Keeping stuff clean

[Tony]

I watched the vid that globetrotter put up here about packing a load of gear into a bag, John Fenna pointed out it would be hard to get stuff out which got me thinking about the problems we have with keeping stuff clean, dry etc.
I know it's easy to say put a tarp up and a sheet on the floor to lay stuff out on but when the weathers bad, or you've not got a sheet for the floor and it's muddy do you have a tip or system that you use to keep your stuff in good condition, dry, clean etc

I hope i phrased the question understandably

 

[MartinK9]

Yep, all kit in seperate dry bags, then into bergen.

Take dry bags out and tip contents into your now empty bergen.

 

[ozzy1977]

I use a bunch of dry bags for different things, probably not the most space saving method though.

 

[John Fenna]

I always have a ground sheet of some description, even if it is only a couple of feet square and most of my stuff is in individual stuff sacks or drybags ... which is one reason that my pack is so large I guess!

 

[Humpback]

Coloured dry bags with important ones having a tag to identify contents


Alan

 

[Tony]

There's a huge drybag theme here, I'm the same I have to admit.

When i'm hammocking i sometimes take one of those ikea hanging basket things with me as well, that helps keep things off the floor and dry. I've used a bivi bag before as well so that I can lay stuff out and then keep it laid out but covered up...

 

[Humpback]

I tried several options to keep stuff dry/clean and eventually got a gear hammock from UK Hammocks and this means I can rummage at waist level( ooh er missus) aswell


Alan

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

I use dry bags too but most of my packs have external mesh storage too which makes life easier. I can stuff things inside and out when sorting through gear. When hammocking everything is hung in dry bags from the suspension as well hanging up the pack too. Another great idea is using a pack cover to shove gear in. Easy to see stuff and keeps it out of the crud

 

[Toddy]

Dry bags, and big squares of cheap/cheap plastic.....go to the poundstore and buy one of the garden furniture covers. They come in dark green. Cut it apart and you'll have metres off very lightweight, remarkably long lasting, fold up small into a ziplock bag, waterproof green stuff

£1 and enough to last a year....it's a bargain.

I pack it at the top of my pack, open a small bit up and put my pack down on it. Then I just get on with set up. Thing is too, those small side pieces are great just inside the door way to take muddy boots too, and just fold back up into a zip bag to leave. Wipes clean with baby wipes and a paper towel or just rinse and peg up to dry off.

atb,
M

 

[decorum]

As well as using dry bags I also use an offcut (or two) of an IPK sheet.

For putting kit on ...



... for kneeling / sitting on ...



... for keeping feet / socks clean and dry when retiring or rising

 

[Dazza247guv]

Completely off topic I know ( with the relevant apologies to the originator) what size tarp did Decorum use for that last photo and how is it pitched? Looks like a cracking assembly.


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[MartinK9]

Completely off topic I know ( with the relevant apologies to the originator) what size tarp did Decorum use for that last photo and how is it pitched? Looks like a cracking assembly.


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[Big Stu 12]

I always have a Survival Bag which also acts as a Ground sheet, for stuff I want regularly I use a ridge-line storage system I have made, I use a bit of roll mat as a mat to stand on keeps my feet from getting cold when changing socks or taking boots off,

I also hand things like first aid kit from my ridge line.. along with other stuff as well,

 

[Gray]

I put all my dirty stuff like sooted pans/cooker etc into plastic carrier bags,pack it up and clean it when i get home. Simple but cheap. I also have a poudshop groundsheet 1.7m x1.7m. Serves the purpose.

 

[John Fenna]

If I need to hang things up I use one (or two) tripods, sometimes with a cross pole as well.
For long term camps I build a table

 

[bilmo-p5]

I use bags, though not necessarily drybags, generally colour coded to some extent, and different sizes to suit.

 

[Macaroon]

Just seen this after arriving home from a fairly long bimble in a wind gusting 50 kts. and stonking hail, and the ground all about here as muddy as I've ever seen it; stopped after 5 miles and made a brew and bannock on my home made woodgas stove. I've unpacked just now, and everything is almost as clean and dry as if I'd been for a summer walk.

I use different sized pieces of IPK to put stuff on, I've got a bit of CCF from an old mat that sits in a little cover made with a scrap of waxed canvas left over from an old project, and now for the heresy............
I carry a small folding umbrella with the handle removed, very small and weighs nothing, and straps to my upturned walking staff with a long strip of bicycle inner tube; cost £2 in a charity shop.

With these three items I can stop in any weather and have a brew, use phone/camera/optics,change socks etc. in the dry and in complete comfort......

That's what works for me

 

[Tony]

cool stuff and some creative approaches, keep it coming

 

[santaman2000]

I use bags, though not necessarily drybags, generally colour coded to some extent, and different sizes to suit.

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This is generally my system also. Though I'd like for them all to be dry bags as and when I can afford that transition.

 

[tom.moran]

ive always used a gear hammock, that combined with the fact that my old tarp used to be about 10x6 meters and i could make a full floor shelter with it was fine. now ive got a 'smaller' tarp ill use my gear hammock still but ive also saved the rain cover from my old ruksack to use while putting things down on the wet floor