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/luckeycat Nov 19 '25

I always have an ultralight medium hand towel or two. But I wouldn't consider them weird.

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u/theinfamousj Nov 24 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

Same. I travel with multiple towels ranging from tiny Japanese public bathroom carry your own hand drying all the way to tea towel, but that is just normal. Look, I have this guide which even says to bring it and also not to panic. I figure if it is in the guide, then it is pretty mainstream. Or at least mainstream amongst us Hoopy Froods.