Pimp my Carry

[MartinK9]

The only rucksack pimping done so far is two full cycle machine washes, the final one in Nikwax tecwash. It hasn't turned out too bad.
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Next to clean, salvaged from the skip, is a Primus Nº210 and a Markill fuel bottle

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Nicely done, that'll serve you well.

I need to move if that's what you find in your skips.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I've only made a few mods to my rucky..........for comfort though rather than praticalities.

Added a chest strap, & beefed up the waist belt .

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with molle type webbing to hold a water bottle on each side.like thus .....naff I know

And since the bottom of a rucky takes the most punishment, I've added 2 straps that hold a piece of tarp( which may come in handy) protecting the base....I've made them long enough to be able to hold something as large as a roll mat..............just in case.

I'm not a pouch person but I'm begining to realise that having certain items all in the same place is not such a bad idea...

 

[treefrog]

I need to move if that's what you find in your skips.

I was driving round at work when I saw a couple filling a skip out side their house, the bloke was throwing a green rucksack into the skip and caught my attention. They had just bought the house and were clearing the garage of all the old junk left in it. They didn't mind me having a bit of a rummage. These were on top, I dread to think what i might have missed buried at the bottom

 

[shaggystu]

.......These were on top, I dread to think what i might have missed buried at the bottom

post the address, i've got nowt better to do with my evening

 

[Wayland]

The only rucksack pimping done so far is two full cycle machine washes, the final one in Nikwax tecwash. It hasn't turned out too bad.
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Looks like the elastic might need beefing up like mine did.

Easy enough to thread a bit of 2mm bungee under the old elastic.

I've only made a few mods to my rucky..........for comfort though rather than praticalities.

Added a chest strap, & beefed up the waist belt .

.

I have mixed feelings about chest straps, I know they reduce pull on the shoulders but I find they affect my breathing too.

with molle type webbing to hold a water bottle on each side.like thus .....naff I know

Nothing is naff if it works for you.

According to some people's "standards" most of my kit is naff but I don't care, it works for me.

And since the bottom of a rucky takes the most punishment, I've added 2 straps that hold a piece of tarp( which may come in handy) protecting the base....I've made them long enough to be able to hold something as large as a roll mat..............just in case.

I'm not a pouch person but I'm beginning to realise that having certain items all in the same place is not such a bad idea...

I like that idea for the base, two birds with one stone as it were.

I might have to think about that.

 

[shaggystu]

.....I have mixed feelings about chest straps, I know they reduce pull on the shoulders but I find they affect my breathing too......

i'm with you on that one wayland, it really is swings and roundabouts with chest straps, they make the bag more stable - but harder to drop quickly too. i find that with a rucksack, even quite a light one, my left arm "goes to sleep" after about half an hour unless i use a chest strap (yes, just the left one, it makes no sense to me either) so they're kind of a necessary evil for me. it is the one thing on my rucksacks that gets altered quite frequently, constantly trying to find the best possible compromise

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Looks like the elastic might need beefing up like mine did.

Hahah ...no the elastics fine, the lid was empty empty so looks a little limp

 

[Retired Member southey]

i'm with you on that one wayland, it really is swings and roundabouts with chest straps, they make the bag more stable - but harder to drop quickly too. i find that with a rucksack, even quite a light one, my left arm "goes to sleep" after about half an hour unless i use a chest strap (yes, just the left one, it makes no sense to me either) so they're kind of a necessary evil for me. it is the one thing on my rucksacks that gets altered quite frequently, constantly trying to find the best possible compromise

Simple, your right arm is more developed

 

[Wayland]

Hahah ...no the elastics fine, the lid was empty empty so looks a little limp

Ah.. That comment was directed at Treefrog mate.

 

[shaggystu]

Simple, your right arm is more developed

ah, nice, i see what you did there, very good! i'm left handed

 

[blacktimberwolf]

One good thing about chest straps is that you don't have to do them up......I tend to use them only when I'm not going to be taking the pack off every 5 minutes......I like them though.

 

[treefrog]

Looks like the elastic might need beefing up like mine did.

Easy enough to thread a bit of 2mm bungee under the old elastic.

Yep Tundra repairs (ex-berghaus staff) charge £25 to replace the lid elastic, so a bit of 2mm bungee sounds ideal. It's too short in the back (size 2) so it's off to my nephew for cadet use, so i'm not spending any money on it.

 

[MartinK9]

Yep Tundra repairs (ex-berghaus staff) charge £25 to replace the lid elastic, so a bit of 2mm bungee sounds ideal. It's too short in the back (size 2) so it's off to my nephew for cadet use, so i'm not spending any money on it.

Indeed, just buy one of these:

http://www.sewessential.co.uk/Category.asp?CategoryID=727&NumPerPage=5&page=1

and some 2mm Bungee as Wayland said and save yourself £20 +

 

[Man of Tanith]

i like the look of your pack Wayland
i'll grab some photos of my very basic pimping of packs tomorrow after i have slept from my night shift

 

[Chiseller]

Just acouple of alternative attachments to my salient.. Still experimenting

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[Wayland]

Just a couple of alternative attachments to my salient.. Still experimenting

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That's impressive, it also allows you to walk on walls...

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Hope you don't mind chiseller,

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

i get the dead left arm thing too, when using heavy rucksacks.

ah, nice, i see what you did there, very good! i'm left handed

 

[andybysea]

Me too start's with a cramp feeling in my trap and goes down my left arm.

 

[Lister]

Me too start's with a cramp feeling in my trap and goes down my left arm.

Isn't the whole left arm going numb thing meant to be the sign of the onset of angina/heart attack could be the rucky but you never know