A good pouch rarely stays limited to one job. Zippered fabric pouches can keep the smaller things in your life together, whether they’re tucked inside a handbag, organizing a backpack, packed into a suitcase, or sitting somewhere at home waiting for you to remember where you put them. They’re useful for everything from everyday essentials and personal care items to cords, chargers, craft supplies, and all the miscellaneous little things that otherwise have a habit of spreading themselves everywhere.

Pouches are especially handy when you carry a larger bag and would prefer not to dig through the entire thing every time you need something small. Use them to separate different groups of essentials, keep loose items contained, or make switching between bags easier by moving a whole pouch at once. They can also become cosmetic bags, toiletry pouches, travel organizers, tech accessory cases, or whatever other job happens to need filling, which is part of what makes such a simple little bag surprisingly useful.

The useful thing about a pouch is that its job can change whenever you need it to. The one holding chargers on a trip might organize craft supplies at home later, while another can move between makeup, toiletries, office supplies, or the collection of miscellaneous things you haven’t found a better category for yet. That flexibility makes pouches useful well beyond a single purpose, and it also explains why having more than one somehow stops feeling excessive remarkably quickly.