In my last post I described my wardrobe and the Samsonite (wheeled) cabin bag that I keep it in. My second bag is a Tortuga Air backpack (1077g) which I use to store my gear and tech. Whereas my wardrobe weighs in at 12Kg the Tortuga generally only weighs half that and has plenty of space left.

So why bother having two bags?

Three reasons:

Optimised Space

Airlines generally allow a cabin bag and a personal item, with a perfectly sized cabin bag and a mostly empty backpack that fits under the seat in front I can get away with this (most of the time). If I loaded all my gear in to a single bag I almost certainly wouldn’t. In this sense my gear is optimally sized for capacity and air travel Daily Commute

The Tortuga is the bag I carry with me to work every day. Even when mostly empty it retains it’s shape and looks good, it’s light (just over 1Kg) and it protects my laptop from the hazards of daily life. I certainly wouldn’t use the wheeled Samsonite as a work bag each day. Onebag Travel

My Tortuga is also my Onebag when I travel. I’m a Twobagger only when I’m moving (jobs, homes or countries). When I travel for leisure I’m a bona-fide Onebagger, in fact the term Onebagger is generally used to refer to someone who travels with one bag rather than lives out of one. I blogged about my onebag packing list last year.

So what’s on the gear and tech list:

There’s four key elements:

Washbag (Eagle Creek Specter Washbag bottom right) 985g TechCell (Sea To Summit Tech Cell bottom left) 787g GearCell (Black thing on top of the other two) 742g Other (Stuff in pockets within the Tortuga itself) 2683g

These are compartmentalised this way because I don’t need the Washbag or TechCell for work and I very seldom carry the TechCell for trips.

Washbag

From L-R (ish)

Eagle Creek Pack-It Specter Washbag (Not pictured above) 42g

(Not pictured above) 42g Large baggie (used to hold liquids when going through security) 1g

(used to hold liquids when going through security) 1g Cotton Buds 7g

7g Alfred Lane Bravado Solid Cologne (awesome stuff) 21g

(awesome stuff) 21g Interdental brushes 5g

5g Floss Sticks 5g

5g Philips PQ203 Electric Shaver (with 2x AA batteries) 130g

(with 2x AA batteries) 130g Antiseptic Savlon Cream 18g

18g EcoDent DailyCare Aniseed ToothPowder (200 brushings) 50g

(200 brushings) 50g Body Crystal Ammonium Alum Deodorant 139g

139g Stingoze bit cream (Straya) 25g

(Straya) 25g Sunscreen factor 50 (Straya) 48g

(Straya) 48g Hard Muk Hair Fiber (in plastic pot) 34g

(in plastic pot) 34g Mini Lint Roller (for my suit jacket mostly) 15g

(for my suit jacket mostly) 15g 20x Spare Hearos Earplugs (awesome earplugs) 20g

(awesome earplugs) 20g Oral B Professional Care 1000 Electric Toothbrush 130g

130g Oral B Professional Care 1000 Charger 125g

125g Dr Bronners bottle filled with medicated shampoo 75g

75g Colgate 360 Optic White Platinum Toothbrush with guard 48g

48g 5x Spare Oral B Heads 20g

20g Sewing kit nabbed from hotel room in Singapore 2g

2g Zwilling flat Nail Clippers 15g

15g Philips shaver brush 2g

2g Safety Pin 1g

1g Tweezers 7g

A total of 985g

TechCell

The first few items are loose in the Tortuga rather than in the cell:

Ultimate Ears UE Roll Bluetooth Speaker (one of my greatest ever purchases) 315g

(one of my greatest ever purchases) 315g Sony Laptop charger cable (UK) 126g

and Apple iPhone charger (UK) 46g wrapper in Outlier band

126g and 46g wrapper in Outlier band Zevek Digital Travel Luggage Scale (with CR2032 battery) 52g

A total of 539g

So in terms of the TechCell:

Sea To Summit Cable Cell Large 61g

61g Spare Lithium Ultimate batteries (2x AA, 3x AAA, 2x AAAA) 66g

66g 50x Business Cards 96g



96g Apple iPhone Lightning Cable 17g



17g Apple iPhone Charger 28g



28g Transcend Jet Flash 64Gb USB 3.1 Flashdrive (totes legit Movies n TV) 3g

(totes legit Movies n TV) 3g Kikkerland UL03-A Universal Travel Adapter 49g

49g Cyclone Micro 4 Media Player (Awesome piece of kit) 63g

and Cyclone Micro 4 USB charge cable (charges from TV!) 22g

and Cyclone Micro 4 Remote Control (with 2x AA batteries) 59g

(Awesome piece of kit) 63g (charges from TV!) 22g (with 2x AA batteries) 59g HDMI Cable (for use with Cyclone Media Player) 28g

