The Best Packing Cubes of 2022

The Osprey Ultralight Packing Cube Set doesn’t unzip as wide as our Best Overall pick does. Their zippers aren’t as well set up, either. While they’re of good quality, we’d have liked to have seen two zipper heads instead of a single one. These cubes feature metal zippers with a fabric pull (using fabric instead of metal saves a couple of grams of weight.) The bags zip open along one short side, about two inches on one long side, and between ¾ and ⅞ of the way down the other long side. That makes packing them a little more challenging as you might need to stuff rather than place clothes into the cubes.

The Osprey cubes are slightly smaller than the ones we chose as our Best Overall pick. During testing, Johanna found that she could only fit 11 t-shirts into the Osprey, versus 14 in our Best Overall cubes. Her weekend clothes, however, fit fine into the three cubes, with room to spare.

The Osprey cubes have a higher denier count than Eagle Creek’s—400-denier ripstop nylon compared to Eagle Creek’s 50-denier diamond ripstop polyester—though they feel almost identical to the touch. All three of the Osprey cubes have a grab handle.

The Lululemon Travel Packing Cubes have a zipper compression system that squeezes your clothes tighter and somewhat reduces the thickness of the cubes. The cube set's fabric is 100% polyester, with a lightweight beige grid fabric (as tested) and a mesh panel. As you can see what’s in each cube by looking through its lightweight fabric, their built-in mesh windows are superfluous.

With reinforced seams and YKK brand zippers, these cubes are well-made. However, there’s just one zipper pull for each cube’s main closures and a single zip for their compression system. Double zippers, which can make packing easier, would have been appreciated.

These packing cubes hold a lot. If you pack them to capacity, they’ll measure over four inches in thickness. This could be less than ideal if you need to fit them into the restrictive space of a hard-sided carry-on.

During testing, Johanna was able to fit 20 t-shirts into the largest cube. However, with this many shirts in the cube, we couldn’t zip its compression system closed. In order to do so, five t-shirts had to be removed, which defeats the purpose of having a built-in compression system. We were pleasantly surprised, however, that Johanna could fit all of her weekend clothes into just the largest cube. Though it took some effort, she was even able to get the compression system’s zipper closed. However, that still meant the cube was more than five inches thick.

These cubes open wide on three sides plus a little extra on the fourth. So the top flap stays well out of your way during packing. Each cube has a grab handle, though those on the two smaller bags are set quite close to the cube itself, making them a bit harder to grab.

Away的内部包装立方体配备了四个多功能尺寸。如果您正在使用AWAY Carry-On, the Insider set is designed to fit into one side of the suitcase.

The Insider cubes are made from opaque, lightweight nylon with a mesh panel that allows you to see what’s inside. While the Insider is billed as water-resistant, the holes in the mesh would allow liquids to seep through. There are no washing instructions for these cubes on Away’s website or on the cubes themselves.

内部人员的立方体宽阔 - 沿三个侧面解动，在第四侧触摸 - 使它们易于包装。约翰娜（Johanna）可以将15件T恤安装到最大的立方体中。付出了一些努力，并有了一些皱纹，她还可以将所有的周末服装塞进一个只有一个立方体，留下三个空的东西。所有内部人员都配备了双拉链。金属拉链拉力很大，易于抓住。

Unlike most of the other products in this guide, the Insider cubes don’t have handles.

Herschel Standard Issue Travel Organizer cubes include a large size that measures about the size of one side of a standard clamshell-style carry-on suitcase. Each cube comes with metal double zippers. There was a little resistance pulling the zipper around the corners of one of the cubes when they’ve been fully stuffed. However, having the double zipper makes this a minimal concern.

旅游组织者是由标准的问题opaque 700-denier ripstop polyester fabric. Because you can’t see the cube's contents through the opaque fabric, Herschel added a see-through mesh top. Except for the large mesh panel, the cubes have a double layer of ripstop fabric. They’re marked “exclusive of decoration do not wash”.

These are large and roomy packing cubes that open wide on three sides; the largest cube fits 21 folded t-shirts. All of Johanna’s weekend getaway clothes fit into the largest cube with room to spare. While this sounds great, in truth, it means that she wasn’t able to take advantage of the cube’s natural compression to keep items neatly in place and wrinkle-free. It’s worth noting that, while the small and medium Standard Issue Organizer cubes have grab handles, the large cube does not.

The Standard Issue Travel Organizer cubes are a good choice if you routinely pack for longer trips or with bulkier clothes.

与一个十字架的中型尼龙和四个网格panels built into their lids, Shacke Pak’s cubes look a little different than the other products in this guide. The company claims that their lid design will ensure that their packing cubes stay “…sturdy even when you pack more” and “prevent the fabric from folding in the middle allowing for a more secure packing experience”. During testing, we found these cubes offered little difference in capability when compared to the other medium-weight packing cubes in this guide.

With four cubes in this set in four different sizes plus a laundry bag, the Shacke Pak Cubes offer a lot of versatility in how you pack for a trip.

Shacke Pak’s extra-large size cube was the largest packing cube of any we tested for this guide. Twenty-six folded t-shirts fit inside of it! That said, when packed to its max, the extra-large cube barely fit into one half of the clamshell-style carry-on suitcase we used for testing. Even the set’s smallest cube is larger than you’d need for a few days of socks and underwear, even if you added a bathing suit into the mix. If you’re a light packer, you may find that you need to pack more clothing into them than you’d prefer, if you want to benefit from the wrinkle resistance and compression that comes with a tightly-packed cube.

We liked the Shacke Pak’s tough YKK zippers. Unfortunately, the fabric that the cubes are made from feels plasticky. And while these packing cubes are said to be water-resistant, their mesh panels ensure that any liquid will be able to soak your clothes.

As their name suggests, the Amazon Basics Four Piece Packing Cube Set comes in a set of four. Unfortunately, all four of the cubes are the same size: 13.75 x 9.75 x 3 inches. This lack of variety makes them far less versatile than the other products featured in this guide.

中等重量的织物是100％聚酯纤维，感觉坚硬，但标签说“不要洗”。由于Amazon Basics Cubes的外壳材料是不透明的，因此必须将网状面板缝制到它们中，以便用户可以轻松地识别其内容，这是考虑到所有四个立方体相同的重要功能。不幸的是，这将每个立方体的内容物留给了可能在行李箱内发现的气味或液体。

每个立方体都具有双拉链，带有金属拉链和织物拉。您还会发现，每个立方体的长边都有一个抓手手柄。立方体在所有三个侧面都完全打开，并在第四侧稍微打开一点，使其非常容易打包。

Fully packed, one cube held 15 folded t-shirts. We were able to stuff all of Johanna’s weekend clothes into one cube. However, doing so wrinkled the clothing.

Like many of the other products in this guide, the Amazon Basics cubes come with no washing instructions.

当我们订购EBAGS经典包装立方体三件式测试套件时，我们错误地发送了一组五个包装立方体，因此我们测试了两组中包含的三个立方体。

Made of medium-weight techlite diamond nylon with nylon mesh windows, the largest cube fit 23 folded t-shirts. When Johanna packed her weekend clothes, there was tons of extra space—meaning the cubes might be too big if you prefer to pack light and might cause clothes to slide around and wrinkle.

当装满装满时，最大的立方体几乎不适合我们用于测试的手提行李箱的一侧。即使是此组中最小的立方体也太大，无法压缩一个周末的袜子和内衣。

The Classic Packing Cubes’ self-healing, double YKK zippers are of good quality, zipping open, fully, on three sides of each cube and a little on the fourth side, making for easy packing.