Waterproof Backpack

Quoted message said:

I'm looking for a waterproof backpack with a budget of £30-£45. It
needs to be big enough to carry a set of clothes and packed lunch and a
few other bits and bobs.

Is that 100% utterly totally wateproof-in-a-downpour-dunk-it-in-water-
monsoon-rain-proof-backpack, or one that'll do alright in medium-to-heavy
rain?

If the former Crag Hoppers do a range. If the latter I guess anything with
taped seams will do the job. I think the hiking jargon for what you want
is a daysack, tho I always try and feign complete ignorance on the subject
when talking to shop assistants. Easier if they assume you need lots of
guidance and advice.

anything that will keep the contents of the pack dry after a half an hour cycle in heavy rain

Mark Thompson said:

> I'm looking for a waterproof backpack with a budget of £30-£45. It

Quoted message said:

needs to be big enough to carry a set of clothes and packed lunch and a
few other bits and bobs.

Is that 100% utterly totally wateproof-in-a-downpour-dunk-it-in-water-
monsoon-rain-proof-backpack, or one that'll do alright in medium-to-heavy
rain?

If the former Crag Hoppers do a range. If the latter I guess anything with
taped seams will do the job. I think the hiking jargon for what you want
is a daysack, tho I always try and feign complete ignorance on the subject
when talking to shop assistants. Easier if they assume you need lots of
guidance and advice.

danielstevens said:

I'm looking for a waterproof backpack with a budget of £30-£45. It
needs to be big enough to carry a set of clothes and packed lunch and a
few other bits and bobs.

I'd recommend not using a backpack at all for a utility trip (most of
those involving carrying clothes are...).
Panniers, a rackpack, saddlebag or barbag mean you don't have the weight
on you, and even if it's just a light weight it's still weight and bulk
and still no point having it on you.

If you still want a rucksack, rather than buying a new one why not just
put the contents you want dry in an Ortlieb dry bag and put that in your
existing pack? A lot less than £30.

Pete.
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Quoted message said:

anything that will keep the contents of the pack dry after a half an
hour cycle in heavy rain

Put the contents into a plastic liner and then into the rucksack. You can buy
specialist liners, but the same and a lot cheaper are rubble sacks from
Morrisons (I'm sure other supermarkets do similar). My cycle panniers are most
definitely not waterproof, so when I went off on a cycling holiday, I packed
all the stuff in said plastic rubble sacks and then put these in the panniers.
I folded the top of the sack so it wouldn't let water in. I cycled through
several French thunderstorms and all my stuff stayed dry.

Cheers, helen s

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

anything that will keep the contents of the pack dry after a half an
hour cycle in heavy rain

Quoted message said:

Put the contents into a plastic liner and then into the rucksack. You
can buy
specialist liners, but the same and a lot cheaper are rubble sacks from
Morrisons (I'm sure other supermarkets do similar). My cycle panniers
are most
definitely not waterproof, so when I went off on a cycling holiday, I packed
all the stuff in said plastic rubble sacks and then put these in the
panniers.
I folded the top of the sack so it wouldn't let water in. I cycled through
several French thunderstorms and all my stuff stayed dry.

The great advantage of this approach is that panniers & rucksacks stay
clean when the eggs break milk cartons leak etc...

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Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

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The great advantage of this approach is that panniers & rucksacks stay
clean when the eggs break milk cartons leak etc...

And once you've taken everything out pour it straight onto a frying pan and
that's your lunch sorted.

Helen Deborah Vecht said:

The great advantage of this approach is that panniers & rucksacks stay
clean when the eggs break milk cartons leak etc...

Of course if you cycle through Harrow the liner can be useful to
prevent egg getting to the contents of the panniers from the outside.

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Of course if you cycle through Harrow the liner can be useful to
prevent egg getting to the contents of the panniers from the outside.

Yeah, they're really friendly to cyclists round hereabouts, aren't they?

