![]() ![]() “I’ve been through some that can’t take the (literal) heat and also that have zippers that quickly failed,” she says, but her cubes have held up. ![]() “Instead, I pack indoors in packing cubes and simply add them to our luggage that is stored in bins in the garage as the final step.” They’ve so far survived the wear and tear of travel and several whirls around the tumble dryer. “Ever since getting the cubes in 2019, I don’t bring our luggage inside,” she says. The Calpak cubes have changed the way her family prepares for trips. “I heat the cubes in the dryer before bringing them back into our closets to eliminate any bedbugs that may have tried to ride along,” she says. Summer Hull, director of travel content at The Points Guy, doesn’t just use packing cubes to keep her family’s luggage organized: She uses them to protect everyone from bedbugs. Sizes: Envelope (13 x 10 x 1.5”) Small (12 x 8.8 x 3”) Medium (15 x 11 x 3”) Large (17 x 12 x 3”) | Non-compression | Water-resistant, with one waterproof pouch “I pack too much I can never organize myself, and with these, it’s so easy to organize and set one size for underwear and bras, and another for tops and blouses, and the other for pants,” she says. Cookbook author and frequent-flier Corky Pollan also likes the set and appreciates the choice of sizes included. She says they’ve curbed her need to overpack (but still let her cram in a few maybe-not-quite-necessary outfits). She finally used the gifted cubes that had sat unused and was shocked at the difference they made in her luggage. Then she moved to a tiny apartment in New York with only enough storage space for a carry-on - she couldn’t pack five pairs of shoes for a three-day trip and count on a checked bag to hold them all. Strategist associate editor Jenna Milliner-Waddell wasn’t convinced by packing cubes, even after her whole family got them as Christmas gifts from her mom. And the Eagle Creek cubes have worked for her for ten years. Packing light only works if you can get your items in and out when you need them, Keiles adds. “If you’ve lived out of a suitcase, then you’ll recognize this struggle: It’s raining out and you have a jacket, but it’s buried at the bottom of your bag under your clothes,” she says. ![]() While you’ll no doubt find cheaper options out there, they usually succumb to wear and tear.” Jamie Lauren Keiles, a writer who often travels for work at short notice, also says that the cubes are invaluable even if you don’t tend to overpack. “Eagle Creek’s Pack-It Cubes have by far been the best, looking like new even after years of traveling. ![]() The cubes have also been a longtime favorite of Christina Guan, a travel blogger for Happy to Wander, who has tested six different kinds of packing cubes. The set comes with three sizes of cubes - extra-small, small, and medium - with the medium the right size for shirts and shorts, and the smaller ones ideal for underwear and socks, according to Kamer. An Eagle Creek “not only compartmentalizes your luggage but helps you cram whatever’s inside it into an incredibly small, predetermined place too,” Kamer says. Kamer calls them “The Russian nesting doll of luggage,” which is essentially “an empty, square bag with a zipper” - simple but effective. We’ve heard great things about the packing cubes from Eagle Creek since they were first recommended to us in 2018. Sizes: Extra-small (7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5”) Small (10 x 7 x 3”) Medium (14 x 10 x 3”) | Non-compression | Not waterproof Once your cubes are filled, “things just fit around each other in the bag perfectly.” To help you find the right packing cubes for your trip (and packing style), we pulled in recommendations from experts, frequent fliers, and Strategist staff. “Cubes kind of work like mini-compression sacks,” says Aly Simmons, an operations partner at REI. “By the second or third time you use them, you’ll already know exactly what fits where and how much of it you can take with you - down to the very last sock.” And they’re not just great for organization: Packing cubes can help you fit more inside your luggage. With packing cubes, “all of a sudden everything has its place before you’ve even packed it,” says editor and self-proclaimed overpacker Foster Kamer. They make travel less chaotic (at least as far as your luggage is concerned). In a world without packing cubes, we’d probably all be constantly piling items from one end of a suitcase to the other, searching for that one T-shirt or pair of socks. ![]()
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