tryin...

[Damnitman]

...to get some weight and bulk off my back.  Any favorite fanny packs?

[jimfab]

Check out the wingnut packs. I dont have personal experience with a wingnut but i did make myself a pack on the same idea of keeping all the weight on my hips. I cary 6L of water and a few bits of food for hours without back issues. It works so well that i am going to make a 10L pack next. A wingnut is on my wish list for sure. To compare, my old MULE hurt my back within one hour and it only had 100oz (3L) in it. Otherwise, i think osprey makes some fine looking fanny packs, One guy i ride with has one, he likes it.

Cheers-JF

[Slowerthensnot]

Mountain smith

[wdlandparker]

jannd makes a cool wingnut-esque pack. not as light and the same cost, but it is a bit more modular in that you can use it with/without the shoulder harness, as well as expand it depending on how much stuff you have.

[Slowerthensnot]

been really digging this pack! not to spendy ether have run a bladder but most of the time keep the water on the bike although having 2 bottles on the lumbar pack is handy if i ditch the bike and start hiking

http://www.mountainsmith.com/products.asp?productId=23&categoryId=42&subCategoryId=0&subCategory2Id=0