Dealing with smelly travel daypacks?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 5 Aug, 2023
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The bacteria-killing recommendation by @MeNoTalk is excellent.
What I do to take care of smells when I travel is carry some dryer sheets. I’ll fold the item (clothes) over the dryer sheet or in the case of my suitcase, put a couple of dryer sheets in it and zip it up. The more dryer sheets you use, the more it’ll smell like, well, dryer sheets. But I prefer that smell over the sweaty stench.
I also carry a couple of packets of wet wipes and clean off my daypack if necessary.
Use sodium bicarbonate. To translate that into English, use ‘Baking Soda’. Sodium bicarbonate is the main ingredient for baking soda and it has this magical effect on bacteria, especially the ones that live in humid areas. Just put some sodium bicarbonate inside your backpack where it gets humid and leave it overnight, then remove it in the morning and NO brave bacteria would dare to live there.
By the way, you can use it on your shoes as well and it will eliminate the bad smell and it’s totally odourless and safe.
If you stay in a place with a freezer, freezing overnight will kill most warm-environment bacteria.
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