Well, I've never been able to keep a daysack that organised...
Dito! 100% spot on!
with a simple pouch you can have all the bits you need in one place and slip in odd other bits and you will be able to pick that pouch and all those items in one go.
I have tried for years to organise a bag the same way and you just can't, the closest I've come is using an ALICE rucksack and that's because it has smallish pockets, and the ability to add or take away add on pouches. PLCE Bergen works in a similar way but not as well.
If you put it in another context think of people that need similar sized kit to hand all the time but need to be able to move about like, police, builders,(and any military/police force you can name), even cyclists have pockets on their tops, and bikes etc in general they all resort to pouches (of sorts).
why don't they use a small rucksack instead?
well they could, but it would take longer to find the kit they want.
for instance only needing one hand I can find my torch/or fist aid) in the dark within seconds.
whereas if it was in my bag, It would be in the top pocket, I'd have to use both hands (letting go of what ever i was holding) take it off and rummage for it (with everything else stored in the same pocket) making sore nothing else fell out (with one hand?).
People that need similar sized kit but don't need to move far use big bags or boxes e.g. fishermen, ambulance drivers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers etc.
(but the bags/boxes they do use have loads of smaller pouches or boxes, to separate their gear).
For most run of the mill bushcraft would you need to wear a set of webbing or belt kit??
No...or wear a bush hat, wear a Swannidri, or carry a Gransfor, or use specific top draw kit...
hey what the hell, you could do Bushcraft in jeans T-shirt trainers and use a stanley knife or would that be silly?
I can understand the bushcrafters desire for neutral tone clothing to blend in to the woodland. But slapping on a set of PLCE / ALICE or good old 58patt or a roll pin belt full of SAS drop pouches just seems a bit needless IMHO.
Webbing isn't a Looks or "Camo" think as you seem to be suggesting, if it were I'd use DPM gear, or cover me and my kit in scrim. webbing to me has always been a useful tool. I'm sure a lot more people would use if it were more socially aceptable.
Weird thing is there's always been a sort of misunderstanding about people wearing webbing wanting to be a soldier or rambo etc.
yet wearing Military camo clothing has nearly always been acceptable especially for people doing outdoor work (like builders/farmers) and has been on and off fashion for years now.
we can't say that word