(for use with Cyclone Media Player) 28g Samsung 2.5″ Portable 4TB USB 3.0 Backup Disk 242g

and Samsung USB 3.0 Cable 22g

242g 22g InSystem Portable HardDisk Soft Case (to protect 4TB Backup) 31g

A total of 787g

GearCell

Black Organiser Cell (purchased in Boots UK a long time ago) 87g

(purchased in Boots UK a long time ago) 87g VGA to HDMI Adapter (Use this all the time at work) 10g

(Use this all the time at work) 10g Griffin PowerJolt double USB Car Jack 12g

12g Retractable 3.5mm Phono cable 11g

11g Retractable Amzer Micro USB cable 20g

20g Retractable RJ45 cable 24g

24g Double 3.5mm Phono Adapter to single pin (for sharing tunage) 5g

(for sharing tunage) 5g Micro USB to Lightning Adapter 1g

1g Spare Energizer Lithium AA battery (for the mouse) 16g

(for the mouse) 16g Apple USB Charger (Oz) 28g

28g SATA to USB Mini Board with Adapter 6g

6g Anker RJ45 to USB Adapter 20g

20g Transcend Jet Flash 32Gb USB 3.1 Flashdrive (Windows 10 Installers) 3g

(Windows 10 Installers) 3g Spares Baggie (CR2032 battery, UE clips, iPhone SIM keys) 11g

(CR2032 battery, UE clips, iPhone SIM keys) 11g Gorilla Tape in Baggie (Great for fixing anything) 19g

(Great for fixing anything) 19g Blu Tak (White) in Baggie 12g

12g Safety Pins in Baggie 13g

13g Paper Clips in Baggie 10g

10g Rubber Bands in Baggie 10g

10g Baggies in Baggie (Spares) plus Large Baggies to right 36g

36g Anker AstroMini 3200mAh Battery Backup 83g

83g Sharpie 9g

9g Parker Biro (I prefer ink but biro is good for planes) 15g

(I prefer ink but biro is good for planes) 15g Stanley 4-way multi screwdriver (comes in handy quite often) 21g

(comes in handy quite often) 21g Kensington Bluetooth 4.0 SmartPro Presenter (with AAAA battery) 25g

(with AAAA battery) 25g 15x Cards (Credit / Airline / Loyalty / Metro) 70g

70g Spare Ultimate Ears 600Vi Headphones 18g

18g 3x Spare Comply Tx-500 Isolation Foam Tips 2g

2g Passport (most important possession!) 34g

(most important possession!) 34g Moleskine Notebook 36g

36g OSK – Oh Shit Kit (Paracetemol, Ibuprofen, Plasters, Lemsips etc.) 40g

(Paracetemol, Ibuprofen, Plasters, Lemsips etc.) 40g Chapstick (a requirement for long haul flights) 9g

(a requirement for long haul flights) 9g Boots Sweetner (for tea) 20g

(for tea) 20g Hearos Earplugs (in plastic case) 6g

A total of 742g

Tortuga (and Other)

Sony Vaio Pro SVP1321C5E Laptop (2013) 1059g

1059g Spare keys to apartment 17g

17g Keys to UK property 67g

67g Boots Sweetner (for tea) 20g

(for tea) 20g EuroSchirm LightTrek Automatic Umbrella (2014) 353g

353g Sony Vaio Charger block 194g

and AU Power Cable 78g

194g 78g Security Pass (Work) 35g

(Work) 35g Logitech M337 Bluetooth Mouse (with AA battery) 74g

(with AA battery) 74g Gel Wrist Rest 65g

65g Pack Pocket Tissues 23g

23g Ray Ban Aviator Black Sunnies 31g

and Ray Ban Case and Cloth 51g

31g 51g 2x Transcend Jet Flash 64Gb USB 3.1 Flashdrive 3g each

3g each Apple iPhone Lightning Cable 17g



17g 10x ClearWipe Phone Cleaning Wipes 10g

10g Sony Vaio Antistatic Cleaning Cloth 14g

14g 3x Uniball Micro Pen (Black, Blue, Red) 10g each

A total of 2079g

With the Tortuga itself weighing in at 1077g the bag fully laden tips the scales at 6274g.

Many of the items listed above are worthy of a lengthier explanation but I will save that for future posts.

Suddenly realising that even a minimalist has to tidy up before he can go to bed… priceless.