{"id":839,"date":"2015-09-22T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T09:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/?p=839"},"modified":"2016-04-12T05:07:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T05:07:38","slug":"travelling-well-the-dopp-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"Travelling Well: The Dopp Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2856.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-840\" src=\"http:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2856-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2856\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2856-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2856-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_2856-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahh, the dopp kit.\u00a0 A staple of every well constructed travelling kit.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t be fresh and clean after a quick shower, what&#8217;s the point of travelling?\u00a0 I&#8217;ve posted my kit to give those who want to travel well ideas what they should include in theirs.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll also include some of the reasoning behind my decisions.\u00a0 My last trip has introduced yet another iteration of the kit due to the experiences of that trip.\u00a0 I think its important to revise your kits based on your experience using them.<\/p>\n<p>Contents from left to right, top to bottom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\/p\/men-s-hawthorne-khaki-dopp-kit\/-\/A-15019770\">Target Hawthorne Khaki Dopp Kit bag<\/a> (which is washable).<\/li>\n<li>Random Tin, containing:\n<ul>\n<li>Alcohol Wipes and Bandaids<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shaved.by\/cOt8D\">DSC razor blades<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Victorinox-Swiss-Classic-Pocket-Knife\/dp\/B0013HBJ8Q\">Swiss Army knife<\/a>, hair ties<\/li>\n<li>Sewing Needles, razor oil, chapstick,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Shaving Mirror (hard drive platter), razor handle<\/li>\n<li>Toothbrush, toothpaste<\/li>\n<li>Hair roller, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000VKV29M\">Beard trimmer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pointed Q-tips, thread, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Goody-Folding-Brush-comb-Colors\/dp\/B001V98QS2\">folding hair brush<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Q-tips, ear dryer fluid, soap box, baby soap for cleaning piercings, isopropyl alcohol in sprayer.<\/li>\n<li>Shampoo, conditioner (removed after my last trip &#8211; what hair I have left doesn&#8217;t require conditioner), mouth wash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sewing thread and needles are in case I need to fix something up on the road.\u00a0 Or drain a blister, which is how I used them last.\u00a0 Apparently its a bad idea, but I sprayed isopopyl on everything (after taking a hot shower), threaded the blister, and then went to bed.\u00a0 Blister was drained when I woke up.\u00a0 The small tin is one I got with a wallet years ago.\u00a0 It keeps all the small bits together so I don&#8217;t have to worry about losing them.<\/p>\n<p>I actually use a hard drive platter to shave when I&#8217;m home.\u00a0 It hasn&#8217;t rusted yet, nor has it scratched despite being dropped numerous times over the last 6 years.\u00a0 Since I had some hard drives to securely delete, why not?\u00a0 My beard trimmer is actually powered by AA batteries.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t like rechargeables I can&#8217;t replace the batteries in and I don&#8217;t want to have to wait for a trimmer to charge, especially if I&#8217;m trying to road trip. <a href=\"http:\/\/shaved.by\/cOt8D\">Dollar Shave Club<\/a> actually has pretty good razors, and they last quite awhile. If you use the link to subscribe, I&#8217;ll get a fiver out of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>I chose the tooth brush container based on ease of cleaning.\u00a0 I keep my q-tips in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003UPRJWE\">these containers<\/a>, also from amazon.\u00a0\u00a0 All the other toiletry stuff is from walmart.\u00a0 It works well enough.\u00a0 I dry my bar of soap before I put it away.<\/p>\n<p>I keep all the travel-sized fluids in the TSA-required 1 qt ziplock baggie.\u00a0 Not because I want to fly but to make sure nothing can leak and result in a few hours cleaning the kit from a leak a ziplock can prevent.\u00a0 The added bonus is that if I do have to fly, I&#8217;m ready without much effort.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this is my dopp kit.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a follower of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/2008\/03\/18\/building-the-perfect-dopp-kit\/\">Art of Manliness<\/a> on their kit. I prefer to keep my Tylenol and eye drops in my messenger bag or backpack (depending on which one I&#8217;m using). As for money, that backup should already be in your cash capsule. Personally, I think its wise to travel with about $100 in cash in a money clip. Sometimes its easier, sometimes its safer, sometimes its the palm grease you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahh, the dopp kit.\u00a0 A staple of every well constructed travelling kit.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t be fresh and clean after a quick shower, what&#8217;s the point of travelling?\u00a0 I&#8217;ve posted my kit to give those who want to travel well ideas what they should include in theirs.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll also include some of the reasoning behind&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/?p=839\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":895,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions\/895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soliloquyforthefallen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}