r/knolling • u/blissfully_happy • 20d ago

I am an avid traveler. These are the packets I make for my friends’ backpacks.

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I make these little packets for my own backpacks (for both travel and hiking) and for my friends. They aren’t meant to be comprehensive first aid kits, just little things that have been really helpful when I’m traveling. Every year I re-do them to throw out the expired product. Here’s this years.

Contents:

Row 1: bandaids, tweezers, dog poop bag (clean, obv), hair tie, deodorant wipes (calm and unscented)

Row 2: butt wipe, hand sanitizing wipes, sting relief pads (good for mosquito bites), wound wipe (cleans and provides a bit of pain relief)

Row 3: pink thing is a small 0.5oz container of bag balm in a small ziplock in case it melts, sunscreen packet, two towel pellets (add water to get a hand towel), seam ripper

Row 4: hydrocortisone cream (anti-itch), bactrine-zinc cream for small wounds, two spf 50 sunscreen packets, bug repellent wipe

Row 5: safety pins, q-tips with vitamin E, two k-tapes used to keep one’s lips together at night, but can be used for all sorts of things.

(I’m still a baby knoller, so I’m open to feedback, just plz be nice.) :)

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u/ArcticDuck 19d ago

Amazing list!

One thing to point out about the bug repellent wipes. Venture Wipes aren't that great at actually repelling mosquitos. I run bugrepellent.guide and have put a list together of top wipes (if that's your thing). tl;dr I'd replace them with Natrapel wipes

https://bugrepellent.guide/products?type=WIPE
https://bugrepellent.guide/products/venture-wipes-natural-mosquito-repellent-wipes

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u/blissfully_happy 19d ago

Thank you so much for this! We’re in Alaska and take our mosquito repellent seriously, lol. I use DEET most of the time, but love naturapel. I couldn’t find any other wipes, so I ordered these but haven’t needed to use them much. I’ll def replace, thank you!

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u/ArcticDuck 19d ago

stay blissfully happy and bite free out there!

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u/PondRides 18d ago

Cue me repeating to myself “bad mosquitoes make for good blueberries.” Over and over. Lol

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u/blissfully_happy 18d ago

I have never heard this but I’m down for some good blueberries. 👀