Compression packing without compression cubes.
The 2" velcro straps across a stack of clothes, one on each side, creates a more flat sided compressed stack than the pillow shape you get with compression cubes. No wasted space. It also allows me to compress more than any compression cube I have tried. I suppose you could use the straps with cubes, but I didn't try it.
It takes a little technique to compress the clothes to keep the stack aligned. Start with one strap compressing the stack a little, then do the same with the other strap. Go back to the first strap and tighten a bit more. Back to the strap and the same. Repeat back and forth until you have the stack compressed as far as it goes.
When I'm done compressing my stack of clothes, I have about half of the strap length as tail. Thats is pretty good compression, imo.
Posted Jun 5, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC