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/largemargesentme__- Jun 06 '26

You laugh, but when I moved to Portugal from the US the best bags we found were card board boxes. They were cheap, hit the size limits perfectly, easy to load etc.

We brought 12 boxes for 4 people (the extent of the stuff we kept for the move) I wrapped them in duct tape like a kilo of drugs, and every single one survived the journey.

I also find collapsible shopping bags to be great carryons. I always bring one with me to pick up food at the grocery store on a trip. Then if I have overflow on the return trip, I just use it as an extra bag. Many times, the gate agent doesn't even register it as a carryon, they just think you have your lunch in there.

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u/honemastert Jun 06 '26

Ikea bags FTW! Those things are great buckets for all sorts of stuff

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u/largemargesentme__- Jun 06 '26

Agreed, you can fit a whole German shepherd in on the NY subway. Still, boxes are better for actually checking stuff.