Packing cubes (set of 4)
Mesh-topped, four sizes
4.5 on Amazon
The difference between a duffel you can work out of and a heap you dig through by headlamp — cubes add a little weight and they do not compress anything, whatever the marketing says.
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Do not buy this if: Minimalists. Dry bags do this and keep water out as well.
Everything else we recommend in luggage & cases, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best overallOsprey Farpoint 40
Fits most cabin allowances, which means your kit lands when you do — 40 litres is genuinely tight once a sleeping bag is involved, so this works best when you are renting the bulky items in Kathmandu.
Pays for itself onceDigital luggage scale
Domestic Nepali flights have a 10-15 kg allowance and they enforce it at the desk in cash — a scale costs less than one excess charge and settles the argument in your hotel room instead of the queue.
