Packing Cubes?
Oct 15, 2010 | 7:39 am
#16
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Using the search function will help you find that there are many other threads already going on this topic, maybe this thread can be added to a currently existing thread. Here are a few of the 72 threads I found on this topic:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...like-i-am.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-one-trip.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...endations.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...compactly.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ing-cubes.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...like-i-am.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-one-trip.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...endations.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...compactly.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ing-cubes.html
Oct 18, 2010 | 9:00 pm
#17
Join Date: Jan 2007
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A few other threads also touch on the folders (and sleeve to a lesser extent). The sleeve is a tight fit in a lot of carry on bags FWIW.
Oct 20, 2010 | 10:21 pm
#18
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Don't forget one of the benefits that cubes with plastic liners offer. If you are forced to check a bag and it's raining, the bag will get wet but the clothes will stay dry. This has happened three times to me.
Oct 21, 2010 | 8:40 am
#19
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It will also help protect against spills from within your bag. I packed in cubes for a flight to Europe with Mrs. DCATravel and she packed a bottle of Fabreeze. Needless to say the bottle broke and her clothes were fresh smelling but soaked. After $300 in cleaning, my wife now packs in cubes. 
Oct 21, 2010 | 8:47 am
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I'm a big proponent of the Eagle Creek products. On all trips I use their shirt cube, which I find keeps my shirts wrinkle-free and tidy, and I take a small zippered cube for smaller items like socks, underwear and belts and any accessories (gym watch, etc.). If it's a longer trip, I often take a third cube for other clothes like pants and shorts. The cubes do a great job of keeping things organized and fairly compressed and wrinkle-free.