Little extra tip from a soldier, you can increase the efficiency by rolling a pair of socks and underwear in the shirt. That way you will have a day’s set of clothing in one roll instead of having a separate sock roll, underwear roll, etc. Simply lay the pair of socks and underwear flat on the shirt prior to you folding the shirt, then proceed as usual. You’re left with one roll of a day’s set. Less you have to think about or keep track of. Just grab and go. It works well for me in the field, especially when it’s dark and you can’t see in your bag. You don’t have to rummage around a bag feeling for different types of rolls. One roll to grab.
I was in the military. This is a great method. Now. If you are a civilian and going on vacation have tshirts you can switch it and roll it up but don’t tuck it. Just put a rubber band around your tee shirts because the bottom of the tee will be stretched or just roll it and leave it.
My now retired Air Force Uncle taught me this when I was 10, 15 yrs later I took a 10 day trip to Turkey and I was the only one who did not check a bag. 2 bags 10 days worth of close and even brought back a few souvenirs. No waiting in line at baggage claim.
Only downside is liquids and knives. I end up checking a bag for liquids (even just food/snacks these days) and knives/tools. I guess I could buy a multi-tool on an occasional trip at my destination but after a few trips this basically starts getting into costing similar to just checking bags.
Also, like another one said, former soldier here,... roll shirt, socks and underwear together AND put them in a zip lock bag, get all the air out and can fit alot more as well. Also keeps your clothes dried
Pro tip from a experienced traveler. Put a portable baggage scale in your luggage. The roll method is so efficient that you’ll easily exceed checked baggage weight. (Usually about 50 lbs. per bag). Load your baggage up to about 46-47 lbs. as not all airport scales are calibrated the same. Also, slip a simple canvas duffel bag into your luggage somewhere. If you exceed your weight, or pick up more souvenirs than expected, you can dump the extra into the duffel. A second bag will usually cost you $50 to check. Where as a over weight bag can cost as much as $250 depending on the airline. Happy travels 😃
Depending on the material of your clothes and how tight you roll it, this could stretch your clothes. Just a warning. Also you can roll your shirt, socks, underwear, and shorts into one roll so you have one set altogether. It's bulkier but I find it's simpler then going through my entire bag to find socks.
hm, but tbh if you do a modified version of this should be fine I think: you don't have to roll it super tight + you don't have to do the bit with the bottom part of your pullover to make it as a pouch
Something I just discovered as I was trying to roll up my super bulky coat is if your big coats have a hood, leave the hood out and don't fold it up at the bottom. Do the normal folds and roll it from the bottom to the top and when you get to the hood, you can wrap your hood around the entire thing, effectively doing the same thing as the pocket you create when you fold the bottom up
1994 my USMC drill instructors showed us this method to pack our seabags before graduation. Our dress uniforms had their own garments bag. Wrinkles? Well they also taught us how to use an iron and ironing board for our uniforms including our camouflage ones :) Used the rolling method to stuff my seabag full the few times I traveled around in my 4 year service.
@@tbob8212 I remember ironing bdu's which didn't make sense but tell that to top at formation. The cheese eaters would bring them to ajjima at the cleaners to be starched. I don't think they do that anymore with these new marpats and ocp's.
When rolling my clothing I have been asked a good many questions at the border when traveling from Canada to the U.S. by border agents. I've even seen them raise eyebrows when they first open the bags to inspect, and will comment on the rolled clothing. It is amazing how much gear one can get in one bag, and nothing wrinkles.
I’m getting ready to go to the beach for a week and this saved. My. Life. This is an awesome video! I usually just throw everything in and have to sit on my bag to zip it shut. Not anymore!!! Thanks so much!!
Pro tip: if your shirt is of a thicker material, make that initial inner fold 2-3 inches instead of 1 inch. I'm an international student who'll be flying across countries and this video has been very useful!
This was so helpful, i was told in the past just to roll, i saw a ranger roll tutorial by an actual ranger which was hard to follow. I’m on a Xmas holiday in England, and with the addition of an Ugly sweater i have to reorganise my luggage (which is the smallest in the group). And this video has really helped me
I seriously have been doing this method for years with all of my clothing. Being the minimalist who owns as little clothing piece as I do. And living arrangement between two houses get me even more into it since I have to lug things around everyday in backpack and onto my next sleeping destination after my day job =)
Perfect, came across this video at the right time! My wife and I are traveling from country to country right now and till now, we've always used the inefficient folding method. This is a great upgrade :) for some more space! Thank you for this video!
Squeeze each roll further compresses for less fabric stretching. To conserve the most space in a very small backpack or bag (hikes for example) place each roll in a zip lock bag, pull and flatten roll towards the bottom of the bag while rolling towards the ziplock end and seal for maximum compression.