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danielstevens said:

Hello
I'm looking for a waterproof backpack with a budget of £30-£45. It
needs to be big enough to carry a set of clothes and packed lunch and a
few other bits and bobs.
Can anyone recommend such a thing?
thanks
Dan
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danielstevens

Appreciate I am not your typical cyclist but here is what I do depending
on, of course, distance to be travelled, severity of the rain and weight
to be carried.

I wear my backpack under my gortex rain jacket. Yes, it sticks out like
a box under my coat but
it stays bone dry. Else I take an ordinary backpack of any size and
slip a black plastic garbage
bag (North American) over it and "punch" a hole (slit) for waist clasp
and shoulder harness (4 holes in total). For loading or unloading
access, I just roll the garbage back far enough to access the zipper.
Again
the pack remains dry with only the straps getting exposed.

I have never had success with those nylon backpack covers. They come
off in the wind or free in the wind
or expose part of the pack in the wind and rain. Garbage bags work 100
percent better. You don't mention how much clothing such
suit/suitpants or shirt you propose to carry.

You can iron and fold a shirt around stiff cardboard square cut (similar
folds to a newly purchased shirt but since the shirt is freshly washed
and ironed the folds don't say when you remove the shirt) a little
smaller than a zip-loc plastic bag (North American). Depending on the
shirting material, it will transport quite nicely in this fashion in a
zip-loc 8" X 11" bag.

I forget the name of the company/product in San Francisco, a courier bag
(Timbuktu), I think, that is bone
dry in the rain. I use it for carrying a camera, movie or digital.
They come in a couple of sizes. but the are a shoulder bag with a
holding waist strap and while I have the regular size as opposed to the
grand size,
it is plenty room enough for your needs, I suspect, but shoulder bags in
general even with a holding strap are less ideal to wear in the long run
as far as comfort or weight is concerned.

Another trick, if you don't sweat or sweat a lot and do a leisurely
commute to work is to wear a small backpack under your jacket(gortex,
for example) and the wear your work shirt unbuttoned over top of your
backpack. Again, depending on the shirting material, it may remain
sufficiently wrinkle free and certainly
will remain dry as it is removed from your back area by the presence of
the backpack. Usually at a leisurely pace the only area to get damp is
the area of my pack where my backpack was located.

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:31:46 GMT,

occupant said:

danielstevens said:

Hello
I'm looking for a waterproof backpack with a budget of £30-£45. It
needs to be big enough to carry a set of clothes and packed lunch and a
few other bits and bobs.
Can anyone recommend such a thing?
thanks
Dan

Appreciate I am not your typical cyclist but here is what I do depending
on, of course, distance to be travelled, severity of the rain and weight
to be carried.

I wear my backpack under my gortex rain jacket.

A big poncho would be better for that I would have thought.

Quoted message said:

it stays bone dry. Else I take an ordinary backpack of any size and
slip a black plastic garbage
bag (North American) over it and "punch" a hole (slit) for waist clasp
and shoulder harness (4 holes in total).

I've used bin bags for keeping backpacks dry overnight when I have been
walking. The rubble sacks you can get are best as they are less likely
to split with multiple use.

Quoted message said:

Another trick, if you don't sweat or sweat a lot and do a leisurely
commute to work is to wear a small backpack under your jacket(gortex,
for example) and the wear your work shirt unbuttoned over top of your
backpack.

Boggle - that must look a sight.

As the OP is presumably looking for something for work I would say a
cheap rack (if he hasn't got one) and a cheap pannier (maybe with the
rubble sacks - cos cheap panniers aren't totally waterproof) would be
a better bet - and would be more comfortable especially if you body runs
hot.

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I've used bin bags for keeping backpacks dry overnight when I have been
walking. The rubble sacks you can get are best as they are less likely
to split with multiple use.

Smaller, easier to carry (off the bike), almost as tough (?less
embarrassing?) and probably cheaper are those supermarket 'Bags for
Life'...

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Edgware.

Andy Leighton said:

A big poncho would be better for that I would have thought.

Do people still use cycle capes?

I used to have one once but I hated it - it never kept me warm or dry,
and it was very draughty, too.

d.