Bags...

[Sufler]

I have to say... these drawstring bags have become my favorite for day hikes. Virtually no weight. And, with bare essentials filling the inside the strings are not uncomfortable at all.

Any of you also use them?

 

[sicily02]

I have used them for short walks and like you said with a small amount of survival gear. The work pretty good for that.

Bryan

 

[PayetteRucker]

I have one of the pocket backpacks from EB. I got it free some time ago in an order. Used it so much I blew the bottom out. Great for basecamp style backpacking trips. Stuff in a front pocket for the 10 mile hike in, setup basecamp and then hike to all the fishing lakes and slay some trout with your little pocket daypack. I wore it down to literally nothing but strips of nylon and destroyed zipper, so the Maxped Rolly Poly backpacks are on the wishlist. In a long term survival scenario, those drawstring bags would make for a great hunting/gathering bag-lash on a bottle of water and go digging for shrooms and roots.

 

[OwenM]

I occasionally use L.L. Bean's version, but I gave away my spares, and now the straps have gotten twisted and don't cinch down properly. I use it for carrying books sometimes, a change of clothes, shoes or boots, and a couple of times for dayhikes when only out for a few hours. Pic below, we were just doing a rim trail at Bryce Canyon. It has a softshell jacket and bottled water, maybe my binoculars, don't remember:

 

[DrivebyTrucker]

I don't believe the weight for straps would that much more weight. But it would be more comfortable. No I don't those. I've tried and didn't like them. But I do have a light back pack that I may carry for walks in the city.

 

[RatDrall]

I use them to organize clothes in a larger bag, intended as a backup backpack if needed.

Other than that, the cord is too uncomfortable and makes me feel like I'm wearing something I rigged out of a garbage bag and some paracord...

 

[Guyon]

I have one that I keep mountain biking stuff in (helmet, gloves, glasses).
As long as you don't load them down with crazy weight, they're great.