dry bags

[drewdunnrespect]

now then at the moment i use a hundred and twenty litre PLCE ISSUE bag an in it fits everything just and certain things get wet cos of tarp and such like if it rains cos only use stuff sacks at the present this because everythin ecept sleeping bag and underblanket gous in one side pocket not because of the rain directly cos in main sack i use my bivi bag to keep evrything dry. cheers for that tip shewie of using bivi in that way

so my question is

for my bits of kit that i will list what size dry bags do i need

dd camping hammock with out strings

snugpack underblanket

snugpack pack Antartica RE

DD net hammock

true north outdoors 4.5 by 3
with out accessaries

cheers drew

 

[Shewie]

I have all my kit in different coloured Exped dry bags Drew.

Hammock and cords/krabs in a 3L
Tarp in a 3L
One big pack liner which the doss bag and clothing go straight into and everything else on top of that.

If you put your tarp into a dry bag and put it in the lid pocket of your pack it will stop everything else from getting wet. Leave your tarp up until everything else is packed away in your pack, fasten it up and then take your tarp down and put it in the lid pocket last of all.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

shewie
how does the hammock stay dry if cords are wet cos it all goes in one dry bag
cheers for help so far much appreciated

drew

 

[Shewie]

If they're wet from rain I just put mine in with the tarp.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

cool i see cheers for the help and does your tarp have all the accessaries attached once away in dry bag or are they on top cos they will be wet as well cheers again for help drew

 

[Shewie]

Yeah the tarp setup stays together all the time for me fella, just gets dried when I get home.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

and one last question undernblanket is that permenantly attached to you hammock
drew

 

[drewdunnrespect]

and cheers for help drew

 

[Shewie]

and one last question undernblanket is that permenantly attached to you hammock
drew

No that's in the main pack dry bag along with the doss bag

 

[drewdunnrespect]

cheers drew

 

[Shewie]

cheers drew

No you're Drew, I'm Shewie

 

[drewdunnrespect]

lol yer sorry cheers shewie drew

 

[BushEd]

roll sleeping bag in bivvy - no need for dry bag then.

 

[Opal]

lol yer sorry cheers shewie drew

I think Shewie Drew is a nice name.

 

[Dangerous Dan]

I'm currently resisting the lure of a 120 litre - I don't trust packs that's almost as tall as I am! I just know I'll try to fill it and keel over backwards.

Your mileage may vary somewhat Drew but here's what I use. Hammock, attached under-insulation and regular blanket go in a 20litre drysack - that way it's all together and gets deployed in one move. Tarp goes in a 3 litre. Dry clothes, food and everything else goes into a 60 litre pack liner (oversized for the task so with room to spare). This all somehow gets rammed into a 60 litre pack.

Tarp goes in the bottom compartment; water, travel nibbles and brew kit goes into two 2 litre side pockets; 60 litre drybag goes in main compartment with hammock on top.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

cheers sor info dan but think i will stick with shewies idea cos it seems two work and suit my way of packing and also get the 120 litres they wrk no end drew