Roll-up garment bags?

[mikel51]

I ended up purchasing the Ogio Dapper bag a few months ago, and thought I would update the thread.


OGIO - Dapper Garment Bag. 108129--2.8 lbs, 21" x 12" x 9", nylon (~$65-75)--I purchased it for about $60 on ebay.

It is very light and great for 2-3 day trips (for my style of packing)--could probably push it to 4 but would likely switch to a roller for 4 days or longer.

It is fine for taking 3 days worth of hanging clothes--an extra pair of pants and shirts--perhaps a sports jacket (not usual for me). I put sneakers and workout paraphenalia in one of the end pockets. Socks, toiletries and some miscellaneous in the middle that is surrounded by the hanging clothes. The other end pocket has a few miscellaneous items I want to be ready for easy access (liquids in quart zip lock, power bar, power cords not in my briefcase, DVDs for entertainment, etc.). On my recent 3 day trip, there was plenty of room for stuff I might have acquired along the way.

Overall a very functional design....at first I was a bit annoyed at the zippers being on the stiff side and not really easy to work...but after several uses, I have either become more facile or the zippers and material stiffliness have loosened up a bit. If there was one improvement, it would be to have zippers that lock when the zipper pulls are down and to make the zippers a bit easier to manipulate.

Definitely a nice bag for short trips when you want it easy to get in the overhead bins and want to not be a bin hog.

[cjohnston9999]

Has anyone tried the Duluth Trading One Night Stand? I bought it originally for quick trips in North America with a suit and a couple of shirts. Since then I have used it for a week trip in APAC successfully. Very inexpensive, sturdy but it does have a flavor of carrying saddlebags through the airport.

http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/d...7701-C64851-L2

[brunotattaglia]

I'm relatively new to the Suit Traveler set, I never realized the frustrations your world endures. On my most recent trip I swore I would like to never travel with a regular garment bag again. It just doesn't make sense to have a duffel AND a brief/shoulder AND a garment bag.

So, there seem to be 3 major styles:

Fold in half (traditional, wide and flat)
Fold in thirds (ends up shaped like a duffel but with no other storage space)
Roll-up (usually with storage space in the "hole")

Can anyone give insight on if either of the tri-fold or roll-up styles increase wrinkles on a suit?

What about buying something like this and putting it into a regular duffel? It's only $35 and it could go from shoulder bag to roller as you needed it. Do you think it would cause excess wrinkles?
http://www.ebags.com/eagle_creek/pac...modelid=108705

[brunotattaglia]

can anyone say whether the tri-fold or roll-around design makes for more wrinkled suits?

[patk]

Originally Posted by brunotattaglia

can anyone say whether the tri-fold or roll-around design makes for more wrinkled suits?

I use a B&R trifold, and my suits come out great. What few wrinkles there are come out quickly after letting the jackets hang in a steamy bathroom. Most of the time I don't have to do anything, the jackets come out fine. I wouldn't put my suits in a standard rollaboard though. I tried once, but my shoulders are too wide and the jacket doesn't fit well in the suiter panel (I wear a 44L suit).

[tfar]

Originally Posted by brunotattaglia

can anyone say whether the tri-fold or roll-around design makes for more wrinkled suits?

Depends a bit on how big your suits are and how good you are at folding. As patk said, large suits (44 and bigger) are harder to fit into a suiter panel in a roller. There is more shoulder room in a carry tri-fold. A suiter panel in a roller usually fits two suits whereas a tri-fold might fit up to three depending on the model. However, shoes and other stuff will be much harder to pack in the tri-fold in general.

Search for suit folding and packing on this forum and you will find some techniques that allow you to pack a suit in any case without any specialized device. I am currently traveling with my suit folded in the video technique (there is a video where I show how it's done) without a panel in my Plat5. The Plat5 actually has a good panel but the video technique works just as well and saves the weight of the panel.

So, if you know how to fold a suit you don't really need any special bag for the task. The best bag would be a rather hard bi-fold suit carrier.

Finally, there are some rolling carry-on size tri-fold bags out there. And some hybrid rolling garment bags (Tourbach for example).

Till