The packing list you can actually see, so nothing is forgotten twice
Packing lists are text, and text is why the charger gets left behind every time. Build the list as pictures with what it is for and whether it is packed, and reuse it for the next trip instead of starting again.
The short version
Packing lists fail on recognition and on reuse. A line of text does not trigger the memory that a picture does, and a list written for one trip is thrown away instead of becoming the template for the next. Build it visually, mark what is packed, and keep the list.
A sample board
Ten days, one bag
What goes in, what it is for, and what got forgotten last time.
- Items
- 6
- Packed
- 1 of 6
Open any item for its details.
PackedWhat for · EverythingCarry on · Yes
To packWhat for · Getting thereCarry on · Always
MaybeWhat for · Two wet daysForgot last time · Yes
MaybeWhat for · The hill dayCarry on · Worn
MaybeWhat for · The coastCarry on · Yes, batteries
MaybeWhat for · DailyCarry on · Under 100ml
Board photos from Unsplash, by Cyberbackpack.com, Nicole Geri, Hamed darzi, Youcef Chenzer, Alexander Andrews and Wander Fleur.
Who it's for
Anyone who travels often enough to have forgotten the same thing more than once.
What people use today
PackPoint generates a list from a destination and a forecast, which is genuinely clever and produces somebody else's list. The list that works is the one built from your own repeated mistakes, and it has to be kept somewhere between trips.
What a board tracks here
Fields you name yourself, on the item they belong to. These are the ones that decide a purchase and have nowhere else to live.
- What for
- Which part of the trip needs it. Half a bag is carried for one afternoon.
- Carry on?
- Liquids, batteries and anything sharp. The field that avoids a bin at security.
- Already own
- So the list distinguishes what to pack from what to buy first.
- Forgot last time
- The single most useful field on a reused list, and the reason to keep it.
Start one of your own.
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