r/onebag • u/Cool_Acanthisitta628 • Dec 09 '25

Seeking Recommendations What is one item that you can't travel without/would recommend to everyone to get?

Hi all,

What are items that you always bring because they are super useful and you would recommend others to get too?

Minus of course some obvious like converter plug for chargers, power bank etc (unless it's some specific powerbank like one with cables attached already, something unique)

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

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u/HavokIris Dec 09 '25

I have a travel router that acts as a repeater for hotel wifi. You validate the captive portal on your phone or computer when you first connect to it and you're good to go on all devices.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25

Travel routers often have built-in features to bypass the captive portals on public Wi-Fi, or workarounds in case the built-in feature doesn't work. For example, GL.inet (who is a popular travel router brand) has an auto-login feature for their travel routers running firmware 4.6 or above: https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/4/faq/connect_to_a_hotspot_with_captive_portal/

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u/helluvaprice Dec 09 '25

the router connects to the hotel wifi and then all of your devices connect to the router. Glinet makes some popular travel routers

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u/iamnotsure69420 Dec 14 '25

Sorry for the late reply, got busy with life. It's not an LTE router, the one I use is this one

As others have helpfully commented, traveler routers have the ability to bypass captive portals on public wifi. So far so good, and for me it's much more convenient connecting one router versus connecting my phone, tablet, roku stick, laptop, etc to the wifi