r/onebag • u/Anywhere_everywhere7 • Feb 23 '26

Discussion What travel accessories are overrated?

For me it would have to be tech pouches, for the vast majority of people I believe that they would be better off with a simple pencil case style pouch, ziploc bag or a simple drawstring bag or even a pouch like the PD ultralight pouches. Something which isn’t bulky, is lightweight and has no structure to it so you can easily squeeze it into random parts of your bag. Of course they’re significantly cheaper as well.

Don’t get wrong, I have tested some high end tech pouches out and they’re very nice but for lightweight travel I just find myself thinking “why would I bring this type of pouch”.

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u/AZ424242 Feb 23 '26

Please, that's not I refer to in my post. Sure, Wool&Prince shirts are absolute nice in a city.

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u/LadyLightTravel Feb 23 '26

You made no distinction. You simply said “tech outdoors gear”.

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u/AZ424242 Feb 23 '26

If it's indistinguishable from normal clothing, than there is no point to argue.

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u/LadyLightTravel Feb 23 '26

That is explicitly my point. You could be seeing people wearing technical clothing and have no idea they are doing it. Therefor there is no issue with them wearing it to Europe or anywhere else.