Reddit reviews Do it Best 431125 Do it Rubber Sink Stopper, 5-Inch, White

Hey! So I found my scrappy little pack list I had before I left. Hope this helps at all :)

• Bring strapless bra
  
• Underwater camera!!!!!!
  
• Download Hola (hola.org) this one!!! This is GREAT for watching shows abroad
  
• Health Insurance - World Nomads
  
• Power of attorney
  
  
• Berry Plus Laundry Detergent
  
• 4x (2 boxes)
  
• Contact Solution
  
• Tampons (lots)
  
• Lancome Mascara
  
• MAC powder
  
• Revlon Eyeliner 2x
  
• Eye drops
  
• Watch (you don't want to be pulling out your phone to tell the time)
  
• Electrolyte packets
  
• Tennis shoes
  
• New sandals
  
• Gear Ties
  
• Clothing line
  
• Universal Sink Stopper
  
• Deck of cards
  
• Journal
  
• Packing Cubes
  
• Kindle
  
• Adapters
  
• Quick dry towel
  
• Memory cards
  
• Ear plugs
  
• Sleep Mask
  
• SF refrigerator magnets for hosts
  
• Alarm clock (Don't use your phone - not good to leave out)
  
• Headlamp
  
• Bamboo utensils
  
• Carabiner
  
• iPad with Logitech keyboard case
  
• Good head phones
  
• Anti-malaria pills
  
• Pepto bismol
  
• Cipro
  
• Advil
  
• Pink eye eye drops (you never know!)
  
• Sleeping pills
  
• Small brush
  
• Toilettry Bag
  
• Rain jacket
  
• Fleece
  
• kleen canteen
  
• Combo padlocks (combo better than key - if you lose the key you're screwed)
  
• Sun dress
  
• New Tivas? - Take old tivas to cobbler
  
• Bottle opener
  
• Scarf
  
• Combo+wire cord to tie the backpack to a bed
  
• Sea to Summit Mini Backpack
  
• Manicuring scissors/file/tweezers
  
• Steripod Toothbrush cover
  
• Toothbrush
  
• Mini First Aid Kit
  
• Razors (gotta stay fresh!)
  
• Shampoo & Conditioner
  
• Flats
  
• Mini Sewing Kit
  
• Hand sanitizer
  
• Epipen
  
• Neosporin
  
• Ziplock baggies (big and small)
  
• Face lotion (x3)
  
• New Bra/undies
  
• Flip flops for showers (old navy)
  
• Super glue
  
• Cliff bars
  
• New Jeans
  
• Backpack - Osprey Waypoint 85
  
• Backpack rain cover
  
• Mini umbrella
  
• Dry Bag
  
• Stuff sack for laundry
  
• Shoe bags
  
• Grocery Bag
  
• Leather strap over purse
  
• Kleenex
  
• Q-tips
  
• Deoderant
  
• Hair ties
  
• Shower gel
  
• Pajamas
  
• Travel Pillow
  
• Sleep sack
  
• tent?
  
  
• Check contact prescription
  
• New glasses
  
• Check up
  
• Get immunizations - yellow immunizations card!
  
• Get a youth card through STA (see 13 ways link above)
  
  
• India
  
• Vietnam
  
• (Dual citizen to Spain - don't need visa for Brazil)
  

For travelling / backpacking in Europe, I have found a few things useful:

• Flat rubber sink plug for handwashing in hostel sinks
  
• Rubber travel clothesline for hanging clothes
  
• Tube of concentrated laundry soap
  
• Packing cubes help to keep clothes organized
  
• Travel towel (Packtowl is my favorite)
  
• Eye mask & ear plugs
  
• Plastic bags and elastic bands (useful for many things including wet clothes)
  
• PDF versions of guidebooks (eg. Lonely planet)
  
• External USB battery for phone/device charging
  
• European SIM card
  
• Having some quick-dry clothing
  
• Light and cheap laptop for long-term trips
  
• P+S camera, gopro
  
• Daypack
  
• Flip flops for hot weather, around the hostle and in the hostel showers
  
• 0% exchange credit card to taking out cash
  
• Combination padlock for hostel lockers (no key to lose)
  
• Offline map app such as Here Maps
  
• Small container with an assortment of bandages
  
• Cold and flu medicine, anti-biotic ointment, aspirin
  
  Not needed:
  
  
• Heavy physical guidebooks
  
• Multiple pairs of shoes (1 is enough)
  
• Power transformer (an adapter is enough as most cell phone and laptop adapters chargers can accept 110-230 V)
  
• Lots of cash on hand (take out as needed to reduce theft / loss risk)
  
• I brought a small steel cable to lock my bag in places that didn't have lockers but i never used it
  
• Sewing kit (haven't used it in 6 months)
  
• Sleep sheet (I brought one in case there were dirty places I had to sleep in but it wasn't necessary in the end)
  
• Under-the-shirt / under-the-belt passport holder. There are varied opinions but I prefer leaving my passport in the hostel locker.

This one was recommended through a blog post I found somewhere. Amazon reviews and others have said it works in sinks of all shapes and sizes, it has worked in the few situations I've tried it. We'll see how it fares in the multitude of sinks I'll be using on my trip.

I used this for a broken stopper once.

You are welcome.

I bring a small Tupperware type container. When I arrive at my destination I buy the smallest local bag of detergent from a local market, and put it in the Tupperware then carry it along on my trip.

Many people don't know that some detergents are formulated for the local conditions.

Be sure to remember to bring your sink stopper https://www.amazon.com/Do-Best-431125-Rubber-Stopper/dp/B000DZD3QA

Here's a variety. The one I have has loops at the ends, much better than suction cups IMHO. (I think there is a brand out there that has both, though.) You can also just get away with a length of strong twine, and even just draping things over shower curtain rods, towel racks, and radiators in a pinch. I like having the clothesline though.

The universal sink stopper is a must have if you plan to do any hand-washing. You never know if your lodging's sink will have a stopper at all.

I'm pretty sure that's a sink stopper. You can put it on the sink drain so it fills up, which can make it easier to do laundry.

Something like this