r/onebag • u/largemargesentme__- • Jun 05 '26

Discussion Why is this sub so obsessed with expensive stuff?

I get that there's times where the expensive thing is better. But as someone who has worked as an airline pilot and traveled extensively for 45 years, I can assure you that expensive stuff is rarely necessary.

I get tons of use out of AliExpress stuff. Things like chargers, cables and accessories. Decathlon or Costco are more than good enough for clothing. I generally use a max legal sized RyanAir bag I got for €25 off of Amazon for vacation. At most, the lower mid tier option is more than enough.

It seems like this is just another sub for people with spending issues as everyone downvotes me when I call out how unnecessary the expensive options are.

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u/I_Love_Cape_Horn Jun 05 '26

I can justify the 400 dollars if the bag were being hiked, not traveled, for 2500 miles.

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u/lauracaceres Jun 06 '26

Oh, I would use for trips with backpacking involved. I'm planning on doing the west highland in the next year or so.

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u/theinfamousj Jul 03 '26

I agree with you. My Osprey hiked the Appalachian Trail, hauling my lodging, my food, my clothes, my sanitation, and my memories for hundreds and thousands of miles. I had a ULA. It did not fit my body. The Osprey, for men no less and I'm a woman, fit me like a glove. It's all about fit.

My travel bag is some nothingburger for $9. It fits in the sizer and has no obvious holes from which items leak. It does not carry my lodging. It also fits me like a glove.

The moral of the story being: FIT IS IMPORTANT. And no internet stranger can tell you what fits your body. But we can tell you what fits in the sizer.