Pardon the rant, but I need to share…
I’ve carried a 26L navy GR1 for years. It’s rugged, spacious, and has served as my primary EDC and travel backpack, alongside a few “specialty” bags for one-bag travel or hikes.
My wife, however, thinks I look like a little kid going off to school with my blue backpack. That’s not exactly what I’m going for, especially since I’d like my wife to find me and my attire attractive, so I’ve been looking/hunting/lurking for a leather backpack for work for 10 months. I promised myself that if I landed a great job I would buy an heirloom-quality bag.
I’ve researched and considered well over 100 leather backpacks since my search began. Mass-market brands, small independent makers, USA-made, and foreign options. Chrome tanned, vegetable tanned, top loaders, zip semi-clamshells… I’m sure that I didn’t consider EVERY leather backpack currently available, but I’ve scoured the internet and Reddit for as many options as I could find.
After landing a great new …
The SUV was also full of lap-bags. Oye it was a long six hour drive.
My wife’s bag, kids and mine are in the mountain smith tote. The giant bags were my mom’s and sisters, four of them.
This a really good visualization. It’s a pretty minimal set up and you really don’t need to deviate from it too much. Tweak based on your specific needs. Happy one bagging.
Seeing the chaos with Southwest Airlines and people reportedly being told their checked bags may not be returned for over a month makes me happy that I one bag for trips. It sounds like there are people stuck in airports without their belongings and I would be incredibly frustrated.
To anyone traveling, stay safe!
Introduction
First of all I have to say I’m not an experienced onebagger but I have done quite a few trips with only one bag. As much as I prefer a solid bag which will last for years, looks good and fits all my needs sometimes less is more. Especially when you look at some of the prices here. Bags for over 300 bucks or even more with the same purpose as a bag worth 10 times less than that. I did some experimenting and testing with a recent purchase and found out for myself this isn’t necesary and everyone can do this.
Packing list:
Clothing
Tech
Toiletries
Other
The bag
I recently bumped into a backpack in a Primark shop. It was …
I probably started onebagging instinctually because, well, I had a backpack for school and it was easier to just use that than to go out and buy a suitcase.
Over time I started cutting the weight in it drastically so that I could travel more flexibly without getting a sore back. A single light backpack meant that I could visit my family often via a train plus a one hour bike ride. I can wander fairly freely in the entire Bay Area with no car, including a fun trip from Napa back to SF via the ferry.
I enjoyed that flexibility on solo international trips as well. I was able to pack for trips from two days to two weeks in ten minutes or less. Leaving the house for any reason is a bit of a challenge for me mentally, and onebagging meant that the stress that comes with managing bags on transit and not knowing if I could react to unexpected events was drastically reduced. It turned managing limited space from a stressor into a fun challenge.
When COVID hit, I didn’t travel for a …
Injex Blazer Raw White L (returned) I felt like a doctor wearing a lab coat. Maybe I should have sized down but since injex has no stretch, I sized up.
Experiment 319 - Injex Sleeveless Popover NYD Quiet Shade S My favorite drop this year. I absolutely love this. Wear it around the house, take it on a bike ride, wear it to drinks paired with my injex double breasted blazer. Such an amazing piece especially during the heat of summer.
Experiment 320 - Injex Wrap Skirt NYD Sagebrush ONE SIZE Such a fun challenging piece. I never wore a skirt before but the air flow is real. I like wearing it around the house and to more progressive places like the Thundercat concert I went to (lots of others wearing similar skirts). I almost always wore this with my injex popover but I am looking forward to finding more pieces to pair it with.
Experiment 315 - Injex Dartflows Black 33 I love these pants so much. I get lots of compliments on them and they have such a nice silhouette to them. I dislike …
I loved the threads @abe1x used to post here regularly. Curious what stuff y’all are enjoying and using here as we round out 2022?
For me, not a lot of new stuff recently but loving the Tipitinas Monthly Record Club. This month was a holiday themed record which included a bonus flexidisc of Gypsyphonic Disko’s bounce version of The Dreidel Song featuring Katey Red. https://youtu.be/yadQ0Qk-X_k
Been using the BrainWave app to get those binaural beats dialed in.
Didn’t fancy myself a Key Thing guy but love it. Also got OrbitKey clip 2.0 so I can split my keys and a duplicate set except car fob on one and e-bike stuff on the other.
Sensaphonics custom earplugs got me through another year of dozens of shows. All praise due.
Finding myself going back over and over to the Goose album Dripfield and recent EP Undecided, particularly the song All I Need and the song Tumble. They crushed a two nighter in New Orleans 10⁄6 and 10⁄7 but for those two songs, I …
reposting cause I messed up the title.
Shamelessly stolen from prior posts.
This is also where you should ask your WTF ID.