I travel for work professionally. 99% of the time I’ll travel exclusively with a backpack to carry my essentials, or honestly just carry everything if it’s a <3 day trip. Its very hard to yank a backpack off someone when both straps are on, it’s very ergonomic, it frees my hands to hold my phone/boarding passes/passport/food, etc etc.
Backpacks are the objectively superior travel and everyday bag, honestly.
When I was on the travel circuit I always did a carry-on and a backpack. The backpack was usually full of job related equipment so there wasn’t much room for clothing etc. The carry-on was enough for trips of up to 2 weeks.
As I was in agricultural fields and hot temps everyday in all sorts of countries, full changes of clothing was required plus at least one laundry stop before I came home(phytosanitary rules and all). My carry-on often weighed in at 40lbs or more on those trips.
And where do you put your clothes ?
You change your clothes, right ?
…in the backpack?
How can you fit your EDC and your clothes in a single backpack ?
(I’m genuinely asking)
For a 2-3 day trip i don’t need many clothes. 3 sets of underwear, socks, and work polos don’t take much space and easily pack around my laptop and hand tools. I’ll usually re-wear my slacks.
Any longer and I’ll pack more into a carryon, especially on plant visits where I need steel toed shoes and PPE, but usually use the hotel laundry to cut down on total bulk.
Easily, if it’s a large enough backpack. For 3 days of clothing, it doesn’t even need to be large. I mean what do you need, some assortment of care products (available in small packs, usually, so don’t take a ton of space), maybe a razor and hairbrush, toothbrush (negligibly tiny anyway) and then 3 days of clothing don’t take that much space unless you change your pants (not the british kind) or sweatshirt every day. And even then a large-ish backpack could fit it.
I went on a 5 day trip with just an average size backpack and laptop bag, and that included bringing the laptop. And headphones. It was pretty tightly packed but worked Clothing doesn’t take that much space if you fold it and compress a bit.
Thanks for the explanation ! Yeah, I couldn’t not change my trousers or tops everyday-
Where else am I going to keep all my Linux installer USB sticks, the bundle of cables that comes in handy every year or two, or the stuff I printed at work for my family that I need to take home?
Imagine being so scared of what people think of you that you refuse to use a backpack even when you need to carry a bunch of things.
Is anyone really, though?
Modern ones ain’t too shabby. Back around some time between 2014-17 an old L.L. Bean backpack I had for a really long time died and now I have a basically all black backpack that is pretty nice and easily blends in, in terms of not being something that looks as actually dorky or somewhat childish as that old blue backpack that had a grid pattern on it.
I debilitating affliction if you’re a manybagger like me. You’ll then have a backpack for every occasion.
I admit: I get Bag Envy when I see something that looks durable and has a plethora of pockets. My bag is weak and puny, but this bag I see before me is epic.
Am I the only one?
No, always. I have a really good waterproof 12L bag with the rollup top clip thingy. It will survive any rainstorm. It just doesn’t have pockets and that’s objectively more useful to me than being guarded against something that will happen maybe twice a year.
The bag envy is real
If outward thought me anything, backpacks are cool and stay hydrated.
If Outward taught me anything, it’s that everything in the outside world will kill you and it’s best to just stay home.
Looking forward to the sequel~
I’m wanting to play Outward, any tips for a survival newbie?
I’d say to take it slow with combat, don’t rush in and get smacked too much. Getting hurt too bad in one fight can lower your max HP and have serious repercussions for the next one. Try to make sure you’ll be able to make it back to a safe area, and learn when it’s time to pull out and do that.
Also, staying supplied when you head out SHOULD seem obvious, but it’s important enough that it still needs to be emphasized. Stay stocked.
That said, unless you’re playing on Hardcore or whatever, there’s no chance of permadeath or a game-ending moment. Don’t be afraid to go out and explore the map and get your ass beat. Some of the most fun parts of my run were being fucked up beyond belief and going “how the hell am I gonna make it back?”
Bring a friend if you can. On PC, you can mod it so you can play with more than one other person. My run was myself and two others. I doubt I would’ve made it to the end of the story otherwise. :P
Thank you so much! I’ll be playing on the Switch so wish me luck on my journey. I’ll keep all your advice in mind friend!
Op is not german
Me with a kick scooter
I feel like the X axis isn’t necessarily the IQ, age suits just fine.
It’s the most convenient way to get my stuff to D&D sessions though
It’s the best way to carry laptops which a lot of workers need to use these days.
As it was told to me when I was young, “The more things you need to carry everyday, the less important you are. The less you need to carry everyday, the more important you are.”
Sadly, there is a kernel of truth there.
Well no. Where would we be without janitors and people who repair shit. “Importance” is subjective. Ich would much rather have one person who repairs my car and need a lot of stuff, than 100 Managers.
I used to be friends with an EMT. They’d be carrying 80+ pounds of medical equipment everywhere they went just in case something happened and they weren’t on route. Heaviest backpack I’ve ever seen.
Grand scheme I’m sure you’re right, but to the few people they saved by carying that bag, I’m sure they’re one of the most important people in the world.
Define “important” in this context.
When I was in middle school I was too lazy to go back to my locker between classes so I just carried a stack of 8 textbooks with me everywhere I went. If they had fit in my backpack I would have done that, too, but my family could only afford the cheap ones.
I’m young enough to not have been allowed a backpack in grade school. My locker was in the opposite corner of the school and I would always be late if I went back to my locker, so I carried 7 binders with me everywhere…
I got a detention for using my backpack full of books as a lethal weapon. I have the English anthology in there and that’s a big book, it does some serious blood force trauma damage. It’s an awful book though.
Apparently that started a trend so the school introduced a rule that said that all backpacks must be put in lockers at the start of each day. Which was stupid because the lockers weren’t big enough for that. So everyone was forced to carry their books to and from school by hand.
Excuse me. Started a trend of kids using their backpacks as lethal weapons?
Blunt* Force Trauma
