tentseller

Extension cord, mine is 3 metres with three two pronge US outlets at the end.

Eating utensils: I have a folding lexan spork and a pair of metal chopsticks that comes apart and screw together like pool cues in a carrying case.

phisher4

Plastic grocery bags for stinky workout clothes and/or dirty shoes.

Cargojon

I always use the hangars from the hotel room closet that have the pants clips on them for this purpose.

I used to carry a bottle opener/wine cork but the TSA took it once and I haven't replaced it.

wendyg

Like a couple of others have mentioned, I carry a spork, and like one other I carry a pair of travel chopsticks that unscrew into halves. Also, since a trip to Tokyo (where I couldn't read the very few street signs and there are many confusing entrances and exits to the metro), a small compass. A 3x5 paper notebook and pen. Small bottle of baking soda (for use to wash things out, general cleaner). Small amount of gorilla tape wound around a plastic core I picked up somewhere. Packing tape strips (http://www.amazon.com/3M-3750P-Scotc...ng+tape+strips) - they take up no space, and surprisingly often I need to put something in the post. A small pair of scissors with round tips sold as "mustache scissors" - I keep it in my liquids bag so they don't have to dig through anything to see them.

Also: 1-2 large cotton handkerchiefs. I prefer them anyway because they don't disintegrate when you use them, but besides nose-blowing and glasses cleaning (not in the same corner of the handkerchief) they're useful if something spills or to hold something hot, or to provide a safer, less slippery surface on which to fix/take apart something small (glasses, microSIMs). Also, I tend to think that if you carelessly stash a partially used handkerchief in the pocket where your wallet is, even the most diehard pickpocket might draw the line...

wg

Jay K

I had $5 off and free shoprunner shipping so splurged on this portable clothesline by Sea to Summit.

There are threads about braiding your own clothesline, but I like the neat package and bead system by Sea to Summit in lieu of clothespins.

I really splurged on their folding bucket as well (comes in a handy square zip-up pouch) - makes laundry so much nicer to do than in the sink. I also use this for various purposes while camping/backpacking.

I too travel with a "spork" - a plastic one by Light My Fire and their Titanium one when not flying (too paranoid that non-US airport screeners will try to confiscate as it does have a small serrated edge on the fork portion.) Used to also pack chopsticks, but found them redundant in my quest to go "ultralight" whilst traveling.

Microfiber "handkerchief" as many public restrooms in Asia do not carry paper towels; Can double as a bath towel to dry off in a pinch (or whilst camping). Quick-drying too.

Collapsible funnel for filling a flatpack platypus.

Pair of nitrile gloves and 1/8th of a kitchen sponge.

This bottle opener carabiner keychain.

lwildernorva

A couple of clear plastic one-quart sandwich bags. Don't use them on every trip but invaluable when I need them.

Cloudship

A few squares of that puffy shelf liner. Great gor use on glass or slippery table tops and desk tops to keep laptops, fans, bottles, etc. from slipping around or making a racket.

Jeannietx

I have ten 12" ball bungee cords that I have strung together for a clothesline. They are much stronger and more adjustable than the clotheslines I have seen at REI or online. Smaller space? Remove a cord or two.

Obviously this isn't for a long weekend trip. It's for the two and three + month trips where it is a huge help with the things I want to hand wash so they aren't ruined.

lwildernorva

Talk about repurposing! I generally carry a few bungee cords on my golf trips in case the rolling trolley I rent doesn't have straps to secure my golf bag. Now, I have a second use for those cords. . .

langham123

The can opener 'universal' product was picked up at Walmart some years ago. It's only half size. Keep one in my 'hurricane' kit' as well. Not been stopped so far, but so much inconsistency in the TSA, who can say. It isn't listed as banned.

wendyg

Ah, yes: I also carry a rubber? braided clothesline, a packtowl, a couple of spare small plastic bags, and a small pair of latex gloves.

I like the chopsticks because I find it's easier to eat airplane salad with them than with a plastic fork.

My one real luxury item is the Contigo leakproof flask. Having once lost a small laptop to a computercidal mug of tea, I don't like open tops...

wg

Hoyaheel

I try to carry the small/cheap corkscrew (like this so I don't care if TSA takes it. Good luck if I can actually open a bottle of wine with one, but it's better than nothing. I did have mine taken away by Costa Rican airport security (some of the most strict I've faced) but I asked them to let me keep the cover (since the screw is what they objected to) and I had another cheapie at home missing its cover/arms, so that was nice. Of course they thought I was bonkers, but then, they had just taken my 2 inch corkscrew as a security threat, so I'm not sure who was bonkers more in that scenario.....

freecia

Thank you! I've been carrying around a tear by hand roll of packaging tape. The flat version is more space efficient, though I usually pack the roll around some ziplock bags or high heel (lost space below the shoe unless packed along something squishy).

I have the Sea to Summit ultrasil kitchen sink http://www.seatosummit.com.au/produc...-kitchen-sink/ It can carefully be stood up when full in the shower and is great for hand washing when I'm traveling in shower mostly countries + "designer" shallow sinks. My laundry kit also includes amenity kit toothbrush, travel laundry line, 2 plastic clothes pins, few slivers of Fels Naptha in a pill sized baggie for stubborn stains, spare clothes pins, cupboard bag hook from Daiso, and Shout Wipes. The Daiso hook clips onto cupboards and is intended hang a plastic grocery bag. I use it in cruise cabins more than hotel rooms. It all fits in an old Singapore airlines economy amenity kit bag.

All these little things might seem to account for a lot (especially since I pack an item called the kitchen sink...), but I'm a one carry-on + personal item leisure traveler. It all fits in a small space.

I would like to replace my mini tape lint roller with a flat tape style lint remover. Are there any suggestions? This is the one I have:
http://www.amazon.com/3M-Mini-Lint-R...YVM9H1D4R530NV
I'm leaning towards trying out a stack of full sheet post-it squares.

Buster

If you work in an office that sends FedEx, you might purloin a couple of FedEx label sleeves. They work brilliantly as lint removers!

CMK10

Napkins. I keep some in my bag and my car glove compartment. Amazing how often you run into a mess, get your hands dirty, need to blow your nose etc.

I also like having a pen and some paper, also good to be able to work stuff out by hand if you have to.