I've been rolling clothes for camping and hikes since childhood, but this way it looks more neat and if rolled really tight it saves up some more space which I can use for an additional can of beer, great! :D Also it doesn't roll out when unpacked, which is really convenient. Thanks for the tip.
When you think about it, it really doesn't save you any space, whether you roll or fold your clothes. Folding clothes takes up corner space in your case, but still allows more room on top to add more, where the roll takes up the space on top, but leaves more room in the case where you normally put extra clothes in any case.
Dude! The size of the jacket after folding! Wow!! After watching this, instead of going to bed, I decided to pack stuff differently for the trip and that worked wonders! Now I do not have to worry about the couple of things I still needed to put in the backpack :D I might be able to optimize it all a bit more. We'll see!
Gotta learn how to "work under pressure". You need that experience so you can think / focus & adapt. What would you rather prefer? Some guy yelling at you while you're trying to pack your clothes? Or no one yelling at you but now you're trying to un-jam your rifle while you're in a trench / fox hole while under enemy fire? Which one do you think would be more stressful? One word = "Perspective".
DUDE thank you so much for this video, honestly! I'm going on a trip soon and lost my carry-on bag and needed to find a way to fit all my clothes into a smaller bag than my normal carry-on. Came in clutch with this video! Was able to fit my week worth of clothes in the bag plus a bit of extra room! Thank you so much!!!
Very informative and brilliant, I've been folding my clothes very similar to that for years and now I can show this video to other people so they don't think I'm crazy LOL
I found so many other videos that I was confused on and started getting really angry after their unclear instruction, but urs are so much easier to follow and understand thank you so much u just made my packing so much easier
I remember my son coming home, on a very sort leave, and my living room floor was covered with all his gear. Duffel off to the side. I watched the process briefly. He had a lot of crap going with him to Japan. The great mom that I am, I was briefly fascinated at the meticulous process, but passed out, and missed the finished result 🙄 I know it was all packed though.
I learned this trick before my last trip to Florida and am I glad I did! Everything fit into a small backpack and no paying for luggage or waiting around at the little conveyor belt. Easy to do!
Thankyou for showing this! This was genious!! I'm a lady who's going to a trip for the weekend and this made my packing and choosing a proper bag/backbag soooo much easier!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. So perfect for me. You are a life saver. Cause I travel so very light, that my backpack is my purse & backpack all in one.
Using this method to use a backpack on a flight instead of suitcase in the hold, I'll be pissed if security want to open each roll to check for anything suspicious 😂😂
Thanks for this great video! I watched it after I realized that my clothes for one week didn't fit into the bag I wanted to use. After watching the video and be rolling everything, the clothes fit into the bag perfectly.
@@almostmybedtime I used a Bagaboo Workhorse L, which is an amazing and extremely durable bike courier bag. It's made of thick tarp and cordura. If you live in a city with bike couriers, you have most likely seen it. I have had mine for seven years I think and it still looks almost new. I can highly recommend it, but it is specifically designed for bike couriers, so it's not necessarily an everyday carry bag or backpack for longer tours on foot. What is amazing about Bagaboo, they will stitch custom made logos onto the bag. You can send them a vector graphic design with your order. In my case it's an EVE Online logo which still looks amazing after all those years and almost daily use on work days. For me, this bag is just big enough to haul clothes for one week, but I recently got an Evergoods CPL 28 for my everyday carry, mostly commuting to work.
After my time in the Reserves and Army, I still roll fold a lot of my undies, tee shirts, sweats etc. Soooooo, not just for packing, but also for in you dresser drawers! Like was said, easy to see what your looking for, and with the space savings, you can add more clothing items to your drawers!! Stay safe all!!!
I work a lot out of town and I always struggled with space! sometimes having to take extra piece of luggage to accomadate everything I had to take. Long story short ur vid helped A LOT! thanks!
I watched it. Took me a few times but I was able to Army Roll my backpacking clothes. Best thing I learned was that it is helpful to make the fold bigger than you think is necessary. Hopefully will help save space in my pack this summer.
An old friend once told me about this method and also showed it to me. But then I forgot about it. But then vacation happened and the suitcase size limit was very small. I could barely fit a fancy dress in my tiny suitcase, let alone high heeled boots. But then I remembered this and I'm glad I did! Had to look up how to do it again and found this video and honestly this saved me. I could easily fit even the dress AND my high heeled boots. It was completely stuffed after that, but I could take it with me at least so I'm happy. Tuanks for this video!
Thanks for the nostalgia 🙂 Takes me back to my first week of "Basic training". Was a civilian for many years before I gave up rolling all of my clothing. Stay well & safe ... Cheers.
