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Think backpacking, where you're surviving on just what's in your backpack for multiple days at a time. The focus on "packing" there is on weight/volume minimiz
by dlgeek 4y ago
Think backpacking, where you're surviving on just what's in your backpack for multiple days at a time.
The focus on "packing" there is on weight/volume minimization - for example backpackers have been known to shave down the handle of their toothbrush to save a few grams. That sort of thing.
- mauvehaus 4y agoThe reason to cut the toothbrush handle is to reduce its length not its mass. It fits in a much smaller stuff sack when it's 10cm long than when it's full length. Since that stuff sack contains other things of approximately that length or shorter (in my case, stuff like: nail clippers, travel sized toothpaste, floss, extra lighter, a pair of corded earplugs, headlamp, possibly a spoon [0]) it gets awkward to have one pokey-outy thing when you're shoving it in amongst the other gear in your pack. [0] Yeah, yeah, I know: there's earwax on my spoon and toothbrush. That's never felt that important five days removed from a shower :-)