Day Pack and Washing Machine in One, the Stuff Backpacker's Dreams Are Made Of
The stuff of backpackers' dreams is real, and it's almost here.
— -- It's a common backpacker's dilemma: carrying few enough clothes to easily move from place to place and keeping those few possessions from becoming caked in filth.
Enter the Scrubba Wash Pack, the latest iteration of a washing machine on the go. Described as a day pack that is also a washing machine, it's said to have a "flexible internal washboard with hundreds of nobules that give you a machine quality clothes wash in a matter of minutes."
Scrubba's founder, who describes himself as an avid traveler, is also the inventor of the Scrubba Wash Bag. The "world's smallest washing machine" was invented by Australian Ash Newland in preparation for a four-month trip to climb Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The main difference between the two items is that the wash pack is wearable. It has adjustable straps allowing you to wear it as a backpack or messenger-style sling bag and a waist strap and access pockets on the shoulder straps and pouch.
The product is being funded on Indiegogo and is more than 60 percent funded in the eight days since it launched. There's more than a month left to raise the remaining $5,800 to make the Scrubba Wash Pack a reality. The crowdfunding description reads: "Scrubba Wash Pack is your versatile and weatherproof pack by day and your environmentally friendly and effective washing machine at night."
A Scrubba Wash Pack can be secured for as little as $79 on the Indiegogo page.