OMG. Packing cubes

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I'm 60. Spent 35 years in a high pressure career which took me around the world. Spent most of my professional life living out of a suitcase.

Getting ready for a really special trip to celebrate combined 60th and retirement and decided, after reading up on mumsnet, to try packing cubes.

OMG. Where have these been all my life. Beyond fabulous. I'm completely blown away. Sorry. Just had to share.

We use colour coded ones. Each member of my family has their own colour, when we go away we can pack each suitcase with everyone’s and the other side just take colours out

Oh wow I didn't know these were a thing. My wife loves a bag in a bag system. Will be so easy. And much more accessible with disabilities. Thanks for posting!

What is just now stuff?

You just lift out of suitcase and plonk in the drawer when you get to destination . Perfect for multi stop trips too! I keep my swimsuit one packed all year.

These packing cubes are bigger than my luggage 🤣

I'm intrigued by the compression cubes particularly. Is there a specific one people would recommend? So many on Amazon!

I'm still wondering which ones to get for my family of 3. There's so many to choose from!

I prefer light coloured cubes, you can see what's in them easier. A different colours are handy to know whose stuff is whos.
Cheaper ones have crap zips.
Should really be called packing cuboids lol

For a family of six they are wonderful. Each person has a different colour and I just throw each kid their own cubes to pop into drawers. No unpacking required!

These look amazing and I have just ordered some. Very helpful for preventing Suitcase Soup when 8 year old DD is looking for something at the very bottom of her case.

@Isthisblocked That is a brilliant idea. I've just read your post out to DH who says that you have instantly become his favourite person and that we are definitely going to do that when packing for our holiday in the summer. We live in a little cottage with quite steep and narrow stairs and it is always a bit precarious (to say the least) navigating full staircases down them.

We're fairly recent converts to packing cubes but they were invaluable when we went away last September for a month. We were on a cruise and they were great as we could stack them on shelves (we had our own cubes in different colours to differentiate) which really maximised the limited storage space.

We've also got a pop up laundry basket which folds flat which slides in the pocket of the case.

Wow what a fantastic idea. I had to look it up. Would be fab for camping too.

Place marking 😊

The best ones are the ones that are double sided with one side "smell proof" for used clothes. Worst are the ones with nets or the cheap zips or weird sizes.

They're also great for just emptying into washing machine when you get home - no more "unpacking suitcases"

Any links to any good ones please?

I’ve got two sets of these ones. https://miatui.com/products/packing-cubes-set-of-6?variant=40486251266115

I find they are exactly the right size to fit neatly into a cabin bag.

My mil bought me some as a gift, but I’ve never seen the point of them?

@TheLiloAndTheSlowCooker suitcase soup