Honestly, really helpful. I'm going on a 14-18 hour road trip next week and I think this will be really helpful. Thanks. (Even though I'm finding this 5years later)
When I go backpacking I've used women's hair bands for decades. Just rolled the clothing, wrapped with the bands and thrown into the clothing bag. Going to try your Army Roll method this summer. Thanks.
Thats what I started to use; unfortunately just recently (as I am now mor often n leisure trips (motorbike and camping) rather than business trips. However, would still be concerned that the army/navy/marine roll will ruin the t-shirts after being stretched thata much
For Army clothes with which to go in the woods with a bunch of men is fine, but if you care about how your clothes will look on you (and are planning to meet some women), this method will ruin the elasticity of the wasteline of your tshirts and your socks will not hold any longer after a while and will just slide down to your ankles. I'm not even going to comment on what it will do to your jacket.
I roll my socks like that every time I do laundry. I have UnderArmor socks. I don't know if that's a good brand of socks, but they haven't lost their elasticity and I've had them for well over a year. The shirt, on the other hand, I can see what you mean there. It would probably look funny, puffed out on the bottom. Probably only good for an undershirt I think.
well, someone said it. I can't imagine doing this to fabrics with some elasthane or spandex, often used in outdoor brands like mountain hardwear, tnf, even columbia. when I travel, it's true that optimizing space is crucial, but also living in society and not wasting money in new clothes every 2 or 3 trips.
@@largol33t1 cant you just not pack them quite as tight? I always roll my socks, underwear, bra inside the shirt and I've never had a problem with wrinkles. I think the key is making sure there arent any wrinkles before and as you're rolling it.
Anyone know the type/brand of backpack he is using that has the "drawer-like compartment" at the bottom? (shown at 2:22). I'm traveling to Europe for a month in Oct 2021 and am looking to travel by backpack instead of suitcases. Any help would be much obliged!!
Forgot the basics, thanks for the refresher, great video! Saw some others, but they didn’t quite do the shirt correctly from what I remember, yours was much more accurate!
Depends on the fabric and how tight you roll it I think - Trying it just now it doesn’t seem to be stretching more than it would when worn, so doesn’t seem like a problem
Yes. It won't take long. That's why I never use this method. My PE teacher must have been in the military at some point because he taught the class that so we could roll our gym outfits. It is bad for a shirt because it stretches them and after about the 20th time, the sleeves look bigger and it'll be impossible to iron the wrinkles out. Do NOT use this method on favorite T-shirts.
@@largol33t1 This isn't a long term storage method, it is for packing on a trip. I travel a lot, 3 - 6 times a year, and I doubt any of my shirts take 20 trips with me before they get replaced. Everyone is different on this, but even so, 20 trips take a while to complete.
Why does everyone being crazy about rolling their clothes to travel? I did it and the next day I'm wearing all wrinkled shirt like I was sleeping on a trash a night before.
Believe me,when I moved to my now living country I had to roll my clothes I was three days before leaving and I still had a bunch of clothes to fit in my suitcase (because I folded ) so I went on TH-cam and searched for help and found this ,so I unpacked everything and rolled everything I could and everything fit! As for wrinkles ,a good way to avoid them is to make sure that when you roll you make it as flat as possible or iron your clothes before to have them even flatter
I am an old man and was a member of the old US ARMY. We had a barracks inspection every Friday and spent Thursday night getting ready for it. Back then we had footlockers and had our t-shirts, socks and underwear rolled up. I forget how wide it had to be, but it was the same width as a 16oz beer can. You cut off both ends, roll up the t-shirt, and then tuck in the ends in the can. The strangest thing is, you can only use the cans one time. We had to get new cans every week.
I did mine a different way when I was active duty and still got my uniforms into one duffle bag. We had summer and winter Class As and Class Bs then. I was also issued a Service Cap along with the Garrison cap which I always packed last.
Awesome! I'm glad to hear it was helpful! Keep it tight! It's the worst when you realize you could have survived with way less. Better to save the back;)
@@misc.endeavours8343 but... The iron doesn't know if it's a big crease, or a little crease... or a lot of wrinkles, or a few, ironing is ironing.... You're going thru the same motion if it was rolled, or bunched because you're not going.to iron half of the shirt... Certainly isn't saving you any time. Like I said... I was taught this in 1995... I thought it was pretty stupid then too.
This is brilliant! I always knew there had to be a better way to fold for maximum capacity and efficiency and thos video shows it. Thank you for sharing.
Little extra tip from a soldier, you can increase the efficiency by rolling a pair of socks and underwear in the shirt. That way you will have a day’s set of clothing in one roll instead of having a separate sock roll, underwear roll, etc. Simply lay the pair of socks and underwear flat on the shirt prior to you folding the shirt, then proceed as usual. You’re left with one roll of a day’s set. Less you have to think about or keep track of. Just grab and go. It works well for me in the field, especially when it’s dark and you can’t see in your bag. You don’t have to rummage around a bag feeling for different types of rolls. One roll to grab.
