel, @reese_nelson saw it firsthand.
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