Originally Posted by
lobo411
Could you give me a ballpark figure of how much it can be safely compressed? I'm backpacking thru France from July 14 thru August 11, and I'm debating taking a test kit with me just for the convenience factor (now that I know I can just buy one kit at certain Walgreens. Thanks Downinit!). The only rub is that space is at a premium and things will get jostled a lot. I can protect things against getting crushed as long as they're compact, so it would help a lot to know how much it can be compressed.
IMHO, the box is at least 4x as large as it truly needs to be. I'd say it could easily be 1/2 the height and 1/2 the width.