Hi there
A warning about OSUZA who got kudos for their admittedly pioneering Canvas backpack. They released a V2 preorder on their website 4 months ago, stating they would ship out within 12 weeks, which, 16 weeks later, is still listed. My backpack never arrived, they have ignored every communication attempt I have made via email, Instagram, Facebook.
All the while they are posting on socials.
Stay away!
I am no means an artist, but I like a little color in my notebook and I find watercolors super charming. So I always carried a small kit like this: Some stories and how I do it, how it might look.
Watercolor Tin: Wrigley’s
I looked for ages for a good tin, every country, every grocer I’d scan the gums and candies for a tin that might be good as a watercolor tin. I finally found a good one in the Philippines.
For a good while, I was using an Altoids tin, and it serve me well. but a couple of things annoyed me about it. 1) I’d use the lid to mix paints and the embossed lid made the paint swish around unevenly. 2) The hinge made it so it wouldn’t lay flat, so paints would unintentionally run into each other. This Wringleys one is perfect, it’s slimmer and it just gives just enough space to lay one or two cards on top. The lid …
\^ review above :) if you want to full version.
This 18L REI Rucksack is awesome. Its definatlely a “one bag” because I’ve been looking for something versatile to take traveling; versatile meaning able to carry in the city and on the trail. I used to have 2 separate bags and decided to consolidate.
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This rucksack is the perfect size for a day trip, and is minimal. the highlights include
- lots of hidden anchor points (14 actually)
- secure water bottle pockets (cannot stress this enough)
- comfortable padded straps ( wide enough so it doesn’t chafe my neck….I’m looking at you Deuter!)
-laptop carry/hydration pack with false bottom
- And its $65 , very affordable
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Now, I’ve owned a few REI bags before, but I’m honestly blown away with this bag and the Rucksack series in general. No knock on REI, but in my mind they’re jsut a more generic/budget bagmaker. But damn …
hey onebag, I just got back from a 2 week trip to Puerto Rico to visit family, and I wanted to share my post trip review with y’all : ) this time in photo form instead of a drawing.
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*worn
I. Bag
II. Clothes
III. Misc
IV. Toiletries
Hi there!
I started with a big ass suitcase 6 yrs ago. Now I’m down to a 40L backpack, and if I need pro-level equipment I bring 1-2 small hand-carry items (10+20L)
I say extreme because I do a lot of camping, hiking, biking, mountain, sea, and so forth activities which subject one to freezing, scorching, and wet conditions for days on end and often outside of civilization support.
As a result I have spend ~5 years optimizing my setup to accomplish such.
The entire setup fits on my bike or person
I work remotely (blog & YT shit) and require audio, video, and visual processing tools. I have moved ~30 times in the last 5 years and value portability, durability, and quality at a reasonable cost.
I thrift 80% of my gear so all prices are the prices I got them at - new and current prices may differ.
Here we go:
This is my main setup including laptop, documents, 3-4x …
Don’t know how much traction this will get with the demographic, but i would assume that onebag doesn’t always have to be Merino Wool and Outlier Slim Dungarees. Anyone pack any more “high end/luxury or stylish pieces just because? Maybe your favorite broken in japanese selvedge denim , cool looking vintage shirt or a Raf Simons cardigan?
Don’t kill me in the comments.
Material is the core of Outlier, so every year we’ve been looking back through the very particular lens of the fabric we use, here is 2021.
Allwool
This was one of Albini’s new fabrics, love what they’ve been doing lately but this one wasn’t that memorable, their sweet spot is when they mix new things into their core expertise with cotton and linen shirting, the pure wool stuff isn’t quite as exciting.
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Alphawoollinen
The duvets returned and did quite well. Still too early to tell what it takes to scale these products but the response was certainly good enough to merit pushing forward to the next stage. And of course I sleep under this stuff every night.
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Bombtwill
2021 was incremental for this stuff, 22 promises a lot more wildness with these structures.
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Buffalo Drill
We haven’t really fully wrapped our heads around this stuff yet. The initial experiments provided a bit of data but no real hard …
My wife runs hot at night. Like, really really hot, so much so that I was convinced she had hyperthyroidism or something. It’s been this way her entire life. Our AC is set super low to help but she can’t fall asleep without the weight of a blanket, so it’s been a struggle to find a duvet that balanced heftiness without overheating her.
In her first trimester, this problem increased significantly. The Alphawoollinen email miraculously hit my inbox after one of her worst nights of sleep. I’ve only purchased shorts & pants from Outlier previously and had never heard of the product, much less envisioned spending $600 on a blanket, but the description sold me and I purchased the blue version immediately.
She loves it. She has *zero* complaints. I know the smaller size is an issue for some, but we embraced the Swedish method of double duvets and she’s on the tinier side, so it’s worked out well for us so far. It seems like she’s much more …
I discovered Outlier a few years ago when I started looking for a travel-friendly wardrobe. The first piece I tried was a pair of slim dungarees. As a woman with curves - the combination of the gusset and functional pockets was magic! Over the next couple of years - I’ve added all the available colors for SD.
2021 - I decided to try a couple additional things - and introduced my family to these. And well - I won’t even try and count what I’ve spent so far - good thing my travel budget was available. So without further ado - here’s the list:
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|Style|Item|Fabric|Inseam|Price| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |Darts|STRONGDARTS|Strongtwill|29.5|198| |Dungaree|SLIM DUNGAREES|Workcloth|32.5 or 36|198| |Dungaree|BOMB DUNGAREES|Bombtwill|33.75|198| |Works|FUTURESLIMWORKS|F.Cloth|33.5|148| |Works|BOMBWORKS|Bombtwill|32|198| |Other|INJECTED LINEN PANTS|Injected Linen|32.25|198| |Shorts|NEW WAY SHORTS|F.Cloth|8|128| |Shorts|OG FREE WAYS|OG Cloth|9.75|225|
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I find the current offerings from Outlier to be a little confusing and I am 6’6” so I care about inseam more than anything else. Made this little chart. Might help someone else? Only including Outlier staples, not the more experimental styles…