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Nice new hard-sided suitcase. TSA compliant collection of toiletries. Clothes are packed, hotel is booked and you're all set to go for your next trip. Until you hit the baggage pick-up when you land at [...]

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Remember: 3-1-1. Anyone who travels knows the TSA carry-on mnemonic all too well. No more than 3.4 ounce bottles in one quart-sized clear plastic bag to be removed, along with your shoes, belt, jacket and [...]

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There are a few standard pieces of luggage you'll see while standing at a baggage carousel—the quintessential black Samsonite, a series of cases that fit like nesting dolls, and one beat up junker covered in [...]

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Call it the Swiss Army knife of the dinner table or Voltron of the flatware world because regardless of how you look at it, the Hobo Eat Kit is going to revolutionize how you dine [...]

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Somewhere between getting in a car accident and spending time with your mother-in-law is where you will put international travel logistics on the list of painless processes most people don't enjoy. The travel itself is [...]

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As a gentleman you should always offer to help a lady with her luggage. Chances are this scenario will score you points and go off without a hitch. There are times however when you step up [...]

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Describing traveling with toiletries as a pain in the ass is like describing being in a car accident as inconvenient. If you're incapable of escaping from things like hair product, moisturizer and your favorite razor, [...]

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Until you get to the point in your life where you get paid time off, you don't really care about luggage. If you're just going on a weekend jaunt with your friends and you're unemployed [...]

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Despite its name, this is not some instructional air guitar video that will train you in the skills of shredding to some AC/DC in your tighty-whities on top of the bed. It is luckily something [...]

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We don't like to do it, but often we sacrifice style for function and cost. Instead of the Restoration Hardware desk we want, we settle for a snap together Ikea model and are left dreaming of [...]

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When you travel, how do you carry your toiletries? 3-1-1- quart size Ziploc bag? Dopp Kit? Are you one of those guys that just checks his bag with a random collection of shampoos, conditioners and [...]

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So you've got a bike. Maybe it's brand-spanking new, or maybe you finally finished the blood, sweat, tears and money fueled ordeal that is a bike overhaul. The point is, it's here; it's perfect, and [...]

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French press coffee is always more delicious than standard pot coffee. This is not debatable, this is fact. The problem of course is the fact that if you want french press during the daily grind, [...]

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We know, we thought the same thing too. At first glance, this is obviously one of those cases assassins flip open on a roof, pull out the parts to a high-tech rifle, assemble it, and [...]

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Duffle bags are cool. They're used by the military, they look way more bad-ass than those rolling suitcases, they're used in movies to hold stacks of cash, drugs, guns, nukes, body parts, the list goes [...]

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