This is great to organize your clothes and saves time and space.

I travel a great deal on business (mostly internationally) and prize being efficient with my packing and unpacking. This applies both at home as I prepare to fly and then when I get to a hotel at the end of a long flight. I've always rolled my clothing and packed it into the various crannies inside my suitcase around shoes and other incompressible objects. The problem with this is that it means I have to unpack everything once I reach my destination and have a lot of loose items lying around. Nevertheless, I've used this system for years.

I was recently about to embark a trip that spanned four cities over two weeks ranging from cold wintertime in the U.K. to the Middle East to midsummer in the Southern Hemisphere. I wanted to be able to unpack in modules... cold-weather clothing only during the first week and then warm-weather apparel the second. After some research I decided to try these Dot&Dot small packing cubes. The bottom line after this grueling two-week journey is that I'm now hooked on them and can't imagine flying without them.

First of all, they're fairly basic things. The nylon, zipper and mesh seem sturdy. When empty they're basically flat. I was able to roll up four dress shirts and pack them in one cube with handkerchiefs placed on top of them. Underwear and socks fit in another cube with my pajamas. Summer casual shirts and rolled-up casual trousers fit in another one. My gym clothes and a scarf and gloves went in the fourth.

I was delighted with this system. The first week, in cold Istanbul and London, I left the summer stuff in its cube in my suitcase. The second week, in Dubai and South Africa, I left the winter clothing in its cube. When I checked into a hotel I didn't even unpack the cubes I would use while there. I just tossed them into the dresser drawer, unzipped them and used them when needed. When I got clothes laundered, I just rolled them up and put them back in the cube. When I was ready to check out I zipped them up and packed them. This not only saved me precious time and energy (it's as annoying to unpack clothing in a strange hotel at the end of a long transatlantic flight as it is to pack while checking out and heading to the airport) but saved me keeping track of random clothing items and minimized the chance I'd leave them behind.

Time will tell how well the cubes themselves wear. It's not as though I'll subject them to much wear, however. They either sit compressed within my suitcase or in a hotel dresser. In my continual quest to travel in as organized, efficient and easy manner as possible these travel cubes are an important and welcome addition to my routine.

As for the size I'm very happy with the small cubes. I use a vacuum-sealed bag for my suits; otherwise, the medium or large Dot&Dot cubes might be useful for those. I heartily endorse these, however. I bought a Dot&Dot dopp kit (toiletry bag), too, and reviewed that one separately. This company apparently makes good products.

UPDATE: I reviewed these packing cubes immediately after buying them in Feb. 2015 and taking them on a long trip. It's more than three years later and I still endorse them heartily. I travel 12-15 weeks per year, mostly internationally. The ability to plop these things in a hotel room dresser drawer, not unpack them, and dip into them daily to get clothing I need makes managing packing and unpacking so much more efficient. And they've worn beautifully. I snagged the mesh cover on something early on and it got a small tear, which has never spread. And the other cubes are unblemished. Amazing for the amount of use they've gotten. An excellent product.

I had read all the reviews on packing cubes before making my first purchase. These were perfect. It's unreal how much you can pack into one of these. Saved so much space in our luggage.

The picture makes these look more structured, even a bit of a silicone look. They are floppy fabric zip cubes that almost look like they won't work lol! But once you stuff them with your folded clothes, they actually keep your things quite organized in your luggage. Each family member got assigned a color and we were each able to pack for 4-5 days in each one. We stacked them sideways in a large check in bag and our whole family was able to check one bag. It was great! Just don't think you are getting sturdy structured cubes.

I love the color because they stand out from my darker packing cubes. I also wanted some larger bags so I could pack more cold weather items. These were perfect. They are also thick so they will hold quite a bit of clothes.