Planning for a trip that included a freezing winter and a tropical summer, plus traveling in small planes with strict luggage restrictions, I was panicked at the prospect of packing intelligently and organizing my belongings so that I wouldn't have to pack my bag again every morning. Packing cubes seemed the way to go, and I got the eBags Slim Packing Cubes plus an assortment of other cubes to get it right.

The packing cubes for the first leg of the trip (winter) were left on the bottom of my bag (a split level rolling duffel) and finding my clothes and leaving everything in order every day was a cinch. The small cube was good for socks; the medium for underwear; the large for winter accessories -- gloves, underwear, cap, etc. I also got larger Eagle Creek cubes for t-shirts, fleece and so on. When the time came to fly to summer, I packed the winter cubes on the top compartment and brought the summer clothes cubes to the bottom.

The cubes are light, the zippers work well, and organizing all my belongings for a trip that could have been a packing nightmare proved easier than I could ever have imagined. I am now hooked on packing cubes, and will use them in all my trips.