Hey Friends,
It happens around hour six of a good trip.
You checked into your Airbnb and dropped your main bag – now the exploring can begin! You want to head out to the market, or walk through a neighborhood, or find somewhere for dinner. Then you realize your only option is the same large backpack you carried off the plane, which is too big for what you actually need right now.
So you either carry it anyway, or you leave it and take nothing, and end up with wasteful shopping bags or a cheap tote you’ll never use again.
Our Stash Packable series exists for exactly this moment. They fold flat inside your travel bag, weigh almost nothing, and come out when the day calls for something smaller. Museum, beach, overnight train, long walk through a city, day hikes, festivals and parties. They're real bags, not floppy stuff sacks. Structured enough to carry whatever you pick up along the way. And they look good doing it.
When you don't need it, you forget it’s even there. When you do, it’s ready for anything. Which is what all good gear should feel like.
Below is a pic of the Stash 16L backpacks my wife and I used as laptop and day bags for a trip to Patagonia back in January, at the top of a volcano hike in Chile.
