Kit that's allowed to be carried on the outside of a rucksack...

Miniwhisk

Forager
Apr 7, 2010
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Gloucestershire
Reading the first couple of posts I feel a bit like I am in the outcast group.... I carry my water filter in the outside side pocket - it is one of those water filter bottles - for quick access to my drinking water....
 

Bushwhacker

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Jun 26, 2008
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Dorset
Reading the first couple of posts I feel a bit like I am in the outcast group.... I carry my water filter in the outside side pocket - it is one of those water filter bottles - for quick access to my drinking water....

Don't worry, I carry my roll mat on the outside. I just can't seem to roll it up tight enough to stick anywhere else tbh.
 
Nov 29, 2004
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Scotland
I read the list in the OP and thought of this...

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:)
 

shaggystu

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Nov 10, 2003
4,345
33
Derbyshire
so , to clarify;

this is acceptable
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but this isn't?
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Imagedude

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Feb 24, 2011
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46
Gwynedd
Reading the first couple of posts I feel a bit like I am in the outcast group.... I carry my water filter in the outside side pocket - it is one of those water filter bottles - for quick access to my drinking water....


Side pocket/side wands are OK for waterbottles or waterproofs.
 

shaggystu

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Nov 10, 2003
4,345
33
Derbyshire
Flags should be kept in the pack I think.... :p

:rofl:

walking through the woods last weekend someone pointed out that i have a lizard on my rucksack, it's just a little stuffed thing, maybe 3 or 4 inches long, and in nicely subdued colours. it's kind of my camping mascot, i found it on my tent roof when i woke up at festival one morning and it's been shoved under a little strap on my rucksack ever since.

are small bean filled lizard mascots acceptable or not? or do they make me in to too much of a knobber? (i'm going out on a limb here and guessing that knobber isn't intended as a compliment, but i could be wrong)
 

mountainm

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Jan 12, 2011
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Selby
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:rofl:

walking through the woods last weekend someone pointed out that i have a lizard on my rucksack, it's just a little stuffed thing, maybe 3 or 4 inches long, and in nicely subdued colours. it's kind of my camping mascot, i found it on my tent roof when i woke up at festival one morning and it's been shoved under a little strap on my rucksack ever since.

are small bean filled lizard mascots acceptable or not? or do they make me in to too much of a knobber? (i'm going out on a limb here and guessing that knobber isn't intended as a compliment, but i could be wrong)

Now this is quite an important point - what colour is the lizard, and are you sure it's a lizard and not a gecko?
 

shaggystu

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Nov 10, 2003
4,345
33
Derbyshire
Now this is quite an important point - what colour is the lizard, and are you sure it's a lizard and not a gecko?

these are very valid questions, and, in all honesty, they're not questions that i feel qualified to answer.

photo's inbound.....
 

johnboy

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Oct 2, 2003
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Hamilton NZ
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It might be a skink... In which case it needs to be inside the pack... Newts also need to be stored inside preferably a lid pocket to prevent damage from falling objects....
 

sapper1

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Feb 3, 2008
2,572
1
swansea
The only thing that should be on the outside of the pack should be the makers name patch......as long as it's not one of the cheaper makes.Everybody must know how much you paid for your pack or what's the point of having all this expensive kit?

I don't have anything on the outside of my pack ,I find it catches on trees and bushes when I'm bushwhacking.I don't keep a water bottle outside either,I prefer to stop and have a bit of a doss now and again.That's the time to open the pack and have a drink.
 

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