Best Method: Packing Cubes vs Rolling Method in a CarryOn - My Test and Review

hey there I'm discussing the best packing method for a carry-on suitcase is it going to be packing cubes or rolling your clothes pop into my video and let's compete the suitcase is by travelpro and it is considered a carry-on suitcase I had one for 10 years and we travel a lot and then I just had to get one probably three years ago anyway it does expand okay I just wanted to show you this suitcase that I actually use as my carry-on but when I'm talking about a backpack that is my backpack carryon one thing I like about this suitcase is that it has a handle here and at the top so when you are picking your suitcase up in the airplane to put it in the overhead bin you pick it up and you can hold it with two hands like that so I highly recommend the TravelPro brand and I don't know if I said this but the base is made of steel like this it's got a steel frame on it and the wheels have never messed up the ten years that I had my first one and the three or four years i had this one the wheels have never ever ever messed up and we do have to put our suitcases in the belly of the plane a lot even though it's a carry-on suitcase because they make you check them at the last minute sometimes the plane is full I am going to start with 13 outfits and five pairs of shoes I have one pair of tennis shoes and then the rest are sandals or flip-flops so I'm going to keep my dresses on the top because I feel like they will not get as wrinkled even though they're going to be totally rolled up I will put them on top so then for the bottom of my suitcase I'm going to use my shoes as walls around the suitcase and stuff my underwear in and all that kind of stuff like you know and then also I'm thinking what can I put in my backpack that I'm going to have on the airplane I always especially for a trip to Europe I always pack slide on shoes and a pair of socks in my backpack I can put on as soon as I get in the airplane and that's what I did I wore these flip-flops in the airport with my travel outfit and this is my favorite tunic to wear when I'm traveling especially with leggings because of circulation and everything then when I get on the airplane and settled I ditched these into underneath the seat in the airplane and I put on these because my feet are cold because I want them to be comfortable and I can wear these to the bathroom okay do not ever go into the bathroom barefooted I am packing for a ten day trip to Europe we are going on a cruise so I have cruise type dresses but I also have clothes to go sightseeing in so we are going to be sweating this summer we are going to be walking a lot that dictates what shoes you need it dictates what kind of shirt you need it dictates what kind of dresses you need I'm using shorts I have two nice shorts that I can wear with nice shirts or t-shirts one way to switch up and pack efficiently is to use nice shorts and wear them with a cute little t-shirt like I did today I have nice shorts and I have a cute little graphic tee one thing I do is I lay out all of my outfits so I've laid out my nice shorts and my nice shirts and my t-shirts then I also have laid out my exercise outfit I also laid out my bathing suits and my underwear and under garments that I'm going to need I have some dresses that I am choosing now my trip was for a cruise a 7 day cruise I dressed up a couple of times but not all the time my name is Laurie I create YouTube videos about ideas that pop into my head if you would like to subscribe to my channel just click Subscribe right there you can click on the upside down triangle if you're watching me on your phone or the show more section if you like this video feel free to share with your friends or the entire world I would appreciate it of course I had to get bright pink packing cubes these are from Diniwell travel I did not want to spend a lot of money on my first trial so these were around $15 i think but they come with a ton of cubes I just love that they each have a handle okay my first judgment is that the zippers are really cheap like not the handles the handles are rubber but the zipper I can see where this could get broken very easily because it's one of those really cheap zippers if you have kids trying to force the zipper closed I think it might be difficult anyway all right so this is a really large one and it is almost the size of my carry-on bag but my carry suitcase will hold a ton so we've got another mesh one that's this deep and it has a handle on it one pouch a bigger laundry pouch and a bigger laundry pouch I'm not sure why i would need three and then we have a medium sized mesh bag with a handle on it a great thing about these is that when you do Pack in cubes you just zip it up and you lug it you know and when you get to your final destination you just grab it out of your suitcase put it in your drawer and then when you're done you pull it out of your drawer and put it right back in your suitcase so I do see the pros of packing in cubes what I'm going to do is take out my roll-up clothes that are already in my suitcase because it is so hot in this room this time of day so I don't want to unroll everything lay it out and then roll it up for you ok so pop in with me this is how stuffed the cube is you can see it's risen a little bit okay it doesn't lay completely flat so an advantage is is that it's moldable the packing cube is moldable it doesn't have to fit in a certain in a perfect rectangle shape the corners can bend into edges smooth edges you know that kind of thing but just wanted you to see that okay now I have to fit it in here with my curling iron and my shoes I can see that it popped up more and I would have room and I absolutely kind of smoosh this like can you see this is how far it sits above I mean it's at an angle but this is how far it sits above the edge of the suitcase another disadvantage to packing cubes is that there are not set edges and I can see where that could be good but I think it's bad because you can just stuff and stuff and stuff and then you've got to squish and squish and squisht so that it fits in the middle of the suitcase I don't like that part of it with rolling I like how each piece can contort to a different shape that you need it to each piece can be an outer boundary or it can be a stuffer a stuffer piece I do not have room for this cube or this cube do i because I'm in a carry-on suitcase so i don't have room for these extra ones but if I had another whole section of a suitcase to use I can see where these would be very beneficial so we are still at odds at which packing method is correct all right thanks for popping over to my LauriePOP channel I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my videos I hope you have a good planning session and a good packing session which ever method you choose

Channel: Travel Tips by Laurie

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Keywords: cubes, packing, rolling, method, travel, packing cubes vs rolling clothes, test and review, carryon, carry on, suitcase, Europe, maximize space, which method is better, 13 outfits, 5 pairs of shoes, travelpro, travel pro

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Length: 8min 27sec (507 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 24 2017