I like them for dual use.LT 012.jpgOnce I even made a small tub with the help of a few resupply boxes at Kennedy Meadows.
+1.... that's what I do 2. Works great!Originally Posted by Sly
Stir Fry, +1 all around. I especially appreciate your point about how lot on WB many say no to pack cover, but on the AT most have them.
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Nope - put you bag in a waterproof sil nylon dry bag.. everything else... doesn't matter. Garbage bag inside the pack is cheaper.
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Wet gear is heavy gear. My Zpack cuben pack cover weighs less than a ounce.
Is it worth carrying a pack cover...Yes. But let me expand...sure why not!
Zpacks are nice but cost $38.95 and weigh 1.8 oz.. I use a pack cover and a Glad Trash Compactor Bag, cost about $1.00 and weigh 2.4 oz.
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Thanks for your help guys! It sounds like it is at least worth while using one. I have a large dry bag that I could line the inside of my bag with. Worse comes to worse, I could always ditch the cover along the way.
It is worth carrying a pack cover and it it worth carrying a raincoat, but not both. Get a Packa. Just my humble opinion.
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Went on a trip with my first Packa in December. I felt the sil version was a no-go for me from my arms getting soaked from sweat, but I loved the design. I tried to get Eddie to make me a custom breathable cuben version but decided to get the heavier eVent model.
I've done enough miles with the eVent version to know it does a good job of keeping me dry from the outside AND inside. IMO, worth the weight penalty.
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Compactor bag inside the pack is the way I go.
I used a pack cover until Virginia...It lost it's waterproofness....I started using a compactor bag and never looked back.
Absolutely. Don't leave home without it.
I put my sleeping bag in a stuff sack, my clothes in a stuff sack, and both of those go in a trash compactor bag in the bottom of my pack. Next comes my food in a Sea-to-Summit ultra sil sack and 3 other small S-t-S sacks....one for kitchen stuff, one for hygiene stuff, and one as a ditty bag for all misc stuff. In the outside mesh pockets of my pack go items that can get wet...tent in stuff sack, rain gear, water bottle, fuel bottle, food bag hanging gear, Aqua Mira, and DEET. I do not use a pack cover and have never wished I had one. In a heavy long rain, my pack will accumulate water inside, but I just lean over to the left and then to the right, it drains out the bottom, and off I go. Nothing inside the trash compactor bag or the stuff sacks ever got wet on my AT end-to-ender.
Like some of the others, I'll use the tri-fecta approach: cloths & sleeping bag in waterproof dry bags (Sea to summit), trash compactor bag to line the pack, and a pack cover to keep things on the outside 'less wet.'
Baloney. It's a matter of personal choice. There are different ways to keep pack contents dry, a pack cover is just one of them. I personally don't use one.
here is the system:
sleeping bag, clothes, other essentials - in dry bags
other stuff - kitchen, rain jacket, non essentials - just loose in pack
inside of pack - lined with compactor bag
spare contractor bag kept for putting your legs in for warmth - surprisingly warm
pack covered with UL pack cover - a wet pack adds about 1.5 lbs in water weight
a pack cover isn't foolproof in keeping stuff dry like a dry bag and contractor bags but it is the RIGHT tool for keeping your pack dry and your stuff more / less dry which is important
For me it is more a matter of everything freezing once wet, keeping everything dry as possible when hiking in freezing temps I would think is paramount...no?
Last edited by rocketsocks; 02-24-2013 at 20:31. Reason: didn't mean to quote, just my take
is a compactor bag the same thing as a trash bag?
I have found that a pack cover goes a long way to keeping the pack dry in rain. It is wonderful to get though a rain and take off the pack cover to find that there is no wet spot on the pack. Does this always work - no, does it work enough to offset it's weight, in the NE at least yes to me it does.
Almost. They have them in the trash bag section at most grocery stores. They are about 4 times as thick.
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