alphaod

Be fair, should have disclosed it immediately. By responding the way you did, it's not the guidelines issue, but rather you made it sound like you're a shill.

Mikity

I am also beginning to have second thoughts about packing cubes, after loving them unconditionally - they certainly take up more room in your suitcase. I guess I could use lots of smaller ones, but that would be missing the point, wouldn't it?

wendyg

Mikity: for years I've used space bags that you fill and roll to get out the air . They weigh hardly anything, and I find it really useful to be able to move around blocks of things when packing/repacking. I'm tired, though, of the fact that they wear out and leak. Have just gotten a pair of Eagle Creek silnylon packing cubes - they also are near weightless, and while you can't get out quite as much air they do very close to the same job and like the space bags they don't really add any volume of their own.

Fortunately for me, a pair of jeans folded in thirds fits perfectly, as do folded shirts, and then the cube itself fits perfectly in my bag (the LL Bean Quickload Duffle no one else seems to use...) with space along each side for things I prefer to keep separate for quick removal (socks, a T-shirt and sleep pants for late arrivals, etc.

wg

Mikity

Interesting, so you pack them and then squeeze the air out of them somehow?
How do they compare to plain old Ziploc bags?

Loren Pechtel

I've used the type you suck with a vacuum cleaner before. They were wonderful for transporting a couple of pillows. That was before the TSA era, though, I would hesitate to do it now.

chx1975

Hrm, not sure what bad publicity are you talking of, one of us raised the question that (s)he found the Reposer kind of unnecessary to which I answered I am not sure whether it would cause any problems with flight attendants. It might not even violate any FAA regulation I just thought of the FAA since child seats need an FAA approval, but it could be just the airline. Here, look at Westjet

Another example, the Griffin Skyview tablet mount is presumedly OK despite it clearly attaches to the seat -- but perhaps it's small enough to not cause a ruckus? Who knows these things.

wendyg

You put stuff in them, seal them, and roll them up and squeeze the air out - they have a one-way valve (which ziplock bags do not have). I've never triied a plain Ziplock bag, but I imagine it would be hard to get quite as much air out.

wg

hunter hair

just being mentioned in this blog makes "bad/unnecessary travel gear" under a google search for the RePoser, but anyway, to answer your question, the RePoser does not attach to the seat, it simply sits on the side armrests, and mine has been checked out, tested out, and commented on by dozens of flight attendants. Not one of them said it was a problem.

Mikity

Thanks.
Are clothes more likely to crease than inside regular packing cubes?

Mellonc

Yes.

I only use these occasionally for laudnry coming back. I find however that I don't save that much space. Once the air leaves the bag it becomes really hard. like a little ball of rocks. The pliability is, then, gone from your bag making the part where the "rock" is stick out a bit.

I'm on the fence about whether to call this "unnecessary" or "useful." I do however carry around an empty one in case I need it. it doesn't take up much room or weight when not used.