How to Keep Shoes From Ruining Everything Else in Your Bag

Everyone knows that packing shoes next to clean clothing is a bad idea, and almost everyone does it anyway, usually with a plastic grocery bag as the compromise. It works until the bag tears, which it always does, and then you are dealing with a shirt that picked up whatever the sole of your shoe picked up on a sidewalk in another city.

The issue is not only cleanliness. Shoes hold their shape better when they are not compressed under a pile of folded clothing, and they hold odor when they are sealed in something with no breathability. A plastic bag solves one problem and creates two more.

The Shoe Bag handles all three. It is structured enough to protect the shape of the shoe, breathable enough to avoid trapping moisture, and separated cleanly from the rest of your packing. It also fits neatly along the bottom of a carry on, which means it uses space that was mostly going to waste anyway.

There is a smaller benefit that shows up on longer trips. When shoes live in their own bag, you can pull them out at the door of a hotel room instead of digging through everything you own at eleven at night. Small friction, removed permanently.