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Toiletry bags are a necessity for travelling. Without them many a trip would be spoiled, with shampoos, deodorants or toothpaste plastered across your entire luggage. What’s better than a toiletry bag is a hanging toiletry bag. One which can be left on a hook whilst you’re showering or doing your morning routine.
Before your next trip then, ensure you’ve got the best hanging toiletry bag for the job. Using our guide, you’ll be able to identify what separates a good bag from a bad one. We’ll outline the values you should be looking for, as well as offering you six of the best hanging toiletry bags to contemplate.
**Below, you'll find our more detailed reviews, but you can also click the links above to see current prices or read customer reviews on Amazon.
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First off, a hanging toiletry bag should be water-resistant. When you’re showering or washing in the bathroom, you’re likely to splash your bag with water. If your bag is not waterproof, liquids could get into your bag and mix with your toiletry or transfer onto your toothbrush, or other non-liquid based products.
Equally, you could find your luggage goes through baggage control with an extra energetic handler, meaning your toiletry may break inside your bag. If your toiletry bag is water-resistant it keeps any spills from your toiletry from seeping through your bag out into the rest of your luggage.
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As well as being water-resistant, your toiletry bag should be made of breathable materials where possible, or at least have breathability designed into them. After brushing teeth or showering, your used products are likely to be wet. The longer they stay wet, the more potential there is for mould to form on any fabrics or materials that attract it, this could be toothbrush handles or cloths.
Breathable material toiletry bags let the water which could get trapped inside evaporate.
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The last thing you want to happen when you’re travelling is for your hanging toiletry bag’s handle to snap off mid shower because it wasn’t made of strong enough material, or wasn’t reinforced at the seams.
Make sure this doesn’t happen to you by ensuring your chosen toiletry bag is a high quality piece with tough materials, particularly the handle, and that the seams are reinforced around stress points of the bag – usually around the handle.
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When you’re travelling and carrying all of your things either in a suitcase or a backpack, the weight can be a drag. Keeping control of weight in luggage is tackled by keeping individual items as lightweight as possible. This goes for toiletry bags as well.
It’s hard to have too much control over the weight of what goes into your toiletry bag, but you can at least make sure the bag itself is as lightweight as possible. Either check the listed product weight if you are buying online, or get a feel for the weight of the bag if you are buying it in person.
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A compartmentalised toiletry bag is very important, particularly if you are planning a long trip. Keeping items such as your toothbrush away from potentially hazardous liquids that could either spill or seep out of their containers could save you from becoming ill.
This also goes for keeping products that might spoil from contact with water separate from those that come into regular contact with water such as soap, toothbrushes or shower gel. Items that might spoil could be metallic, like grooming kits which could rust after too much exposure to water.
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Aside from the weight of the toiletry bag, it is also preferable that it folds into as compact a shape as possible. Similarly to needing to ensure weight reduction is kept in mind, space saving is also important. Since you can’t take many liquid toiletry on to a flight in hand or cabin luggage, you must ensure your toiletry are kept in your checked luggage.
Making sure your toiletry bag takes up as little space as possible in your luggage, gives you more room for other items you may wish or need to take on your trip.
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Although you’re not likely to be carrying your toiletry bag too often, it’s still worth making sure it’s comfortable for when you are. The design of the bag should be suitable for carrying around as well as hanging.
Smaller features like zips or seals should be well designed also. It would be no use for your zip or Velcro seal to break after a week of travelling for all of your things to then either be precariously hanging out of the bag, or worse, fall out.
There are of course thousands of options for hanging toiletry bags on the market. Using the above criteria you should be able to find a trustworthy toiletry bag for your travel preferences, but to help you out we’ve listed six bags that suit our own ideals.
The six toiletry bags we’ve listed have been chosen based on the above values. We’ve selected a range of unisex options as well as a male oriented choice and a female oriented choice.
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Unisex hanging toiletry bag available in multiple colours for all style preferences. Interesting upside down T shape when open which makes the contents very easy to get to as well as fold back up when done.
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The ideal option for female travellers with appealing velvet-esque design and separate compartments big enough for all forms of toiletry and cosmetics.
Price is reasonable for the quality of the product.
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A men’s hanging toiletry bag with a classy design with high quality, water-resistant and easy-to-clean materials such as leather. Prices is good for the durability and quality.
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A toiletry bag with multiple colourways means there’s a choice for all style preferences. Multiple storage pouches and pockets makes for an ideal bag to keep items separate. The price is also very good.
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Water-resistant materials and satchel-esque design come together with a unisex style available in multiple colours. The low price makes this a great option for those with a tighter budget.
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Water-resistant materials and satchel-esque design come together with a unisex style available in multiple colours. The low price makes this a great option for those with a tighter budget.
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And now, all that’s left is to announce which of these I would take along on my next trip.
At number six in our list is the 7Senses unisex hanging toiletry bag. Although an excellent choice for travellers on a budget, the main potential issue that drops it behind the rest of the contenders on our list is the plastic hanger and support. This is a lot less durable than metal options and will likely wear down or snap quicker than the other products with metal hangers.
Coming in at number five is the Bago unisex option. For similar reasons to the 7Senses bag, we feel the plastic hanger doesn’t offer quite as much durability over the long term. Although both will offer you enough strength for a few trips and their prices are very tempting.
The Green Venture unisex hanging toiletry bag sits at number four in our list. It ticks all the boxes and thanks to its price starting so low and having a metal hanger over a plastic one, it comes up trumps on both 7Senses and Bago.
Number three is our male oriented option. The Vetelli hanging toiletry bag. Its stunning looks and water-proofing and breathability make it an ideal choice for the travelling man out there. The only thing keeping it from the top two is it’s slightly bulkier than other options.
Vera Bradley’s organizer sits pretty at number two. Our female-oriented choice provides everything you could possibly need in a compact and lightweight form. With this and water-resistant and breathable materials it makes for the ideal travel companion. It’ll surely last a large number of trips thanks to its durability too. An excellent pick for any female traveller.
So, that means the winner is the Freegrace Hanging Toiletry Bag. It’s excellently designed to unfold into a T shape, meaning it compacts much easier than other products on the list. It’s both water-resistant and breathable, as well as having a tough and durable hanger. It’s comfortable to carry and with a low starting price makes it excellent value for money.
If you have any suggestions for hanging toiletry bags, or anything else you’d like to share, leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.
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