I am requesting recommendations on a really light efficient carry on?
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June 10th, 2013
I haven’t been doing car rentals because Seattle, where I have continued obligations, is bus and walking friendly and parking fees are wretched.
Makes the last day of wretched as the earliest flight I can get are usually evening flights.
I have tried a back pack and a generic carry on which is bulky and doesn’t manuever over the the often uneven terrain very well.
As far as what I carry on with. A couple days of clothes. A huge pill case. A netbook a folder. A toiletry bag. A supplement powder. A second pair of shoes and a light jacket.
I am usually a heavy packer. Or at least like a lot of room in my suitcase so I can bring plenty back with me. So efficiency and manueverability are new concepts to me.
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I have a nylon sports bad that folds down to the size of a wallet, and expands to hold all the things you have mentioned. It is very lightweight, yet strong.
If you are a heavy packer you might want to get a carry-on plus an additional bag that is made to sit on top of the carry-on and actually is secured by a loop and velcro that goes around the handle of the carry-on when up. This way you can accomodate trips when you have more to pack, and just leave it at home when you don’t. Get a carry-on that has four wheels, even though it won’t work upright on uneven sidewalks well. It will give you a lot of relief when you are walking on even surfaces inside of airports and train stations. Also, don’t get a bag that opens in the middle and you put clothes on both sides of the suitcase. My latest one is like that, and I regret it.
Edit: Actually, something like what @yarnlady suggests sounds good to bring along folded up, and then you can use it for goods you buy while travelling. If it can sit on top of your suitcase, maybe that would work well?
I agree with @JLeslie on this: I like a wheeled case with telescoping handle for the carry-on itself, plus a small-as-practical backpack for the computer (and any other electronics that you can’t have out of sight, as well as camera, external hard drive, power supplies, etc.). Most planes will allow you to carry the two bags, but for the ones that simply can’t permit the wheeled bag (because of space limitations on very crowded flights or very small planes), then the wheeled case is your gate-check bag, and the computer can still stay with you.
For the trip I’m on now, I’ve simply substituted a larger checked bag instead of the wheeled carry-on, so that I can pack for two weeks, including a hard hat and other safety gear, construction boots and several changes of clothes. It means that I have to wait for a bag at the end of the long haul flights, but the mode of packing doesn’t change, only the equipment.
I like the Travelpro rollaboard 20 inch. These cases are what flight attendants carry. I have had mine for years and millions of miles.
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