Recommend a small bag for essentials?

[JonathanD]

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[Retired Member southey]

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[Dave]

here is mine to give you an idea


still room for plenty of other stuff and of course you can expand it with add on pouches

Nice setup you've got there Paul. Is that green cap on a water bottle?

 

[Timbo]

I love that Versipack setup BareThrills, that bag looks like it holds a considerable amount of gear, lots of colour choices too on the Maxp website.
The Frost packs look really nice, more traditional looking

 

[Squidders]

I have something very similiar. The Thwart Bag, with a modded canvass and leather shoulder strap:

http://www.frostriver.com/canoe_packs/thwart_bag.html

Also use a cool chest pack when practising rivercraft.......

Nice looking bag - I like the idea of the front pocket... it doesn't add too much complexity. I love just having one compartment to store stuff in, I know exactly where everything is... "In the bag".

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Nice setup you've got there Paul. Is that green cap on a water bottle?

yes mate. the side pocket holds a 1l nalgene bottle. i got the go outdoors rip off variety as its much cheaper. im told you can also fit the bottle in with a tatonka stainless mug but im waiting for mine to arrive before i can test. ordered it from bronzemoonoutdoors so will likely never see it lol

 

[Westnorfolk]

this is mine, there may be many like it but this one is my one

it used to be one of those cheap back pack things you get in army surplus shops so i put a cotton strap on so it didn't slip off my shoulder and then decorated it a bit. a total of £6.50 and too much time on my hands.







the result of sitting waiting for folk concerts to start and finding wool. one of the craft stalls at a fair had some felting needles so i had to get some of them as well.

 

[rik_uk3]

Look on ebay for a bum bag, it will do all you need
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-2-3...cksRucksacks_Bags_EH&var=&hash=item4ab8a0e02f
sort of thing.

 

[Bowlander]

I use one of these, a Shakespeare odyssey trout bag. its got a zipped back pocket, waterproof liner and d-rings at each end. I fasten my gps, spot and compass to the d rings and put them in the mesh pockets at the front so they can see the sky.

The bag lid makes a handy sit mat.

Did 8 miles over the fells today and it easily held lunch, flask, water bottle and waterproofs.

 

[Dave]

These are nice little bags

Never fired a shotgun, but that seems like a dangerous way to carry it?

 

[Opal]

I use one of these, a Shakespeare odyssey trout bag. its got a zipped back pocket, waterproof liner and d-rings at each end. I fasten my gps, spot and compass to the d rings and put them in the mesh pockets at the front so they can see the sky.

The bag lid makes a handy sit mat.

Did 8 miles over the fells today and it easily held lunch, flask, water bottle and waterproofs.

Yes, excellent bag, I have the old Daiwa one, takes my spinning gear and some food, I attach a small tripod chair to it for canal days.

 

[sandbender]

Hello,
Ok I am looking for a small bag to carry essentials ...but looking something less tactical.

So ideally:
single shoulder strap
capacity about 10litres or less
canvas or 500d type material
colour khaki, brown, green (something that blends in)
does something like this exist?

How about a Barbour Tarras...

 

[JonathanD]

Never fired a shotgun, but that seems like a dangerous way to carry it?

Only if it's loaded

 

[Timbo]

Hey Sandbender, that Barbour is a nice bag, size looks about right and a couple of separate compartments, pricey but you get what you pay for.

 

[sandbender]

Hey Sandbender, that Barbour is a nice bag, size looks about right and a couple of separate compartments, pricey but you get what you pay for.

They pop up on ebay now and again, that might save you some, otherwise ask someone on here to put something similar together for you, or make one yourself.

 

[abominable_scouse_monster]

There's also a company that makes the modern version. Just search Sahara Indiana Travelpack.

I have one of them and it's awful, far to small to fit much in and the strap stretches beyond belief. I only use it now as a organiser pouch inside another bag, at the moments it's full of leads in my tackle bag.

 

[Noddy]

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[Dartmoor navigator]

I use an Arcteryx mistral 8 - it's weatherproof with compartments etc and very well designed. In fact it's a purpose made outdoor 'manbag'... It's a luuuuuvely colour too unfortunately it's quite a price.

 

[Granite Head]

Polish Army Bag - size is about right (11 x 11 x 6 inches) and has fastenable internal pouches. Cheap as well.

I have gone through various gas mask bags (Swedish, Finnish, Swiss) but this is now my preferred EDC.

 

[aris]

Check out the bags at heinnies. They don't just sell knives

http://www.heinnie.com/Bags-and-Wallets/c-1-281/

I'm considering this one:

http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?P_ID=2999