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Bagball: a smelly traveler's best friend?
While flipping through the latest issue of Time Out: Chicago, I noticed a small blurb on the Bagball: a little sphere you place in your gym bag that releases flavored fumes to combat sweaty-smelling clothing. The product targets three demographics: 1) the aforementioned gym monkeys, 2) hunters (to help mask your human smell from the animals -- yikes) and 3) your house. Oddly enough, they're missing out on a huge core group, one where smelly clothes in overstuffed bags are the norm: travelers.
How great would it be to have one of thee little balls floating around your backpack? If I had a dime for every time I pulled a wrinkly shirt out of my pack only to sniff it and dry heave (while still putting it on, of course), I could afford at least three or four loads of overpriced loads of hostel laundry.
While daydreaming of the wonders of having fresh smelling travel clothes, I realized that I could probably come up with something cheaper, and more portable, to keep me smelling fresh on the road. For instance, a few dryer sheets floating around my bag would probably do the trick, and take up a lot less space to boot.
But if you're interested in giving the Bagball a go on your next trip, they can be had from their website for $7.99 a pop.
Filed under: Gear, Camping, Budget Travel
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sturgidson Nov 30th 2008 10:33AM
Funny. I'm looking into travel tips for going to more "dangerous" places, and have recently found a tip from Robert Young Pelton:
"One Tip: Line the interior with a garbage bag to keep clothes dry, and pack it with dirty laundry on top; it keeps out the riffraff. "
Seems like RYP would leave the gymball at home, though I'm investigating it.
Ernie Dec 1st 2008 9:16AM
Sounds smart to me..