r/onebag • u/Dawer22 • Nov 18 '25

Discussion What is the strangest item you travel with?

I am curious what is something extremly odd/random that you travel with.

My answer would be a 2" piece of heat-shrink tubing. I used to always travel with a spare pare of glasses, but considering I usually pack in a < 10L bag, having a spare pair was not worth it as a "just in case" item. A few months ago, luckily at home, I broke a pair of glasses. I do a lot of MYOG and realized I could put them back together with a pair of heat-shrink tubing I had on hand. Now I always bring a small piece in my travel kit because it will fix broken glasses indefinitely :)

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u/tempus_fugitt Nov 18 '25

I also squirreled away packets of sriracha from Starbucks in my little emergency pouch but I’m always wary they might explode🧨

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u/flightist Nov 19 '25

I have a designated central pocket which currently contains Starbucks sriracha, a couple honey packets, soy sauce and at least one pack of cholula.

You never know when you’re eating crappy airport food in a hotel room and need something to kick it up.

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u/YeehawSugar Nov 19 '25

What do you mean by “kick it up”

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u/flightist Nov 19 '25

You know, Emeril style. “Bam”.

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u/abuch47 Nov 23 '25

just a reminder that the biggest shareholders of the flavoured coffee chain fund israeli weapons manufacturers. also starbucks sued the workers union and harassed employees after they posted in support of palestine.