hello travellers, so today's the day we do my 2019 August 'packing list'. Now this was a
three week trip where I traveled to Bangkok from Sydney
I travel with AirAsia and they did weigh my backpack. I have seen some people say
that AirAsia or the budget carriers don't necessarily weigh the bag. but
it seems like all the budget carriers within Australia or departing from
Australia do tend to weigh the bags. so my total packing weight with all my
souvenirs and everything is about eight kilograms or just under. which is about
seventeen and a half pounds. so excluding souvenirs everything and using a
technique to carry some of the heavier items. The total pack weight comes
down to fifteen pounds or just under seven kilograms and that's with a laptop
with the camera with the GoPro accessories. the only thing which I
am carrying to reduce the weight is my passport wallet and the Nintendo switch
and also the TRTL pillow. so without further ado let's dive into the bag and
have a look at my packing list. so starting with my day bag. this is
what I carried most days where I was just out and about. and this is actually
the pack light 7 which came with this one here which is the Tenba BYOB 7.
so that's basically a little camera carry bag so I put my mirrorless camera
in here which I'm using to film this. and I also have some accessories in here and
an extra lens. SD cards and stuff up here. I also do have a lavalier microphone here
so it's got lots a nice little pockets an organization in this bag.
and the great thing about this is that it fits right into the sling nicely and you
still have extra room down the side and a little mesh pocket here which can be
handy to carry all kinds of things. and overall this was a great little day bag
that I think I'll continue to use for future trips. now in my day bag
typically I always carry something like some tissues and some wet wipes or some
wet tissues. that's just because often times you're eating Street food or
you're not near a place where you can wash your hands. so these are really handy
have in your day bag. when I was traveling through the islands I also
carried some mosquito repellent wipes and also some mosquito repellent spray which
I'll get to in a minute. so the other thing I tended to carrying the
day bag and was very useful for most days was this Powerbank here and a
universal cable. so this cable has an apple adapter USB C and a micro USB to
USB and so I could use my power bank to plug that in and charge my friends
phones or my phone or my GoPro or my camera whilst out and about during the day.
So this is very handy thing to have in the day carry bag. the other thing I
carried in there was just this little bag here. this is the NatureHike a
little nylon bag it did come with its own swing but I took it off. and what I
did was I put the powerbank in this pocket here with the cable. and then
inside here and have a couple of GoPro accessories. so I have the GoPro cage an
extra GoPro battery and charger. a GoPro backpack clip so I could do time-lapse videos.
so the other thing I also took most days was the GoPro and the
Saramonic SR-XM1 microphone here with the wind muff. and also this little
extending tripod here which was handy for some situations. and that'll fit
nicely into this carry case here so that was my GoPro accessories and battery powerbank.
and that always were the most days while I was carrying around this day bag.
so in addition to that I also packed my 13-inch MacBook Pro. so I use
this mainly for working but this is probably the heaviest item and one item
that I would like to reduce if I could. so I know the Surface Pro is a little bit
lighter weight. the iPad pro is also a little bit lighter weight. But when you add the keyboard
it adds more weight. so for me there's no way around this if I want to
edit videos on the go. I would not recommend bringing a laptop if you
really don't need to use it. so the laptop slides nicely into this back pocket here.
So onto the camera accessories. In here I have the Rode Smartlav+
just down the back here. and inside I have some SD cards, a lens cleaner, here I have
the camera strap some camera body covers and stuff like that. this is where I kept
my mirrorless camera the Sony a6400 which I'm filming with.
again, I probably wouldn't bring this with me on the next trip. so the total weight of
this was actually just under one kilogram which is about two pounds.
So, again this is something that I would definitely cut for the next trip 'cause I
didn't really need it that much. for most situations my phone actually did a
pretty good job of taking quick videos and photos when I needed to. but if you
definitely do need a professional camera then that's probably something
you might want to bring with you. but the laptop and the camera are something
that you can probably travel without and that make the load of your bag
significantly lighter weight. so I typically carried the camera cube I'm
about here in my bag. this here is actually just a jacket that I was
wearing when I came from Australia. so this is actually just a thin jacket from
Uniqlo which actually did a review up here if you want to click up there and have a look.
just down in the pocket here I also did carry my merino wool buff.
that's something I always travel with no matter where I'm going whether it's hot or cold.
