Comments on: Quick Take: Eagle Creek Pack-It 18

By: Till

Till — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:33:30 +0000

So Richard, what’s your preferred packing technique then. Just folding, cubes, rolling…?

Were we able to inspire you to try a folder and a cube perhaps? Mind you, folder is only a real benefit if you have wrinkle-sensitive items to travel with. Otherwise not worth it in my opinion.

By: Till

Till — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:30:38 +0000

Wow, my 3oz was a guess. Pretty close. I just weighed mine, too. I got 85g. We now know that our scales are 4g apart (quelle horreur!) or that EC doesn’t have 1000% quality control. :)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:31:14 +0000

Just FYI: the folding board from the 18 weighs 2.86oz./81g

By: Till

Till — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:10:58 +0000

Thanks, Michael. Yes, the results are different, which was logical once I had understood the principal. The other important part is to be careful with ties and velcro.

And Thanks, Kevin, for confirming what I supposed that the 20″ folder will not fit in an Airboss.

Cindy H. proposes a different “evaluation” system in the Criteria thread. It is fairer than mine but much more work to put in place and does not have ratings, just feature listings that are more detailed than what you get at the luggage dealer sites. So, it’s not a real evaluation tool, just a transparency tool. Still worth a look.

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:32:12 +0000

Till said, in part, very helpfully and not at all “authoritatively”:

“Important: Make sure that the shirts are sandwiched between the folding board and a hard surface on the bottom. This means the extra t’s go on top of the folding board. Nothing touches the shirts!”

Verrry interesssting (in Get Smart voice). I see you have done this a lot. I would have never thought of it. That’s brilliant.