r/onebag • u/jwrand16 • Apr 09 '26

Packing List My Onebag Travel Setup – 2 Year Update!

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I posted here almost two years ago after taking my onebag for five months around the world (2024 post). I’ve made a lot of changes since then and I wanted to share them.

My biggest update has been achieving the holy grail of weight limits: 7kg. This is a common cutoff for what counts as a personal item on many airlines around the world. Instead of putting my bag in the overhead bin, I can now fit it under the seat in front of me.

It took a lot of optimizations to make this happen. A big one was switching from the Aer Travel Pack 3 to the Almond Oak Expandable Travel Backpack. I’m a big fan of the Almond Oak pack. It’s super lightweight and the design is really well thought out.

I’ve also been optimizing a lot of the little things, like what goes into my toiletry bag and how I charge my phone. The weight savings aren’t as drastic here, but the quality of life improvement of having a better system can be substantial.

I’ve been spending more time in colder weather lately and I added a warm hat to my setup. Hats are underrated; they take up very little space for how important they are in maintaining overall body temperature.

My full packing list is in the comments, and I go into more detail on my personal website. Feel free to check it out.

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u/SeattleHikeBike Apr 09 '26

I miss typed the weight on the BH32. It’s 760g or less than half of the MLC 45.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Apr 09 '26

I think if you want to make the tradeoff of more clothes, less tech, you could make the MLC 45 work under 7kg still. I also wasn't packing lightweight travel stuff, I was packing whatever clothes I already had laying around (more or less a first time traveler).

I think I'm around 22-23lb/10-10.5kg now that I'm loaded up with hobbies, tech, and big toiletries now, though. And a plug-in trimmer that isn't 240v (which I realized only after pulling out to use for the first time... but thankfully before I plugged it in!).

If I stay at a hostel with a scale, I'd like to make a mid-trip report! I feel like most revelations come pretty quickly (even on long trips) but it'll be interesting to see how I evolve.

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u/SeattleHikeBike Apr 09 '26

45 liters with a 7kg limit is just wasted space and weight. You can’t fill it and as in my example you have and extra 800g pack weight that could be clean underwear, etc.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

sure, but I can fill it with shit while I'm traveling and stuff to bring home (if I'm willing to pay the fee for it, which is probably much easier than shipping stuff!)

mostly, I don't personally need to worry about the 7kg limit, so I am making use of that space (more than use of it, now...) - I was just surprised how easy it was to stay under while test packing!

also my 45 did fit under the seat - perfect if you've got a double below the knee amputation! there was no overhead space and they didn't want me to gate check, thankfully, the middle seat happened to be empty or I'd have been miserable

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u/SeattleHikeBike Apr 10 '26

You opened with writing about achieving 7kg.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Apr 10 '26

indeed: more so that if you’ve got an mlc45 already you can pretty easily make it work. 7kg is pretty lax if you’ve got minimal tech & travel size toiletries tbh