 Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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on: December 10, 2009, 02:08:31 AM
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DoctorRad
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How waterproof is your luggage, and how waterproof do you expect it to be? I'm talking frame packs, seat packs, handlebar bags, panniers etc here.
Do you rely on it being waterproof, or do you put must-stay-dry gear in liners or dry bags to make sure?
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 05:08:10 AM
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stevage
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2009, 05:08:10 AM » |
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>or do you put must-stay-dry gear in liners or dry bags to make sure?
Hell yeah.
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 05:20:09 AM
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daveB
Location: Montpelier, VT
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2009, 05:20:09 AM » |
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Thick mil trash compactor plastic bags, vinyl/polyester coated nylon drybag type material, and neoprene are waterproof. Everything else will leak or transmit water, particularly on the nasty day you hadn't expected. Unless its a good day in that place's "dry season", I always use some kind of liner.
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 05:29:28 AM
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Pivvay
Riding and exploring
Location: Westminster, CO
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 05:29:28 AM » |
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My stuff is highly water resistant, definitely not waterproof though like daveB says, very little truly is waterproof. Stuff is even less waterproof when you have to open it in the rain to get something out or put something back.
I wrap my sleeping bag and any other clothes (vest, warmers etc) inside my bivy in my seatbag. They always stay dry. Anything else gets plastic baggie treatment if I want it dry. Most stuff getting a little wet isn't a big deal.
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-Chris Plesko
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #4 on: December 10, 2009, 06:23:21 AM
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DoctorRad
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2009, 06:23:21 AM » |
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I wrap my sleeping bag and any other clothes (vest, warmers etc) inside my bivy in my seatbag. They always stay dry. What do you do with them to keep them dry when you want to sleep in your bivvy? Sounds like a great weight saving trick, mind... |
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Reply #5 on: December 10, 2009, 06:56:08 AM
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naked indian
Location: Deltona, FL
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2009, 06:56:08 AM » |
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Them Excess plastic shopping bags work great to help in waterproofing. Cost nothing, weigh nothing and you can get them anywhere.
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Reply #6 on: December 10, 2009, 07:16:29 AM
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bmike-vt
Location: Horgen, Switzerland
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2009, 07:16:29 AM » |
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I like daveB's suggestion, and if / when i move to a bivy i like chris' idea...
I have an eVent compression sack for my current sleep system that I mount in an epic hbar harness.
hasn't been tested in a downpour... but i need to keep the down dry!
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #7 on: December 10, 2009, 07:58:22 AM
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Pivvay
Riding and exploring
Location: Westminster, CO
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2009, 07:58:22 AM » |
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What do you do with them to keep them dry when you want to sleep in your bivvy? Sounds like a great weight saving trick, mind...
Well when I go to sleep, everything is either in the bivy with me (usually clothes are a pillow if i'm not wearing everything hobo style) or sometimes they get buried in my small pack which covers my shoes and stays mostly dry. Having a few grocery bags or plastic ziplocks on the Divide at least is common from shopping anyway and they serve many purposes. |
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-Chris Plesko
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Topic Name: How waterproof is your luggage?
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Reply #8 on: December 10, 2009, 08:35:05 AM
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DoctorRad
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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2009, 08:35:05 AM » |
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Good suggestions folks, thanks.
A friend of mind uses the 'Bag For Life' plastic shopping bags we get over here in the UK as pannier liners. These are about 20 cents from most supermarkets for a heavy duty plastic bag which they replace free of charge if it gets holes in it. You (probably) can't lose at that price! I also use them to make my LP collection semi-portable.
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