the other thing I travelled with was these Shure SE215s. these are not noise
cancelling but they are isolating headphones. has a nice little carabiner
built in here I have my adapter here, and airline adapter. it does have an inline
remote and they do a pretty good job of isolating most of the noise from an
aircraft or people talking on the plane. and they were able to give me enough
isolation to let me get some sound sleep on the plane. these ones I store
just in the top pocket here. so I also carried the chums surfshort wallet
and I will be doing a full review of this one a bit later on. so stay
tuned for that. so the other thing I brought obviously is my phone. this is
the Google pixel 3. I also brought my sunglasses these are
polarized sunglasses. these are called the model 20 from a brand called Enclave
eyewear. so this trip I was debating whether or not to bring this. but this is the Nintendo Switch
I brought this one along just so for entertainment on the plane but I
actually ended up using every night with my girlfriend to play
the new Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 game. which has been very fun enjoyable.
so this here is the Airlite Towel from Sea to Summit. it's very small and
lightweight and dries like within half an hour. and it's been very handy to have
and use on the trip. I've decided I'll be using this over the pocket towel which I
used before. because it is smaller lighter and it dries just a little bit
quicker overall. and so I will be doing a full review of that one a bit later so stay
tuned for that. so I'm the electronic side of things.
I was using these IKEA packing cubes. this is one which I've used for my
electronics. and this is one which I've used for my clothing. I will be doing a
full review on those IKEA packing cubes a bit later here if you're interested. give
thumbs up if you would like to see that. in terms of electronics. I carried my
macbook pro USBC cable. which came in handy for charging not only the Nintendo
switch. but also the GoPro my phone and several things. it was nice to have a long cable like this.
I also carry this scale with me. so this
is how I measured the weight of my bag while I'm packing and unpacking it.
I also carried this here which is the road warrior multi-purpose travel adapter.
that has the US and then the Australian plugs. all the plugs plug in the back of it.
you can use the European ones here and
then they plug into the back here. and it actually is interesting because they
sort of plug in like this and have the different configurations. so really handy
little plug to have and it is useful for all countries that you're travelling to
it's very thin and lightweight. this here is a little charger I got for my Apple Watch.
so this one plugs into a USB port. and this is what I used with me for
the trip. I didn't bring my Apple charging brick which is a 60 watt brick.
this is only a 30 watt power delivery brick and it doesn't charge my laptop as
fast as the 60w. but it still does charge it and it has two outputs so I can
charge a USB C device and and standard USB. so I'd plug back there and
charge my watch and charge my phone at the same time so very handy little
device to have. that's the blitzwolf 30w power
delivery USB charger. so I also bought the samsung t5. just a little SSD drive
backing up videos and for video editing. i bought this here which is a micro USB
cable and USB C. I probably didn't need this because I have the other red one
that I showed you earlier. but it is nice to have a couple of extra cables.
a USB A to USB C and I brought a couple little adapters for USB C to micro USB.
standard USB to USB C and also an SD card reader with the USB C and a
standard USB A. and this was pretty handy as well this is a USBC to USBC cable and
this actually came with the t5. that was really handy combination this cable was
also able to be used to charge my phone and the Nintendo switch for example.
That all fits nicely into this IKEA packing cube and basically just keeps things together
and somewhat organized. so that they're not all just floating around your bag
and getting lost. I usually just pack that one on the side here.
So another IKEA cube was this one here which are used for the clothing. and it
actually, you know, packs quite a lot into it for the size of it. so here I carried
my Western Rise button-down shirt and actually did wear this on the plane. so
another way to reduce the weight of your bag is to wear some of the clothes
while you're actually on the flight. so when I came here I wore a merino tshirt and
then this and the jacket. so that takes some of the weight out of your bag and puts
it onto yourself. this is a Wool and Prince t-shirt which I did a review of up here and
that's the mushroom color. so one button down one t-shirt here. Thats another Wool and
Prince t-shirt there. this is a pair of shorts. so it's the New Way shots from Outlier.
I also did a review on these ones up here if you want to click that and have a look.
So in terms of socks. I have this pair that I'm wearing right now.
This is from Darn Tough. and I also have these other older Darn Tough
socks that I usually travel with. so I had two pairs of socks. in that case I
could wash one pair and have a good dry pair ready. I also carried these which
are the Wool and Prince boxer briefs. so while I was actually on the trip
in decathlon I picked up these ones. which are the Kalenji boxer briefs and they're pretty
comfortable pretty nice. these were pretty good for swimming and they dry
pretty quickly as well. so I had one, two, three, four pairs of underwear. But I did
come here with just the three pairs. this here is just an older pair of the Uniqlo
Airism Boxer briefs. so that all fits nicely into this IKEA packing cube.
which surprised me because it doesn't look like it'd be able to fit that much.
and it's super light and packs down to nothing. so the IKEA packing cubes are
really great. I would definitely suggest checking them out if you're looking for a
new set of packing cubes that are very light weight. so with the clothing I just
typically put that down here on the side. this one here is the TRTL travel pillow Plus. so
I will be doing a full review of this one a bit later on it has an improved design
from the original. which I did a review on up here. it's got an adjustable neck and
two velcro straps here. so you can actually adjust the height of this one.
and it goes around your neck and with a lot more padding. so it's very
comfortable and I was able to sleep pretty comfortably with this on. now this
one they also send me a pair of the compression socks. so these are
compression socks from the TRTL brand. now this one's not that
lightweight it's about half a kilogram or so.
so what I did was to take the weight off my bag I just clipped this one to my
belt as I checked in. so the weight of this bag was not included in the
weight of my overall packed bag. so last but not least is the toiletry bag here.
