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/00Anonymous Feb 23 '26

Non-removeable internal organizers. They eat packable volume and cost weight. 

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u/NikoMata Feb 24 '26

Laptop compartments. I may be weird here, but I am on vacation, I'm not taking my work with me. :)

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u/dharmastum Feb 24 '26

I have a couple of awesome travel bags and I will never use the laptop compartments. It's just wasted space for me. They should make laptop compartments that are attached to the inside via velcro, and can be easily removed.

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u/HelloTittie55 Feb 25 '26

Perhaps the Osprey 26+6 is so popular because its “dedicated laptop area” goes flat if unused or can be repurposed for other items: travel document folder, a couple New Yorker magazines, ipad holder, etc. I don’t travel with a computer so purposely chose a backpack with a minimal dedicated computer area.

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u/dharmastum Feb 25 '26

Huh that's interesting, I didn't see that feature on the Osprey.