2 min readIn my book, Prime Day is the best time for two things: travel essentials and refills. It’s the time of year that I stock up on all of my consumables, like humidifier filters and my favorite lip gloss. And for all of my remaining summer trips, I’m making sure to re-up my favorites for organized, painless travel. And that includes the best packing cubes I’ve ever tested: Bagsmart’s Compression Cubes, currently on sale for just $26.
Next to my trusty AirTags, these packing cubes are how I keep my head on straight during chaotic travel. I like to pack by outfit, and the cubes make it easy to separate pajamas and loungewear from formal “night out” outfits. The six-piece set comes with two small, two medium, and one large cube, which is enough to hold about a week and a half of clothes. The sixth bag is dual-sided, so I use it to separate clean and dirty laundry. It saves me quite a headache while unpacking.
The coolest feature, though, is the compression. I’m an over-packer by nature, and they help me save space. Once you’ve packed a cube to its limit, you can zip it shut, and it’ll compress down into a much flatter cube. I make the most of my carry-on by using this; it can nearly double the volume of a small suitcase.
I recently went on a two-week trip to Southeast Asia, where I didn’t have access to laundry, so I needed to pack exactly two weeks' worth of clothes. To complicate matters, the carry-on weight limit was only 15 pounds. I’m convinced these packing cubes are the only reason I got through that trip and fit everything on puddle-jumper planes. They’re super lightweight, so they don’t cut into your luggage allowance.
I’d pay full price for this set, but right now, you don’t have to. They’re on 40 percent off for Prime Day, and they’re available in a wide variety of colors. So find the set that matches your luggage, and happy jet-setting.