Great advice Chris, thank you for sharing this with us!
Thank you for sharing, and for your service sir!
Damn, that's awesome, I would have never thought of that. I love how efficient the army is.
Yes, that’s my son had taught me as well! Great tip! Thank you for your service!
Thats what I do when I pack for biking trips. Also its so much more convenient to have a single roll when you head for the public shower...
I was in the military. This is a great method. Now. If you are a civilian and going on vacation have tshirts you can switch it and roll it up but don’t tuck it. Just put a rubber band around your tee shirts because the bottom of the tee will be stretched or just roll it and leave it.
My now retired Air Force Uncle taught me this when I was 10, 15 yrs later I took a 10 day trip to Turkey and I was the only one who did not check a bag. 2 bags 10 days worth of close and even brought back a few souvenirs. No waiting in line at baggage claim.
It's annoying when you still have to wait for everyone else before you can leave the airport though XD
Close = Clothes
I had 2 bags, but one was only for dirty clothes and lasted 2 months off of it. I had to go on a sudden road trip due to a family emergency
@@nomsterdude 2 months?? That’s a lot
Only downside is liquids and knives. I end up checking a bag for liquids (even just food/snacks these days) and knives/tools. I guess I could buy a multi-tool on an occasional trip at my destination but after a few trips this basically starts getting into costing similar to just checking bags.
Instructions Unclear: Enrolled in the Army
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Lmao
Im weak 😂
Ope-
How do we roll shoes?
bat baths SKKSKS TRUE
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Wear them
Vibrams make the Furoshiki that can also roll tight.
With a lot of enthusiasm
**Timings**
00:00 start
00:57 T-shirt
2:22 pants
3:30 coat, shirt, jacket, blazer etc. with sleeves
04:29 underpants
04:44 socks
Александр Парфилов Thank you so much 🙏
@@jonel.fabian5134 You are welcome! This timings helped me to pack my luggage veeery compact. Hope it will help you too.
@@jeevang7853 All people are different. It's more comfortable for me, because English isn't my native.
Interesting, you learned from him first and then rolled the video for us.👍
And shirts with buttons? I think army doesn't wear shirts like that
Also, like another one said, former soldier here,... roll shirt, socks and underwear together AND put them in a zip lock bag, get all the air out and can fit alot more as well. Also keeps your clothes dried
thank you for your service!
I do this when traveling, learned from my hubby who's active duty army🙂.
I remember my 1SG taught me the ziplock bag trick lol
Now that zip lock bag tip is genius !!!
Thank you for your service !
And of course, ladies(or men I dont judge), add a bra lol.
One more tipp: If youre packing shoes, put small clothes in them, for example socks. This will save some space and will sustain the form of the shoe.
Никита Иванюк Smart!! my shoes always go flat
That is a good tip 👍🏻
My crocs: "dont you dare"
My shoes stink like shit
@@peytonmoseley105 Then don't pack them without putting them in a plastic bag...or wear them on your trip and leave them out.
Pro tip from a experienced traveler. Put a portable baggage scale in your luggage. The roll method is so efficient that you’ll easily exceed checked baggage weight. (Usually about 50 lbs. per bag). Load your baggage up to about 46-47 lbs. as not all airport scales are calibrated the same. Also, slip a simple canvas duffel bag into your luggage somewhere. If you exceed your weight, or pick up more souvenirs than expected, you can dump the extra into the duffel. A second bag will usually cost you $50 to check. Where as a over weight bag can cost as much as $250 depending on the airline. Happy travels 😃
Wow, who would have thought, you're definitely right about the weight !
Depending on the material of your clothes and how tight you roll it, this could stretch your clothes. Just a warning. Also you can roll your shirt, socks, underwear, and shorts into one roll so you have one set altogether. It's bulkier but I find it's simpler then going through my entire bag to find socks.
Which material would you be referring to?
@@visionquest414 any that isn't elastic stretchy
You could do a roll a day like that.
hm, but tbh if you do a modified version of this should be fine I think: you don't have to roll it super tight + you don't have to do the bit with the bottom part of your pullover to make it as a pouch
There us also a version that allows shirt, socks, and underwear go into your pants.
Something I just discovered as I was trying to roll up my super bulky coat is if your big coats have a hood, leave the hood out and don't fold it up at the bottom. Do the normal folds and roll it from the bottom to the top and when you get to the hood, you can wrap your hood around the entire thing, effectively doing the same thing as the pocket you create when you fold the bottom up
Did this trick when I worked in retail! Haha
I'm currently moving from Australia to the Netherlands and I'm having to pack my whole life into 2.5 suitcases. This video helped a lot, thank you!
