This $40 gadget could forever change the way you pack a suitcase

Confession time: We're lousy packers.

In a perfect world, we'd be practical, spatially aware travelers who bring everything we need — but nothing we don't — and leave plenty of room for souvenirs. But in reality? We have it all wrong.

We pack a surplus of shirts, pants, and shoes that we think we might use but never actually do. We include duplicates, because you can't ever have enough white T-shirts, right? We pack chunky sweaters that only bulk up our carry-ons. As a result, we're left paying a lofty fee for overweight luggage and giving ourselves a headache that could easily be avoided. Read more...