Over-Packer Hats

Overpackers have a documented personality. Writer Deborah Crombie calls herself a chronic over-packer whose big suitcase, filled to the brim, usually hovers right under the 50 pound mark, and 50 pounds is the standard checked-bag limit at most major US airlines. Cross it and the fee bites: American Airlines charges $100 for a bag between 51 and 70 pounds. A roundup of overpacker tweets supplies the rest of the character sheet: ten pairs of shoes packed and the same sneakers worn all week, a hair dryer packed because surely a hotel won't have this one, and a whispered vow not to overpack while packing outfits for a month. The genre is big enough for its own listicles, with 25 quotes, 15 funny tweets and 30 tweets for overpackers, and a Suitcase Overpacker Club shirt turned up on Etsy, but our research found no overpacker hat. These overpacker hats are for the person who checks a bag for one night. The badge is OVERPACKER. The sentences carry 49.9 pounds on the nose, three days with four suitcases, the backup suitcase, the just-in-case creed, the suitcase with a weight problem and the version of me who exercises. This is the packing habit, distinct from Airport Dad Hats, which is early arrival, and Everything Fits Hats, which is moving house. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. Choose one for yourself, or for the friend who sits on the suitcase to zip it.