My One Bag
After seeing the /r/onebag subreddit earlier this week I wanted to show my one bag. I’ve been traveling with one bag since November 2016. In that time I’ve been to Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, and Thailand.
My one bag has evolved a lot over the many months of traveling, the biggest change of course is the season. I started in Berlin Germany and it was COLD. But now that it has warmed up in Europe, I have left my cold weather gear with family in the states.
Now I spend about half of my time in Norway with my girlfriend and then travel outside Schengen area the other half of the time. I do this to comply with the 90/180 rule but also to simply explore and see more of the world.
Tomorrow I fly from Norway to Morocco for 3 weeks. I’ll be working (i’m a “digital nomad”) and exploring the country with my girlfriend. I’ve never been anywhere in Africa and I’m sure my bag will evolve during this trip alone due to the climate.
THE BAG
The bag is a Timbuk2 Aviator. I’m loving how much I can fit in the bag. I selected this bag because I wanted something that would fit closer and flatter instead sticking out.
I’m surprised how well it has held up through all these travels. I purchased it around July of 2016 when I realized I wanted to explore the world with one bag.
THE GEAR
I’ve added links to items I could find or I think are worth it. No referral links.
Clothing
- 3x t-shirts (cotton mostly, trying to move away from cotton)
- 3x pairs of socks (some sort of wool blend)
- 3x sports style underwear (not cotton) (also not pictured, in the wash!)
- 1x swim/board shorts
- 2x buttoned shirts (sadly cotton right now)
- 1x North face jacket
Electronics
- 2x Lightning cables
- 2–3x micro USB cables
- 2x short ethernet cables
- 1x mini USB cable
- 1x Apple Watch cable
- 1x Anker 4 port USB hub
- 1x Apple 12w USB charger (this chargers your iPhones and iPads much faster than the small chargers)
- 1x USA to Europe plug adapter
- 1x Bose Soundlink Color II (for the beach, hostel parties, or just want decent and loud music)
- 1x wired Apple headphones (for in-flight entertainment)
- 1x BeatsX Bluetooth headphones
- 1x Macbook Pro Retina 13"
- 1x Macbook Pro charger
- 1x iPad Air (with GSM chip) (used as 2nd monitor with Duet app)
- 1x TP-Link travel wireless router/access point
- 1x USB 3 flash drive with Live Linux installed
- 1x Apple Magic Trackpad 2
- 1x Code 60% mechanical keyboard
- 1x Anker 13000mAh USB charger
- 1x SIM card ejector pin
- 2–3x micro SD cards
- 2x micro SD card adapters
- 1x Sonicare charger
- 1x Remington shaver charger
Toiletries
- 1x Sonicare toothbrush
- 1x Remington electric shaver
- 1x Colgate toothpaste 75m
- 1x Old Spice deodorant (blue stick kind)
- 1x GoToob with head+body wash 2oz
- 1x small hand sanitizer
- 1x small Titos vodka
- 2x small lotions (hands, face, feet)
- 1x tweezers
- 1x nail clippers
Miscellaneous
- 1x Anker tablet stand
- 1x Roost laptop stand
- 1x Klein stubby multi screwdriver
- 1x small padlock (for hostel lockers)
- 1x REI travel towel
- 1x Hydro Flask (vacuum insulated) 24oz
- 1x REI backpack rainfly
- 1x small first aid kit (this is a bit big, my first kit was from REI, a much better size, but alas, no REI here) (used up my last kit fixing hostelmates on a camping trip in Puerto Rico ha)
- 2x silica gel packets (for handling any moisture and smells)
- 1x small coin purse (purchased at a Thailand night market)
- 1x climbing carabiner
- 1x handmade parachute cord bracelet
- 1x Moleskine notebook
- 2x pens
- 1x Warby Parker prescription sunglasses
Organizers/Bags
- 1x Sea to Summit Travel Wallet (for passport, misc transit cards for different countries/cities)
- 1x black molle bag (for chargers, cables)
- 1x Amazon basic packing cube kit (not using the long skinny one)
- 1x small case for sim cards (also holds sim ejector)
- 1x small case for micro SD cards (plus SD adapters)
- 1x hard case for Apple Trackpad
- 1x soft case for mechanical keyboard
- 1x REI toiletry bag
- 1x Fjällräven gear bag
- 1x Warby Parker glasses case
- 1x Sea to Summit day pack (stuffs into tiny sack)
Thanks for checking out my one bag! Let me know if you have any questions in the comments or in a message. Later I’ll write about how I prepped to one bag and what I’m think about changing about my one bag setup.
