Packing cubes. Do they actually save any space,
or is it just a scam by large travel companies to get you
to buy them. In this video, we'll find out. Essentially, I'm just going to be
performing a simple test here. I will be packing these clothes inside
this carry-on without any packing cubes and with
packing cubes, and when I'm done I'm going to be comparing the results, and
seeing if I'm able to save any space. Also, I'll
be comparing regular packing cubes, which are these
ones right here, with compression cubes. If you don't know
the difference, essentially, regular packing cubes come with only one
zipper, which closes the main compartment. But compression cubes come with two
zippers. The first zipper closes the main compartment, just like on
regular packing cubes, and the second zipper is the compression
zipper, which compresses the width by several inches.
It supposedly saves more space but we'll find out later in this video.
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let's cut to the footage, where I actually do the tests.
So i guess let's start by packing these clothes inside this carry-on,
and see how everything looks.
Here's the end result. As you can see, nothing's too overstuffed.
I can easily close the suitcase, and overall,
it's an okay solution to pack a suitcase. Next, let's pack all of these clothes
inside these three packing cubes, and see if I'm able to save
any space.
Here's the end result with using three regular packing cubes.
As you can see, nothing is too overstuffed, and I'm able to easily close
the suitcase. Now let's see if I'm able to save some
space with compression cubes.
Okay, so I just finished concluding the test, and now I'll give my own thoughts
on the whole experiment. When I packed the suitcase without using
any packing cubes or compression cubes, I guess it was okay, however, I didn't
like the fact that everything was kind of unorganized there,
and if I needed to get something from the bottom,
I had to reorganize the whole suitcase, and everything would become messy and
unorganized, and overall I just didn't like it.
After that, I packed the suitcase with regular packing cubes.
Truth be told, I think I didn't save any space from doing that.
So I guess I can just go ahead and say that packing cubes
don't save any space. If they do, the space savings are tiny.
However, I still think that using packing cubes is very beneficial if you'll be
traveling frequently. That's because everything
inside the suitcase is very organized when you're using packing cubes.
If you need to get something out from the bottom, you just take out all of your
cubes, and get something from each cube
individually. Also, I love the fact that when you're using regular packing cubes
they're very easy to pack into. For instance, compression cubes are kind
of hard to pack, because when you're closing the
compression zipper, often the fabric gets stuck and it
takes some effort to do that. So if you're just going for the easy,
organized way, I'd say that the regular packing cubes is
the way to go. But if you're looking to save some space, then compression cubes
is definitely the way to go. From my own experiment, I concluded that
compression cubes do save about 15 to maybe sometimes even 30 percent of
the total space. Just take a look at this suitcase. As you
can see, there's clearly some space left over here,
you can pack another jacket over here, and at the bottom
there's some space left over here, in the sides.
Now obviously, this cube right here sticks out a bit when you pack it over
here. But I can still close this suitcase and
everything works perfectly. The only downside for
using compression cubes is that your clothes are a bit more
wrinkled in them, because of all the compression that's
going on. Another thing about compression cubes is that, in my opinion, they work
better in backpacks, not in suitcases. That's because when you compress a
compression cube, it isn't rectangular anymore.
And when you pack them next to each other, you lose some space
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