What's your favorite bag?

Midway range bag. Awesome bag. When on sale, it’s a great value.
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Maxpedition Jumbo Versa Pack, use it daily, keeps some essential items in it plus it carries my lunch everyday. Also I use a small LL BEAN canvas bag on the days I need to carry a little more.
 
Along with my Maxpedition bag, I use some heavy duty canvas bags for camping, hunting and carrying tools and other heavy items. The small bag is about 9”x 9”x 18” it has multiple pockets outside, 2 heavy duty carrying handles and 3 grab handles one on each end and 1 in the middle, this makes easy to pull out of truck beds. The larger were called Coal Bags, they are approximately 20”x 20”x 10” with 2 very heavy carry handles, my understanding is that they were for carrying 50 to 60 pounds of coal. Both of these bags are very durable.
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Almost embarrassed to admit it but I carry a grey LA Police Gear Jumbo Bail out Bag. Surprising well made for $37 plus s/h. It holds my 17" laptop, tools, water bottle, and medical gear easily. Plenty of options for organizing gear. For us budget shoppers, LAPG really does have some good stuff for the money.
 
My favorite bag is not my best bag.

It's an old London Bridge Trading company RAPTOR assault pack from back in the day.

There are better bags, but this beat-up ol' warhorse just refuses to die.

So it rides in the car, like a minuteman of old, waiting to battle whatever forces are arrayed against us.

A close second has to go to my old sea bag from when I was in the Navy. Still bears my name and number that I stenciled onto it day one of boot camp. I don't use it much, but it is staying.
 
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Along with my Maxpedition bag, I use some heavy duty canvas bags for camping, hunting and carrying tools and other heavy items. The small bag is about 9”x 9”x 18” it has multiple pockets outside, 2 heavy duty carrying handles and 3 grab handles one on each end and 1 in the middle, this makes easy to pull out of truck beds. The larger were called Coal Bags, they are approximately 20”x 20”x 10” with 2 very heavy carry handles, my understanding is that they were for carrying 50 to 60 pounds of coal. Both of these bags are very durable.
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I use these canvas bags quite a lot for work and play. For the most part, they are the last thing I grab before leaving the house when I'm carrying a bunch of stuff. This is for the odds and ends... flashlights, poncho, cell phone, chargers, often a pair of shorts, extra socks, a hat, first aid kit, guide books, maps.... stuff like that. If I go on a hike, I'll choose the things I want to take with me and place into another bag.
 
I love the Maxpedition Falcon series bags for when you're not worried about blending in. Hiking or bugout whatever. Probably attracts too much attention in an urban setting but they're just damn good packs for when you don't mind the tacticool factor.

They're pricey but the quality is worth it, from what I can tell. Way nicer then the 5.11 pack i have for what it's worth.

This one is the falcon II, its the perfect size for 1 person EDC/day trip/vehicle bug out kit. They make larger packs as well. These come with a concealed carry pouch that has velcro so you can attach a pack holster. I'm not an off body carry type of person but it could come in handy.

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Converge said:
I love the Maxpedition Falcon series bags for when you're not worried about blending in. Hiking or bugout whatever. Probably attracts too much attention in an urban setting but they're just damn good packs for when you don't mind the tacticool factor.

They're pricey but the quality is worth it, from what I can tell. Way nicer then the 5.11 pack i have for what it's worth.

This one is the falcon II, its the perfect size for 1 person EDC/day trip/vehicle bug out kit. They make larger packs as well. These come with a concealed carry pouch that has velcro so you can attach a pack holster. I'm not an off body carry type of person but it could come in handy.

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You almost persuade me to try one of those. I have a Condor that I use as an IDPA bag. It does OK. But I was never impressed with what it held for what it weighed. But, the Falcon gets a lot more love than the Condor ever did, so maybe that is something I should reconsider.

I have a 5.11 Rush 24 that I have carried for years now, and I don't see what people seem to be implying on 5.11 bags. The thing has been dang near bulletproof, from mountain hiking to getting beat around the back end of an Air Force tanker. I've been quite pleased with it.
 
Interesting stuff. I'm glad I stumbled upon this. I have some leads af least for finding a messenger type over the shoulder bag that has room enough for a soft body armor panel and diapers. Diapers for me and for the newest addition.