I actually used the dry bag from Sea to Summit. this is the View 4L dry bag.
so it has a little clip here and you can use something like this. which I also
took with me. which is just the HEROCLIP and you can clip that
on to other things. so for example to the outside of your bag or to your belt.
I found that very handy and it actually has a removable clips. So if these clips
break on you you can replace them easily. so in my toiletry bag here I have a
toothbrush, I have this here which is Muhle shaving brush. so that comes out
there and turns into a shaving brush. A retainer here. and this is some shaving
soap. this is a safety razor but it's sort of a kind of like a disposable
single-use safety razor. carry this here which is the tweezerman tweezers it's
always handy to have a pair of tweezers with you. that's another disposable
double edge safety razor. just a small toothpaste here. earbuds,
which are always handy to have. I also took this here which is a styptic pencil so
if I cut myself while shaving. I also carry a little floss with me. and
finally the Victorinox travel *nail clippers. so I did a review of those here if you
wanna take a look. very nice and compact and always handy to have that with you.
so some of the other things I took here with me were the liquid things. so this is this is
actually something I picked up while I was here. this is some Sun cream
I always carry this here Lucas Paw Paw oitment that can be helpful for dry
lips or if you get an insect bite. that can help heal it a bit. also I carried this
one with me in my day bag here. and this is the Natrapel Picaridin mosquito repellent.
so it's better than DEET in my opinion because DEET can melt nylon
equipment. so if you have nylon stuff like I wear nylon pants I have a lot
nylon gear it can damage that. Picaridin doesn't damage nylon
equipment and it seemed to work pretty well. I could see the mosquitoes flying
around but not landing and unable to find a place to bite. so that was very
handy to have. the last couple of things I have in my dry bag is the old spice
deodorant. and I just carry this one with me just because I like the smell of it but
it is a little big. I would probably carry a small one in the future.
so this is the matador soap bag. so wet soap in here actually dries
through this material. and I also took to see the summit waterproof phone
case just for traveling through the islands, taking pictures with my phone. was
handy to have that. so this one I typically packed just above the clothing
here in my bag. and then the day bag, since it's got all my GoPro and
accessories in it. I just popped that one up here. so this is basically my bag fully
packed. for the front part with the jacket I'll just leave that on top.
My towel also just there.
so that all zips up nicely.
in terms of the front, I would put
my HEROCLIP just through here, like so. with the travel wallet I'd just pop that
down the front here. with my switch I just typically put that here.
I usually scale just here. and I would sometimes put this in the outside of the
bag or carry it with me. but I can also fit that one just inside
the bag here like so.
so that is my bag full packed.
and ready to go.
so without these three items in my bag
the total pack weight is actually within the seven kilogram carry-on limit. so
aside from those things there are a couple of other things which I pretty
could have travelled without. so the mirrorless camera which I'm using to film this
right now. I could have probably gone without and just use my phone for the
trip. it was about two pounds or just under a kilogram in total pack weight just
for the camera alone with the lens. and because I'm using the Sigma 16mm lens
it's a bit of a heavy lens with the camera body it did it was
a bit heavy. so if I didn't have the camera I would probably be able to pack
these things and still be in the weight limit. another thing is the GoPro with
all the accessories that I took, was also roughly about half a kilogram or just
over. so that's like one pound or just over a pound. So I probably could have
done without that as well. or just taking the GoPro and not the mirrorless camera.
the other heavy item which I need for video editing but you probably wouldn't
really need for most people and that is 1.3kg
which is 2.8 pounds. so definitely the heaviest item in the list and one that I
wish I could travel without. but unfortunately for video traveling I do
need to carry that one with me. the other unusual thing is that this bag itself
while empty is actually 1.2 kilograms or 2.6 pounds. so if I had a
lighter weight bag, some of that weight would also be reduced and I could pack a
little bit more or I could pack the same and and have a bit more surplus weight.
so the weight of the bag itself is actually something to consider
when you're packing. so thats it, thanks very much for watching. I hope you enjoyed the video
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