What clothes and gear do you need for nomad life? The right gear for nomad life must be portable, durable, and flexible. From carry-on bags to shoes, pants, socks, books, and a complete packing list, we have nomad life gear recommendations for full-time travelers. The clothes and gear you’ve used in the past won’t work for nomad life. Each piece of nomad clothing must to do two jobs. It’s the best way to lighten your luggage and save your sanity on your laundry chores.
We only recommend gear that we use and wear.
Best Shoes for Nomad Life
We carry two pair of shoes each in our full-time traveling life. We each wear a waterproof sandal and a waterproof pair of trail runners. Sometimes we swap the trail runners for boots if lots of hiking is ahead.
So, what are the best shoes for travel for women? What are the best travel shoes for men?
We haven’t found the perfect pair of shoes, but all of these have achieved our criteria above. When possible, we only get our shoes from REI due to their outstanding return policy. If we can’t get to an REI, we often buy directly from Hoka. Click on each shoe for a direct link to its specs.
Socks need to work overtime. You’ll probably wash them out in the sink many times. Shoes for nomad life must be versatile, comfortable, durable, and lightweight. What are the best socks for travel?
Pants for nomad life must be lightweight, travel well, look nice, possible go on the trail, and maybe even be worn to dinner. Find the perfect pair of pants for nomad life is tough. What are the best pants for women for travel? What are the best travel pants for men?
Both Steve and Chris use the same carry-on bag, which we review in the video below. We use the Osprey Transporter 40 Wheeled. Click on the image for a direct link to the bag’s specs. What is the best suitcase for full-time travel?
If you can figure out how to make all the items in your wardrobe work double time, you can eliminate lots of bulk and weight in your bag. Here is Chris’ capsule wardrobe; including a video, pictures of each item, and a packing list. Read about it here. How do we pack for full-time travel? What is our packing list?
Need tips on how to pack light? We use a technique called bundling, and it’s the best way to pack your carry on bag for nomad life. Watch this video of our bundling technique.
We review our luggage and share our secrets for how we pack light.
Nomad Life Books Written by Experts
Chris has written three number one best sellers including the bible for nomad life, Two Carry-Ons and a Plan. Get your copy on Amazon. What is the best book for nomad life?
We carry two pair of shoes each in our full-time traveling life. We each wear a waterproof sandal and a waterproof pair of trail runners. Sometimes we swap the trail runners for boots if lots of hiking is ahead. So, what are the best shoes for travel for women? What are the best travel shoes for men?
The best all-around shoe for nomad lifeHoka waterproof trail runner
We haven’t found the perfect pair of shoes, but all of these have achieved our criteria above. When possible, we only get our shoes from REI due to their outstanding return policy. If we can’t get to an REI, we often buy directly from Hoka. Click on each shoe for a direct link to its specs.
Socks for Nomad Life
Socks need to work overtime. You’ll probably wash them out in the sink many times. Shoes for nomad life must be versatile, comfortable, durable, and lightweight. What are the best socks for travel?
Pants for nomad life must be lightweight, travel well, look nice, possible go on the trail, and maybe even be worn to dinner. Find the perfect pair of pants for nomad life is tough. What are the best pants for women for travel? What are the best travel pants for men?
Both Steve and Chris use the same carry-on bag, which we review in the video below. We use the Osprey Transporter 40 Wheeled. Click on the image for a direct link to the bag’s specs. What is the best suitcase for full-time travel?
The Osprey Transporter 40 Wheeled is our recommended bag.
Travel Capsule Wardrobe
If you can figure out how to make all the items in your wardrobe work double time, you can eliminate lots of bulk and weight in your bag. Here is Chris’ capsule wardrobe; including a video, pictures of each item, and a packing list. Read about it here. How do we pack for full-time travel? What is our packing list?
Nomad Life Complete Packing List
Our entire packing list for nomad life and everything we use is available in our Amazon store.
Packing Light for Nomad Life
Need tips on how to pack light? We use a technique called bundling, and it’s the best way to pack your carry on bag for nomad life. Watch this video of our bundling technique.
https://youtu.be/cSGd5YAu1d4
We review our luggage and share our secrets for how we pack light.
Nomad Life Books Written by Experts
Chris has written three number one best sellers including the bible for nomad life, Two Carry-Ons and a Plan. Get your copy on Amazon. What is the best book for nomad life?