Can anyone give a recommendation for something like that? Roomy, with a secure place to put a soft body armor panel? MUST be GREYMAN approved. Meaning It has to blend in with what a 'Karen' would expect a dad to be carrying for dad stuff.

PM me if you want.
 
chuck4570 said:
Along with my Maxpedition bag, I use some heavy duty canvas bags for camping, hunting and carrying tools and other heavy items. The small bag is about 9”x 9”x 18” it has multiple pockets outside, 2 heavy duty carrying handles and 3 grab handles one on each end and 1 in the middle, this makes easy to pull out of truck beds. The larger were called Coal Bags, they are approximately 20”x 20”x 10” with 2 very heavy carry handles, my understanding is that they were for carrying 50 to 60 pounds of coal. Both of these bags are very durable.
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These canvas bags are REALLY useful and I use them a lot.... not so much to carry things on my person, but as a last ditch organizer when I'm heading out for a day's adventure where I take a lot of odds & ends with me inside my vehicle. I can find them easily being in the canvas bag.

tinfoil hat timmy tinfoil hat timmy I use the 5.11 messenger bag. What's with the armour requirement? I doubt the 5.11 bag is nice enough for you unless you want a very "manly" bag. I use it for traveling and carry my laptop inside it as well as odds & ends or a light change of clothes.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
Interesting stuff. I'm glad I stumbled upon this. I have some leads af least for finding a messenger type over the shoulder bag that has room enough for a soft body armor panel and diapers. Diapers for me and for the newest addition.

Can anyone give a recommendation for something like that? Roomy, with a secure place to put a soft body armor panel? MUST be GREYMAN approved. Meaning It has to blend in with what a 'Karen' would expect a dad to be carrying for dad stuff.

PM me if you want.
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Mission Workshop has some nice messenger bags. They're made in the USA, so they're pricey. Timbuk2 would be another brand to research. I think Vertx has a couple options as well.
 
I don't like shoulder bags. My present physician diagnosed me with scoliosis a few years ago, so I shouldn't carry bags that tilt my spine to one side. So it suits me best to wear comfortable backpacks made of thick or light fabric. I carry my laptop in a special backpack made of thick and waterproof gray fabric. When I need to go to someone's house or for a walk, I take this backpack https://www.amazon.com/Mato-Hash-Drawstring-Promotional-1PK-100PK/dp/B076VSDHM3?th=1. I like the fact that it's very soft. I can hardly feel this backpack on my back. My girlfriend takes this backpack for her morning runs because she puts her phone and a light sports jacket there.
 
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I really like the idea of those backpacks that fold up into themselves so you can carry them in a briefcase or suitcase or waist pack. You can then unfold them and use them to carry stuff on your back when the need arises, as opposed to just wearing an empty backpack all the time. Unfortunately all the ones I've found so far look pretty cheaply made, but the way they are designed is still pretty clever.
 
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I really like the idea of those backpacks that fold up into themselves so you can carry them in a briefcase or suitcase or waist pack. You can then unfold them and use them to carry stuff on your back when the need arises, as opposed to just wearing an empty backpack all the time. Unfortunately all the ones I've found so far look pretty cheaply made, but the way they are designed is still pretty clever.
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I got ticket to the moon packable grocery bag that also has shoulder strap. Super handy when you decide to grab something on the go.
 
Guy McVer said:
I really like the idea of those backpacks that fold up into themselves so you can carry them in a briefcase or suitcase or waist pack. You can then unfold them and use them to carry stuff on your back when the need arises, as opposed to just wearing an empty backpack all the time. Unfortunately all the ones I've found so far look pretty cheaply made, but the way they are designed is still pretty clever.
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This is a similar idea. The black pouch is sewn on the inside of the duffel bag and it folds up inside it, then the black pouch can be attached to your backpack until you need a duffel bag again.


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In my EDC bag I have an Ospray packable tote that is a good "extra" bag, an I keep a sea-to-summit packable backpack in my "laptop" bag which is just a big timbuk2 that is slightly more professional looking for the three days a decade I need to factor that in. I don't even own a laptop.
 
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Summit Pack, made from Dyneema

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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Prism Pack, made from woven Dyneema.Both packs are ultralight yet durable, waterproof too

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