October 14, 2009 Convinced
Here’s a comment from OBOWer Alan that’s worthy of its own post:
Out of curiousity I have applied what I have learned reading this website and the kindred www.onebag.com, over the last few days, to my last trip to Hawaii during September.
That was made using an expensive and very lightweight large rolling suitcase, a Rimowa Salsa 29-inch,which costs twice what the Redoxx Air Boss costs. I recall that my case outbound came to 43 lbs. as measured by my Balanzza digital scale, (including the pillow I added to fill out the top of the plastic case, trying to avoid its being damaged) My wife’s Rimowa by the way, came off the carousel in Kahului with a split in one corner.)
By looking carefully at what I actually USED (or needed) during that warm weather trip, including a few alternative choices, I find that it all could have easily fit, for the entire eight or nine days we were on Maui, into something like the Air Boss, an outfit which including that suitcase, which would have come to…17 lbs.
Clearly I have been doing something WRONG. I don’t intend to make the same errors in the future. Interestingly, when I traveled to and from college, and then medical school, 1967 through 1975, the suitcases I had were fabric Boyt cases, with zippers, without wheels, of course, that my late mother bought for my sister and myself.
Plus ca change, c’est la meme chose!
To which we can only say ‘bon voyage’
Reader Comments (3)
Glad we could convince you.
Nonetheless I wonder how you come down from 43 lbs to 17. 2 for the pillow, maximum 10 for the difference in luggage weight. So that leaves us with 31 lbs. Where did the rest go?
Enlightened travels,
Till
Alan,
Once you make that sudden realization - that you really don't need that much on a daily basis and can get away with carry on - there's no turning back. Congrats!
Till,
The extra 31 lbs seems to be all the extra clothes and items that he took and which he never used or needed.
Curious as to what my experience has been with luggage and packing, I jotted down what items I have owned or used since my teens. These came to TWENTY-TWO, of which half remain in at least current usage, plus another three in storage. Of the current eleven, nine are sized to allow carry-on usage, but of course, all with pros, cons and limitations. At this point, more than in the past, one starts to realize that WHAT and HOW to pack are at least as important as into WHICH bag one packs it.