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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Adam Doud

Bungee cords are an oddball hack for traveling – here are 10 clever ways to use them

bungee cords being used to hold phones up on the back of an airplane seat
‘I discovered just how versatile these glorified rubber bands could be.’ Photograph: Adam Doud/The Guardian

As the son of a contractor, I am intimately familiar with bungee cords for jobs such as holding tarps, but it never occurred to me how useful they could be on a trip until I happened to have some in my bag on an airplane.

Awash in gadgets including my XReal augmented reality glasses, I looked at the tray table in front of me and thought to myself, “You know what would make this more useful?” A couple of bungee cords wrapped around the tray instantly created more storage space for all the stuff – and for the record I recognize it’s too much stuff – that I use on a plane.

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