This method is so efficient that you will miss the entire trip just trying to roll every garment.
KungFury 😂😂
Lol.
😂😂😂👍👍
I usually just roll it without folding it. Roll it, toss it, forget it.
Best comment so far!
Damn.
Now I just want to roll up stuff even though I'm not about to go anywhere.
I roll my t-shirts even at home. Takes less space, fits in a drawer no problem, easy to find.
@@greenicerebbel Does it stretch badly when you store it for a longer time?
@@SapphFire If you roll them real tight, kinda. Roll it a bit loose and will stay like that no problem.
@@greenicerebbel Okay, that's nice.
I'm definitelly doing this too, we are running out of space
If rick astley did this, it would be a rick roll
If you did this with bread...
I hate you
@@stevehay964 if a roll did this...
😅 bazinga! 👍
People read and the world death rate increases by 10%
Instructions unclear, rolled my table
Take it with you
@Neki Not unless you wanted to smuggle the family cat past security. :D
Take it with you
Ahahaha buset!
No you didnt stop lying
1994 my USMC drill instructors showed us this method to pack our seabags before graduation. Our dress uniforms had their own garments bag. Wrinkles? Well they also taught us how to use an iron and ironing board for our uniforms including our camouflage ones :) Used the rolling method to stuff my seabag full the few times I traveled around in my 4 year service.
Daniel Sayers How did you roll the ironing board?
@@badlandskid roflmao! Very carefully 😄 "This is my ironing board! There are many like it but this one is mine!"
Guess this means i have to iron any clothes packed by this method , right ?
How did you find the camouflage clothes so that you could iron then?
@@tbob8212 I remember ironing bdu's which didn't make sense but tell that to top at formation. The cheese eaters would bring them to ajjima at the cleaners to be starched. I don't think they do that anymore with these new marpats and ocp's.
I send this to my students every year when they start preparing to travel internationally. Very helpful.
When rolling my clothing I have been asked a good many questions at the border when traveling from Canada to the U.S. by border agents. I've even seen them raise eyebrows when they first open the bags to inspect, and will comment on the rolled clothing. It is amazing how much gear one can get in one bag, and nothing wrinkles.
I've had many issues with wrinkled thsirts, how do you do yours?
@@totallynuts7595yeah i also want to know lmao
If they have no wrinkles, it’s probably just different materiality of the clothing?
I’m getting ready to go to the beach for a week and this saved. My. Life. This is an awesome video! I usually just throw everything in and have to sit on my bag to zip it shut. Not anymore!!! Thanks so much!!
Does it make your clothes wrinkly. I'm also going on a week trip and there's no iron
@@almostmybedtime
People say it does not
And my mom says I waste my time on youtube....
I'm glad you got something out of it;)
Lol!
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@@Jays81305girl that's a good boy. Thank God for useful information. Thanks Jesus Christ to learn how to walk a new life
She's right because you don't need to know all of this to sit on your ass whole day and 'waste time on TH-cam'
Pro tip: if your shirt is of a thicker material, make that initial inner fold 2-3 inches instead of 1 inch.
I'm an international student who'll be flying across countries and this video has been very useful!
This was so helpful, i was told in the past just to roll, i saw a ranger roll tutorial by an actual ranger which was hard to follow. I’m on a Xmas holiday in England, and with the addition of an Ugly sweater i have to reorganise my luggage (which is the smallest in the group). And this video has really helped me
I seriously have been doing this method for years with all of my clothing. Being the minimalist who owns as little clothing piece as I do. And living arrangement between two houses get me even more into it since I have to lug things around everyday in backpack and onto my next sleeping destination after my day job =)
I remember doing this shit in the army. Now I am way more efficient. I just stuff it all in and zip it up!
tommy alkatraz wtf does that mean
Ben G, it's spelled "voilà."
Perfect, came across this video at the right time! My wife and I are traveling from country to country right now and till now, we've always used the inefficient folding method. This is a great upgrade :) for some more space! Thank you for this video!
Squeeze each roll further compresses for less fabric stretching.
To conserve the most space in a very small backpack or bag (hikes for example) place each roll in a zip lock bag, pull and flatten roll towards the bottom of the bag while rolling towards the ziplock end and seal for maximum compression.
I've been rolling clothes for camping and hikes since childhood, but this way it looks more neat and if rolled really tight it saves up some more space which I can use for an additional can of beer, great! :D Also it doesn't roll out when unpacked, which is really convenient. Thanks for the tip.
When you think about it, it really doesn't save you any space, whether you roll or fold your clothes. Folding clothes takes up corner space in your case, but still allows more room on top to add more, where the roll takes up the space on top, but leaves more room in the case where you normally put extra clothes in any case.
Dude! The size of the jacket after folding! Wow!!
