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T-shirts take up much less space if you roll them. So do most other clothes, but it's a huge gain with the T-shirts.
Yes! The ranger roll.. https://www.artofmanliness.com/skills/how-to/how-to-pack-a-bag-using-the-ranger-roll/
Plus then it's easier to tell what's been worn!
Wait, you're putting worn shirts back with the unworn?
An easy way to wear out cloths is to wash them too often. Some rules I follow:
Agree with all this except jeans. Store them in the freezer and wash them even less than you’d like to. They’re barely cool when you put them on…
unless it’s a July 17 heatwave and you wore them in 7000% humidity before tossing the salty, sweat-drenched denim into the freezer, in which case they’re like cold tortilla chips. Just wash them if you were swimming down the sidewalk in mid-summer muck.
Anyway. Makes them last at least a couple years longer.
freezer space is way to precious for that. I would have to buy a jeans freezer.
This Lars Midwestern United Stateses!
This is originally he. Voilà moi. It was I.
That's more-or-less how I do except I don't wear wool.
Merino wool is a very different material then "classic" wool. Backpackers like it because it wicks sweat and it's naturally antimicrobial so the smells dissipate over night. It's also not itchy due to the finer weave.
My favorite is Darn Tough socks. They're merino wool, warm when they need to be and cool when not, and if you get them on sale (only way to buy them) they're worth the price. Lifetime warranty, so if you get holes, you get new ones. Last socks you'll ever buy.
When I'm traveling and only have one bag? Yep!
Absolutely! I wear shirts until they’re smelly or I spill on me.
Jeans are good for weeks, but I only wear them as outside pants. Most days I’m just wearing PJs cuz I’m in my house.
I've started doing this when I noticed the space savings. First, I've done it with underwear, then with my undershirts. Now, only those shirts I need to be ironed (and immaculately folded) don't get rolled.
How is this actually true? It's the same amount of material? Is it about "same space, less wrinkle"?
Because T-shirts are somewhat irregularly shaped when folded. If you stack them with the same orientation, one side is higher than the other. You can alternate the way you lay them but that's also easier with rolls.
Rolls allow you to take advantage of the efficiency of the honeycomb shape, as well.
Ahhh stacking the rolls vertically is something I hadn't considered
Depends on whether you're folding them in neat squares or hanging them from hangers. The rolls are useful for putting them in luggage, they can be compressed better that way
I do squares and if packing a suitcase, lay out dress shirts alternating, trousers alternating, put t-shirts/underwear in the middle (folded) and roll the trousers and then dress shirts around them. Keeps the wrinkles down.