Hello, everyone.
This is a small note about how the dopp boxes worked out in practice.
1. They have enough space, if one uses the elastic loops on the lid for storing some things. Otherwise, if one puts the stuff in there in a heap, it becomes somewhat frustrating.
2. A construction note: while most of the seams were glued with Fray-chek after sewing to keep the fabric from raveling, the zipper seams were double stitched and not glued. This was a mistake. Both ripstop and flag fabric ravel like nobody's business. They should have been glued at the edges like the other seams.
3. The shape of the box was reinforced and somewhat defined by the placement of toothbrush, hairbrush, and the folded camper's towel. If one doesn't use the contents to stabilize the shape, the little square turns into a somewhat shapeless lump. (See comment #1.) The standard blow drying brush fit exactly into the diagonal of the box and the toothbrush did also. The other items fit into the triangles of space on either side of the hairbrush.
It's still a good answer to the toiletries problem, at least after the necessary glue lines are added, and is worth re-use on future trips. As deodorant was kept in a folded plastic bag instead of a push-up tube, it just went into the corner. Cotton swabs were in a small box that exactly fit along the side and was exactly the right height to help with the shape as well.
(No picture needed on this post, I think.)
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