Someone please tell me Iām not the only one whose FYP has suddenly been overtaken by a carry-on suitcase. Itās everywhere. I clicked on ONE link and now I cannot escape it.
To be fair, I clicked the link because the suitcase looks pretty cool. It has this built-in storage thing that means you can unpack in SECONDS. As someone who hates packing and unpacking, I was intrigued. But then I saw the price tag and I was suddenly less intrigued and more scared. But when I looked at the suitcase more carefully, I thought āhey, I think I could make something similar.ā So I went to Amazon and ā sure enough ā you can create essentially the same thing for less than a QUARTER of the price.
Iāve got to start this post off with a disclaimer: I have a problem, and itās called āI see something and think I could definitely make it when in fact I have no skills to back that up.ā Thereās that beautiful but expensive antique furniture piece I saw one time and thought āYep, I could totally just make that.ā Do I have any furniture-building or woodworking skills? Nope. But how hard can it be? (Donāt fall into my trap ā Iām 100% positive that high-quality furniture building is in fact very difficult. Especially when I have a tough enough time with Ikea bookshelves.)
All that to say that, when I saw the fancy Carry-On Closet Suitcase that keeps popping up on my TikTok and Instagram feeds, it wasnāt really aĀ new thing that I had the audacity to believe I could DIY the same thing for way cheaper. But what makes me think this time is DIFFERENT is that it really doesnāt take a ton of specialist skills for the knock-off version that Iāve created in my head ā you just need a couple of different parts!
Now, the Carry-On Closet Suitcase actually is really cool. Itās got a built-in shelving system (patented, of course) that you can pack up and then literally just pull out and hang on the handle and voila ā you have a travel closet. The version weāre making today is SIMILAR but definitely not quite the same. But for less than a quarter of the price, itās pretty dang close.
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First, youāll need a carry-on suitcase. If you have one of these already, just use that. And now this hack is even CHEAPER for you! Way to go! If you need a new one, this carry-on on Amazon is the top pick and has 4.3 stars with over 30,000 reviews.
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This suitcase is simple and straightforward, wich is perfect for what we need. It does have a divider between the two sections of the suitcase, and there are straps to secure your belongings as well.
It gets lots of good reviews that claim the bag is lightweight, fits in an airplane overhead bin, and is pretty durable.
Next, youāll need to create the closet inside your carry-on! We found these portable hanging shelves on Amazon that look like theyād be perfect.
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You can hang up these shelves and pack them with everything youāll need, then compress them down and pop them right into your carry-on! Once you arrive at your destination, just pull them out and hang them up in your hotel.
The shelves have three different compartments, including a zipper compartment.
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And there you have it! Your very own $65 carry-on closet. If you want an even CHEAPER option, you can go for packing cubes instead of the hanging shelves.
Get This Set of 8 Packing Cubes
These packing cubes can keep your bag organized and neat, but theyāre not quite as convenient as the hanging shelves that you literally just have to remove and hang up. However, at just $17 for eight packing cubes, itās hard to pass them up!
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So what do you think? My hacked version is definitely not quite as fancy as that $300 suitcase, but it does a similar job, and $65 is much closer to my budget!
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