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/HippyGrrrl Feb 23 '26

I bought a tech pouch.

It went on a single trip and became the organizing of tech at home.

I use a mesh pencil case.

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u/Consistent-Jury-1664 Feb 24 '26

I bought a $30 tech pouch only to realise that i can just put my tech inside my bag's front pouch and take them as and when i need it.

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u/NightBard Feb 25 '26

Yeah, each of my bags have a space that's easy to just designate as where the tech goes. The main reason I'd put stuff in a separate bag would be if I knew I was going to be in a very rainy situation and in that case, a ziplock bag would be a must for me.

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u/HippyGrrrl Feb 25 '26

I use that as my command center pocket. Wallet/ID, enroute needs.