I’m back on the road again, but left it at home this time because I didn’t bring my laptop, and because it is quite heavy and takes a few minutes to set up—I didn’t like all the work! Your pacsafe mini-safe looks like it might be just what I need this trip.

Rather than weigh your pack down with the above items, you might want to consider ’security through obscurity’. In another article I recently mentioned travel writer Doug Lansky’s suggestion:

Show that you don’t have much to steal—or that you have less than other potential targets… consider disguising your pack. The small padlocks and wire mesh pack-covers will do little to prtect your pack, but they will draw attebtion to the value of its contents. Plastic rice bags are easy to find, dirt cheap decreased the perceived value of the pack’s contents, and make great rain covers. Cut two slits for your shoulder straps, then sew or use duct tap to fasten.