After watching this, instead of going to bed, I decided to pack stuff differently for the trip and that worked wonders! Now I do not have to worry about the couple of things I still needed to put in the backpack :D I might be able to optimize it all a bit more. We'll see!
8 years later and i did this for the first time and wow. It makes a big difference when packing.
Very well made. Efficient and to the point no extra bs.
Thanks to this video, I managed to pack everything I need for a 4-day skiing trip in a single weekender-bag. Big love
I learned all this even faster when I wasn’t screamed at.
What are the odds? 😑
Aye bruh just remember the screaming is so the dumb kids learn.
@@thedoober6002 guess I'm missing out on some screaming lol
well they might've, wrongly, thought that actions are all due to punishment avoidence
Gotta learn how to "work under pressure". You need that experience so you can think / focus & adapt.
What would you rather prefer?
Some guy yelling at you while you're trying to pack your clothes?
Or no one yelling at you but now you're trying to un-jam your rifle while you're in a trench / fox hole while under enemy fire?
Which one do you think would be more stressful?
One word = "Perspective".
@@media6969 oh, I never thought about it that way. Thank you for your reply
This is not only insanely time consuming, but also saves minimal space. I tried it. Don't waste your time with this.
DUDE thank you so much for this video, honestly! I'm going on a trip soon and lost my carry-on bag and needed to find a way to fit all my clothes into a smaller bag than my normal carry-on. Came in clutch with this video! Was able to fit my week worth of clothes in the bag plus a bit of extra room! Thank you so much!!!
Very informative and brilliant, I've been folding my clothes very similar to that for years and now I can show this video to other people so they don't think I'm crazy LOL
😂 It doesn't matter which method you choose, whether you roll or fold your clothes, it still takes up space.
I've done something like this too for trips. But I just roll them without the pouch. Out really saved space and clothes looks good
I found so many other videos that I was confused on and started getting really angry after their unclear instruction, but urs are so much easier to follow and understand thank you so much u just made my packing so much easier
I remember my son coming home, on a very sort leave, and my living room floor was covered with all his gear. Duffel off to the side. I watched the process briefly. He had a lot of crap going with him to Japan. The great mom that I am, I was briefly fascinated at the meticulous process, but passed out, and missed the finished result 🙄 I know it was all packed though.
Bro, I have watched these types of video countless times but for some reason yours just was the easiest to understand. Thanks for the help.
I learned this trick before my last trip to Florida and am I glad I did! Everything fit into a small backpack and no paying for luggage or waiting around at the little conveyor belt. Easy to do!
Awesome!!
Thankyou for showing this! This was genious!! I'm a lady who's going to a trip for the weekend and this made my packing and choosing a proper bag/backbag soooo much easier!
is no one gonna talk about how he juggled the three rolls flawlessly?
When rolled correctly, especially socks, they have a nice smiley face when turned upwards! 😊
Instruction unclear!
I rolled a joint instead
Sounds to me like the instructions worked just fine 😏
I rolled my ankle while seeing this comment while walking with my phone.
Spark it!
No you didnt please stop lying
@@nobodycares1249 do you need a picture to be sure (:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. So perfect for me. You are a life saver. Cause I travel so very light, that my backpack is my purse & backpack all in one.
Using this method to use a backpack on a flight instead of suitcase in the hold, I'll be pissed if security want to open each roll to check for anything suspicious 😂😂
well now i'm curious, did they?
@@mayevie They didn't thankfully haha
The best video ! Thank you so much, Justin! Even I folded successfully skinny jeans using your method and saved a lot of storage space at home.
In true Air Force style I have hotel staff pack my bags.
HaHa LOL!
LOL!!!!!!
actually they dont
Chairforce
Christopher Dotson have you ever served a day in your life?
Thanks for this great video!
I watched it after I realized that my clothes for one week didn't fit into the bag I wanted to use.
After watching the video and be rolling everything, the clothes fit into the bag perfectly.
What kind of bag did you use for 1 week
@@almostmybedtime I used a Bagaboo Workhorse L, which is an amazing and extremely durable bike courier bag. It's made of thick tarp and cordura. If you live in a city with bike couriers, you have most likely seen it.
I have had mine for seven years I think and it still looks almost new. I can highly recommend it, but it is specifically designed for bike couriers, so it's not necessarily an everyday carry bag or backpack for longer tours on foot.
What is amazing about Bagaboo, they will stitch custom made logos onto the bag. You can send them a vector graphic design with your order. In my case it's an EVE Online logo which still looks amazing after all those years and almost daily use on work days.
For me, this bag is just big enough to haul clothes for one week, but I recently got an Evergoods CPL 28 for my everyday carry, mostly commuting to work.
