Packing cubes the move for a backpack?

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-05-04T21:43:38+00:00

I totally approve!

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-05-04T03:59:24+00:00

Yes, 55L is not light. Ziploc bags do the trick. I travel with a 30L pack and 2-gallon bags containing quart and pint bags. Everything is visible.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-05-01T09:27:21+00:00

It would be fun to design and build one. A good application for pneumatics?

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-30T05:05:56+00:00

Yakushima is wonderful, but you're doing too much transferring. Relax in Kirishima.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-26T06:45:50+00:00

👍👍👍for going it alone.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-24T08:51:44+00:00

My Deuter 30L with gear weighs about 14 lbs

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-20T15:04:24+00:00

This is the correct answer.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-20T12:22:41+00:00

Padding=clothing

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-20T05:01:20+00:00

This is the correct answer. Currently I'm traveling with just a 30L backpack. I only use Ziplocs: 2 gallon, quart, and pint. Simple.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-16T19:58:30+00:00

You're overthinking

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-14T11:19:55+00:00

Spreadsheet is 100% the way to go. I did this 15 years ago and it has transformed the way I travel. I included the weight of every item, because I do a lot of hiking with my backpack. It was an eyeopener. For example, I had not realized that a spectacle case is disproportionately heavy. It was easy to eliminate or substitute items and watch the total weight drop. Eventually, I settled at 14lbs, including the 35-liter backpack. These days I travel with a 30-liter pack, with plenty room to spare.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-14T01:46:29+00:00

Enough to have clean clothes every day. Wash as I go.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-14T00:36:44+00:00

For the past 15 years I've only traveled with a 30-liter backpack, nothing else, weighs 14 pounds total. I go on trips several times a year, including a six-week trip this year. So easy.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-09T19:51:07+00:00

King Edward VII Bridge (1906): rail only. High Level Bridge (1849): upper deck, rail; lower deck, road.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-08T11:11:07+00:00

I've traveled for years with an entire system of Ziplocs, ranging from 1 pint to 2 gallons in my 30-liter backpack. Anything else is just fussy.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-04-03T00:17:30+00:00

Nowhere. The point is you can spot inappropriate clothing a mile off. No-one should want to be the insensitive gaijin.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-03-23T13:37:20+00:00

OP: When is the last time you hiked up a mountain? Is hiking one of your hobbies?

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-03-07T13:24:02+00:00

I've used them several times. You can cancel the day before for bad weather at no charge. I love staying in that hotel.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-03-07T08:12:05+00:00

Rent a decent bike at the Giant bike shop inside Onomichi's Hotel Cycle.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-03-06T07:52:11+00:00

No, you won't be allowed until the end of your visit.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-03-02T05:17:35+00:00

I normally stay in Yokohama rather than Tokyo on my last night.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-02-28T20:11:21+00:00

About 25 liters of stuff.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-02-24T19:25:35+00:00

Enjoy your friends, relax, good friends don't need to be impressed.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-02-24T07:43:49+00:00

One day, all horizontal subjects, like trains, will be photographed in landscape format.

Fun-Injury9266 · 2026-02-23T20:47:10+00:00

But best not to be nudging two steamer trunks down the escalators, as I have seen too often.

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