What are you using for long-term clothing storage?
Posted by brainhack3r@reddit | overlanding | View on Reddit | 7 comments
I'm trying to move to a 24/7 overlanding setup where I'm basically converting my entire life to being nomadic.
Six months in the US and six months overseas. While I'm in the US, I'm overlanding out of my Tacoma.
The biggest challenge I have right now is clothing, and I'm trying to find a decent solution for how to store my clothing.
Up until now, I've used two duffel bags and then individual storage bags inside the duffel bag.
This is the individual storage bags I use. There are a bunch of cheap knock-offs of this, and I just bought something cheap.
amazon.com/dp/B08XDR2NG7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
I'm going to be storing my clothes in the back seat of my Tacoma. It needs to be in a soft bag because I don’t put hard bags in the back seat of my truck. I don’t want them flying around if there’s an accident.
That's better than nothing but it's still somewhat disorganized.
There are a couple products I'm looking at that are designed for this:
These Duffel boxes look really well thought out. The only problem is they are SUPER expensive. It looks like one bag with the individual inner bags could cost $500-800
https://rux.life/collections/duffel-boxes
Then there's this:
https://www.rei.com/b/rei-co-op/f/pl-trailgate
These are cheaper, but it only comes in this golden-orange color, and the individual bags don't come with it, so it's going to be more like $400 per bag.
The golden orange thing isn't just aesthetic because I don't want that color to attract thieves or hummingbirds (I'm joking about the hummingbirds).
Are there any cheaper alternatives here?
I’m okay with spending a lot of money if something actually works, but landing pages are expensive, and everything else is pricey. It's not that I just have to do this one time, but you have to do it like 10 or 20 times to do a full build.
Thanks for the feedback.
cobaltandchrome@reddit
Whatever soft luggage I have but with small clothes (socks undies bras headgear) in smaller sacks within. Some travelers really like packing cubes which is pretty much just a smallz zip sack for within a larger bag.
USWC@reddit
Here's what I use in my 4Runner. It's a Pack Gear Hanging Suitcase Organizer from Amazon. Good use of space.
estunum@reddit
Link?
brainhack3r@reddit (OP)
That's really interesting. That would work really well in the back seat of a Tacoma. I just got to figure out how to mount it now. I could do one for each side.
Pixiekixx@reddit
When I'm out for longer, I compress as much as possible in vaccumn bags. I have an itty bitty usb/ usb-c vaccu-packer. The bags just go in a big Rab duffle, or a blue rubbermaid.
I also have a similar to above user's pic ( but smaller cubes) hanging soft rack. I added some bungies and purse clips to hang damp stuff, and keep it still. It's mostly my pantry, but I'll throw work stuff in there some times. Running an Xterra :)
MDPeasant@reddit
What exactly are you looking for? If storage cubes inside of a duffle bag isnt what you want, I dont see how any of those other products you shared will be any different and certainly not worth the extra cost.
I, and I'm sure most people, just use a duffle bag. As long as I neatly fold everything and carefully place them in the bag (and maybe every few days spend a minute or two reorganizing the bag), i find that it works pretty well. I personally dont like packing cubes, but I know other people love them. I've never lived out of my car for 6 months, but I've done multi-month trips and clothing storage has never been a concern for me.
How many changes of clothes are you carrying? On longer trips I usually do laundry every 7-10 days, I pack with that in mind.
brainhack3r@reddit (OP)
The Duffel Box is pretty slick because it has clipped storage compartments - this video explains it more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CN3E_RYl2Y
I've migrated to most of my daily clothes being synthetic, so I can just basically shove them into these bags and pull them out. So I don't need to fold or worry about wrinkles.