After my time in the Reserves and Army, I still roll fold a lot of my undies, tee shirts, sweats etc.
Soooooo, not just for packing, but also for in you dresser drawers! Like was said, easy to see what your looking for, and with the space savings, you can add more clothing items to your drawers!!
Stay safe all!!!
I work a lot out of town and I always struggled with space! sometimes having to take extra piece of luggage to accomadate everything I had to take. Long story short ur vid helped A LOT! thanks!
I roll all my clothing and towels. Saves a lot of shelf space. But I learned it in Boy Scouts. Basic roll method, no pouch fold.
This is the best packing tutorial I have seen. You just saved me a lot of trouble for my upcoming beach vacation.
You can save more space if you put in a vacuum-bag, it is also waterproof
thank you so much!!
I'm packing for a backpacking and this took my roll packing to a new level!!
Everything looks a bit smaller and easier to pack!!
I watched it. Took me a few times but I was able to Army Roll my backpacking clothes. Best thing I learned was that it is helpful to make the fold bigger than you think is necessary. Hopefully will help save space in my pack this summer.
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This is incredible. This is the thump I should have learned in school
Thank you so much Justin! I can't wait to try this. It's always such a pain with carry on restrictions!
An old friend once told me about this method and also showed it to me. But then I forgot about it. But then vacation happened and the suitcase size limit was very small. I could barely fit a fancy dress in my tiny suitcase, let alone high heeled boots. But then I remembered this and I'm glad I did! Had to look up how to do it again and found this video and honestly this saved me. I could easily fit even the dress AND my high heeled boots. It was completely stuffed after that, but I could take it with me at least so I'm happy. Tuanks for this video!
Finally I can juggle my clothes!
Headed to Alaska and you just saved me loads of space in my one check-in bag! Thank you.
Great guide but the pov change in 1:50 is uncalled for, made the entire process confusing
Yeah wtf
Thanks for the nostalgia 🙂 Takes me back to my first week of "Basic training". Was a civilian for many years before I gave up rolling all of my clothing. Stay well & safe ... Cheers.
Wow, used this to pack a duffel bag, saved a lot of space.
Honestly, really helpful. I'm going on a 14-18 hour road trip next week and I think this will be really helpful. Thanks. (Even though I'm finding this 5years later)
FWIW: I pack similar to this, but I use a couple of rubber bands hold each item rolled up.
When I go backpacking I've used women's hair bands for decades. Just rolled the clothing, wrapped with the bands and thrown into the clothing bag. Going to try your Army Roll method this summer. Thanks.
Thats what I started to use; unfortunately just recently (as I am now mor often n leisure trips (motorbike and camping) rather than business trips. However, would still be concerned that the army/navy/marine roll will ruin the t-shirts after being stretched thata much
For Army clothes with which to go in the woods with a bunch of men is fine, but if you care about how your clothes will look on you (and are planning to meet some women), this method will ruin the elasticity of the wasteline of your tshirts and your socks will not hold any longer after a while and will just slide down to your ankles. I'm not even going to comment on what it will do to your jacket.
I roll my socks like that every time I do laundry. I have UnderArmor socks. I don't know if that's a good brand of socks, but they haven't lost their elasticity and I've had them for well over a year.
The shirt, on the other hand, I can see what you mean there. It would probably look funny, puffed out on the bottom. Probably only good for an undershirt I think.
It will also ruin the elasticity of your T-shirts. The sleeves will be wrinkled to the point where you can't iron them to make them look normal.
well, someone said it. I can't imagine doing this to fabrics with some elasthane or spandex, often used in outdoor brands like mountain hardwear, tnf, even columbia. when I travel, it's true that optimizing space is crucial, but also living in society and not wasting money in new clothes every 2 or 3 trips.
This is also my concern. Id rather just simply roll it.
@@largol33t1 cant you just not pack them quite as tight? I always roll my socks, underwear, bra inside the shirt and I've never had a problem with wrinkles. I think the key is making sure there arent any wrinkles before and as you're rolling it.
Genius tutorial. This is gonna make traveling a million times easier. Thank you!
I'm traveling soon. These are some great tips
How did it go
Dude! This is BAD ASS had a bag of clean clothes and I got out of bed and folded all my shirts. So gonna use this method. Thanks man.
Anyone know the type/brand of backpack he is using that has the "drawer-like compartment" at the bottom? (shown at 2:22). I'm traveling to Europe for a month in Oct 2021 and am looking to travel by backpack instead of suitcases. Any help would be much obliged!!
Forgot the basics, thanks for the refresher, great video! Saw some others, but they didn’t quite do the shirt correctly from what I remember, yours was much more accurate!
Doesn't it strech the t-shirts?!
