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What is the best way to pack a suitcase to get the most clothes into it? Is it with as few folds as possible? Or is it to roll the clothes up tightly? Is there any mathematical basis behind the answer? (continued)
Keith Macpherson
Clevedon, Somerset, UK
It’s all very well advising using a vacuum pump to compress clothes, but to repeat the process for the return journey, one would have to include the pump in the suitcase, which would probably take up more room than is gained.
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