Hello everyone!
I’m following this subreddit for a while now and I own quite a few bags myself.
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Many bags suggested and reviewed here are from companies that are located in the US / Canada, China, etc. and are really hard to get or very expensive to import into Europe.
I’m from Europe and I didn’t follow through with some purchases just because the shipping and / or import fees would be almost as much as the bag itself.
While reading through many many comments I noticed that I’m not alone with this problem. Many Europeans feel a bit neglected by some bag manufacturers and are looking for alternatives.
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I hope I can provide this alternative or at least make the search easier for all of you looking for bags / brands that either are located or ship to Europe to an affordable price.
In the past two weeks I went through so many threads in different subreddits to accumulate a list of brands / manufacturers / shops.
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Disclaimer: I’m a somewhat experienced one bagger with the longest trip being 6 weeks. I know thats not a long time compared to some of yall. Feel free to disregard my advice/rant. I’m also pretty new to reddit. Obviously this rant won’t apply if you’re doing 6 month trips or crazy intense outdoor trips like Patagonia.
I’ve seen a few posts here that I was about to respond to before I realized I was about to comment the same thing. There are four things you absolutely need to prepare/bring for any one bag trip (or trip in general):
Documents and copies of documents
Way to contact the outside world. Think phone or laptop
Shoes and a jacket if you’re going to freezing areas
Enough cash to handle small emergencies (think $300) in addition to your budget.
Everything else DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECT. You don’t need $120 shoes or merino wool shirts. Oh no, you’re $35 headphones won’t cancel out 100% of the noise on a train; …
The one cable to charge them all.
Sigh, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time and money on USB-C items. It’s embarrassing, but it’s the kinda thing I’d do. Just some stories and experiences.
For a good long while there was no USB-C Flashlight, so when Nitecore released the TIP SE, I immediately jumped on it. Hoho! Now I can charge everything with one cable!
But in the end, it’s was just okay. I found myself really missing my previous flashlight, the Nitecore Thumb. It has a swivel head that’s just so useful.
I could hang off my necklace and swivel the head to throw light in front of me when I needed to be hands-free. The TIP could do hands-free if you have a cap to clip it to, but I’ll never carry a cap. The thumb could lay it flat on the ground and swivel the head toward the ceiling or wall to get a little bit of lamp effect. You can place off an edge and get a little bit of a spotlight effect. It even …
Hello.
I’m looking for recommendations for winter jackets I can travel with that will keep me warm and dry in the Austrian winter. I know the common recommendation is to get an ultralite packable puffer and a hyperlite rain coat and layer layer layer, but I dislike the way puffers look. If at all possible I’d like to have an organic material outer like wool or waxed cotton for my jacket. Something that is water resistant, will dry relatively quickly, or at the very least won’t be uncomfortable or smelly if it’s moderately damp. I’ll be staying in cities with amenities like heat to assist with overnight drying and won’t be doing any extreme winter sports, so my main concern here is looking decent and staying comfy while wandering through Christmas markets.
Alternatively, if someone can tell me more about expected conditions in winter in Austria who has more experience than just what Google can tell me I’d be grateful for that as well. If it …
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One of if not my favorite brand, I have most of their stuff and feel more people in here need to experience it too. I have the:
-Limitless button down -Evolution pants -Diversion pants -Movement shorts -Versa Hat -Airloft shirt jacket -Airloft hooded jacket
If you’re interested ask me anything about these products. Hope this helps!
I’ve been looking for a small hair brush to help shrink the size and weight of my toiletries pouch and found this bamboo handle and plastic bristle model marketed by The Body Shop. 4.5” long, 1.5” wide, 1.5” tall and weighs 1 ounce. $5 on Amazon and elsewhere.
Hey guys!
I’ve been a Onebag-traveller for years, without knowing that that’s a lifestyle! I’ve found this sub yesterday and I scrolled through every post for the past hours, it’s such an awesome community! So Thank you 🙏
But I’ll get to the point: My girlfriend and I both are Vegans for some years now. I don’t want to start a discussion on that, I respect every decision. Many things on your packing lists aren’t vegan, as there’s lots of clothing with merino wool, backpacks with leather patches, notebook and other sleeves and bag as well. That’s fine, I really liked merino wool socks too, before I went plant-based. There also is soaps with honey, shoes from leather, pillows and blankets with animal-stuff, camera gear with leather patches etc., you get it, I guess.
Sometimes it is quite hard, to find good gear which is lightweight, travel-proof and also vegan.
I’d actually like to gather some products and create a vegan …
5’8” 135lb
Size S
Product Page / Release: Thurs Oct 21 2021
Hey there Outlier fans~ It was my pleasure and honor to review Experiment 285 - Cottomerino Billboard. Cottonweight Billboards have been my favorite top ever and I wore one nearly EVERY DAY in 2021. As such, I naturally found myself comparing the two a lot so this review will be viewed through that lens. Just to get this out of the way early – I recommend against sizing down on this one; stick with your usual UFT size!
Discord selfquote: ‘It feels like a refined, more sophisticated but still pretty chill older brother of the CWBB’
Cottomerino, man, this is some lovely and unique stuff. I think its uniqueness comes from its combination of some factors that I’m used to existing separately in other fabrics that Outlier uses. Because these luxurious features are so familiar separately, I must admit that I did not find the fabric …
The Outlier Crew was kind enough to send me a Cottomerino Billboard to test out (thanks again!). It arrived earlier today, so I’ve been putting it through the paces and gathered some initial impressions of this indulgent blend.
For sizing reference, I’m 5’9”, 155 lbs, 36” chest, and I went TTS (small) with this piece. It fits nicely, chilled-out, without being unduly oversized.
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##Fabric Composition Cottomerino has the same 280 gsm weight as FU/Cotton, but it’s made up of an intimate blend of 50% Supima cotton and 50% 15.5 micron merino, a pretty wildly luxurious combination of relatively-rare materials.
##Feel The hand of this fabric is soft and dry, kind of like a marshmallow with a higher thread count. Although it has substantial weight, it feels lighter than the numbers would suggest. I’d say the overall vibe is in the realm of fancy sweatshirt material. It’s just structured enough that it softly stands off the body and feels kind of like being draped in a …
The wearable Outlier material sampler pack of jackets, boasting an idiosyncratic amalgamation of F.Cloth, Duckcloth, Purling Fleece, and Polartech Alpha 120 insulation, Prodigy Mutation (Imgur album, product page and info here) is a wild take on the classic type 3 jacket form.
With a name that suggests some sort of capable mostrosity has escaped from the Outlier lab, it’s clear, from the jump, that this piece has some spunk. The medley of materials seems like the clothing equivalent of reaching into a box of See’s truffles, grabbing a fistful of various flavors, and stuffing your face; notes of dark chocolate, marshmallow filling, orange cream, and hazelnut ganache swirling around like a drone-shot view of a squaredance wedding with an open bar.
Garish similes aside, this piece seems like it would be dope for cold weather, when you want that heavyweight workwear vibe, with a ‘where did you get that?’ twist. The combo of liner, insulation, and hood should help this thing hold up in …
Anyone riding to work year round? I usually avoid the harshest weather, but things being what they are I figured its time to HTFU and really get some base miles in. My one way commute is around 25 minutes involving a bridge on a citibike. Since I usually ride my road bike until about 25F, I already have a ton of winter bike gear which I’d like to avoid using since my commute is so short. Looking for layering advice and non cycling specific clothing recommendations for when temps dip below 40F. Thanks!