Depends on the fabric and how tight you roll it I think - Trying it just now it doesn’t seem to be stretching more than it would when worn, so doesn’t seem like a problem
It can over time yes. I wouldn’t roll your expensive clothes this way and store them for long periods of time
Yes. It won't take long. That's why I never use this method. My PE teacher must have been in the military at some point because he taught the class that so we could roll our gym outfits. It is bad for a shirt because it stretches them and after about the 20th time, the sleeves look bigger and it'll be impossible to iron the wrinkles out. Do NOT use this method on favorite T-shirts.
Yep, if you look at soldiers, all their clothes are stretched and ruined 😀
@@largol33t1 This isn't a long term storage method, it is for packing on a trip. I travel a lot, 3 - 6 times a year, and I doubt any of my shirts take 20 trips with me before they get replaced. Everyone is different on this, but even so, 20 trips take a while to complete.
This actually helps alot with my move because I don't have a very big car so I need to pack very compactly. Thank you!
so glad you got right to the point! Thanks for the tips :)
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Why does everyone being crazy about rolling their clothes to travel? I did it and the next day I'm wearing all wrinkled shirt like I was sleeping on a trash a night before.
more space. good for travel or when you’re moving.
Believe me,when I moved to my now living country I had to roll my clothes
I was three days before leaving and I still had a bunch of clothes to fit in my suitcase (because I folded ) so I went on TH-cam and searched for help and found this ,so I unpacked everything and rolled everything I could and everything fit! As for wrinkles ,a good way to avoid them is to make sure that when you roll you make it as flat as possible or iron your clothes before to have them even flatter
Yes, it doesnt work for formal/office shirts. You have to iron before wearing the shirts.
The Army roll is the best. I love it. Thank you
I am an old man and was a member of the old US ARMY. We had a barracks inspection every Friday and spent Thursday night getting ready for it. Back then we had footlockers and had our t-shirts, socks and underwear rolled up. I forget how wide it had to be, but it was the same width as a 16oz beer can. You cut off both ends, roll up the t-shirt, and then tuck in the ends in the can. The strangest thing is, you can only use the cans one time. We had to get new cans every week.
I love this. You roll so neat, very detailed, and have plenty of space
I'd be curious what space would be saved without the coat. because rolling the coat is going to have a big impact the rest i'm not so sure.
Hey mate. The coat folding just helped me a lot to fit in my puffer jacket in my backpack. Thank you so much!
It's 12:43 am, I have to be up for work in 5 hours and here I am...
Thembisewhaat oh yeeeah wtf me too😂
OMGOSH. This is AMAZING! It works for dresses, cute sweaters, and sports bras too!
This literally helped me keep my room clean, I never wear my shirts so they just there, now they're there, but with style
This is really great! I'm a long term traveller on my motorcycle and it saves so much space! Thanks a lot!😊
Finally TH-cam recommended a useful video to me!
I did mine a different way when I was active duty and still got my uniforms into one duffle bag. We had summer and winter Class As and Class Bs then. I was also issued a Service Cap along with the Garrison cap which I always packed last.
Army Roll your dough and you'll get a very compact bread
Cant believe how much more room I have in my backpack for a short 4-day trip! Great video :)
Thanks a lot! This video did the best job in describing & showing the process.
I'm glad to hear you think so! I'm glad you get the info you needed!
this helps me alot cause im about to pack my clothes 2 months for work really saves up space thank you❤️
This weekend I go for a hike near Bandung, this will help me a lot (if I do not fill the empty space with too much useless stuff ;-)
Awesome! I'm glad to hear it was helpful! Keep it tight! It's the worst when you realize you could have survived with way less. Better to save the back;)
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You know you should put that back-up I-pad in. It doesn’t weigh much, right? 😄
My girlfriend that did ROTC showed me this when she was packing to leave school. Brings back a nice but sad memory... miss her a lot.
Yeah... We were taught that.
...but here's the kicker, if you have to iron the shit anyway, why bother. Just throw it in the bag and be done with it.
Rolled clothes end up less creased than folded and packed.
@@misc.endeavours8343 but... The iron doesn't know if it's a big crease, or a little crease... or a lot of wrinkles, or a few, ironing is ironing.... You're going thru the same motion if it was rolled, or bunched because you're not going.to iron half of the shirt... Certainly isn't saving you any time.
Like I said... I was taught this in 1995... I thought it was pretty stupid then too.
@RIPPER334 I should've explained better - what I mean is that you look at the minimal creasing and think, 'Meh, not worth getting the iron out'.
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I thought the point was to save space, not anything to do with ironing
RIPPER334 to save space. 🙄
This is brilliant! I always
knew there had to be a better way to fold for maximum capacity and efficiency and thos video shows it. Thank you for sharing.
How do we roll combat boots?
We used to do these things with a handkerchief when we were children. Makes for a really cool makeshift ball.