Video Overview

MauriceMoves — one of the most engaging travel and EDC channels on YouTube — took on a 48-hour challenge in Jakarta, Indonesia, and discovered what might be the most overlooked city for EDC gear in the world. Jakarta’s reputation is built on food, coffee culture, and genuine local hospitality, but Maurice found that the EDC scene runs deep too: local brands producing carry gear with craft and identity that most of the Western gear world doesn’t know about. This video documents his finds from two distinct stops — Voyej and September Spring — alongside his thoughts on Unbound Merino’s travel clothing, which sponsored part of the journey. If you’ve never thought about Jakarta as a carry destination, this video will change your perspective.

Items and/or Gear Mentioned in the Video

• Voyej Carry Goods – Purchase on Amazon
• September Spring EDC Gear – Purchase on Amazon
• Unbound Merino Men’s T-Shirt – Purchase on Amazon
• Unbound Merino Compact Travel Hoodie – Purchase on Amazon

The two Indonesian brands featured — Voyej and September Spring — are the heart of this video. Voyej is available across multiple malls in Jakarta, making it more accessible than Maurice initially expected. September Spring is a local brand found at Artket ID, a biannual design market at Brickhall — meaning it’s a destination find rather than a walk-in shop. Unbound Merino rounds out the carry with their merino wool travel clothing, which Maurice uses across his global carry adventures.

Editor’s Insight

MauriceMoves has built a channel around the idea that carry culture is a global phenomenon, and this Jakarta video is one of his most compelling pieces of evidence for that thesis. The Western EDC market tends to orbit a handful of well-known brands and cities — San Francisco, London, Tokyo — and misses the fact that passionate designers making quality carry gear exist everywhere. Jakarta, it turns out, is a case study in exactly that.

Voyej is the more accessible of the two brands featured. With products available in multiple malls across Jakarta — not just one destination store — Voyej has built genuine retail presence in one of the world’s largest cities. Indonesian carry culture has its own aesthetic sensibility: clean lines, thoughtful material choices, and a design philosophy that bridges the minimalist Western carry aesthetic with local craft traditions. Maurice’s discovery of Voyej in the context of a 48-hour challenge speaks to how well-distributed the brand is within its home market.

September Spring is a different proposition — a brand you have to seek out, found at Artket ID, a biannual design and craft market that happens only twice a year at Brickhall. This kind of discovery is what separates genuine carry exploration from catalog shopping. The brands that show up at design markets twice a year are usually the ones run by people who are deeply invested in what they’re making, without the pressure of maintaining year-round retail visibility. That context matters when evaluating the gear.

The Unbound Merino sponsorship is relevant to the EDC traveler in a specific way. Merino wool travel clothing occupies an interesting category: it packs light, resists odor significantly better than synthetic alternatives, and performs across a wide temperature range. For a carry philosophy centered on packing less — which Maurice embodies — merino base layers reduce the total clothing volume needed for a multi-week trip. The T-shirt and Compact Travel Hoodie are the two entry points Maurice recommends, and they represent the clothing equivalent of what EDC carry enthusiasts do with gear: reduce quantity while maximizing quality and versatility.

The broader point of this video — and what makes it worth watching beyond the specific gear — is the argument that carry culture is genuinely global, and that the most interesting finds often require geographic curiosity. Jakarta ranks with Tokyo, Seoul, and Taiwan as a city that produces carry gear with distinct aesthetic identity. For travelers who plan carry-aware trips, adding a gear stop to a Jakarta itinerary is now a legitimately worthwhile consideration.

Maurice’s 48-hour challenge format is one of the most efficient ways to evaluate a city’s carry scene. It forces prioritization — you can’t visit everything, so you find what’s actually worth the trip. The fact that he came away with two distinct brands worth writing about from a single day of exploration suggests Jakarta’s EDC depth goes well beyond what this video captures.

Full credit to MauriceMoves for bringing visibility to a carry scene that most of the English-language gear community would never find on their own. Watch the full video for the complete walkthrough of both brands and Maurice’s broader take on Jakarta as a travel destination.

Closing Remarks

Jakarta’s EDC gear scene is a genuine hidden gem — Voyej’s mall presence and September Spring’s design market exclusivity offer two very different carry shopping experiences in the same city. MauriceMoves’ 48-hour challenge format surfaces exactly the kind of finds that reward curious travelers. Have you discovered a surprising EDC gear city on your travels? Drop it in the comments. Note: affiliate links above support the blog at no cost to you.