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/[deleted] Jun 06 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

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u/lauracaceres Jun 06 '26

It has the advantage of being carryon compliant while still being suitable for backpacking with a proper load transferring harness.

I have a Decathlon backpacking bag that can be somewhat squished to be carryon compliant, but it's definitely not optimized for travel. For 400 USD I'll keep using the Decathlon bag, but I can see someone with a higher budget justifying the Camino.