Kifaru meat baggie

[justin davis]

question for guys that have used them

I have the TAGS BOMB bags and was thinking about getting the big quarter bag to put the bomb bags is while hauling out. That way i can put quarters in it if i leave the bones in, or just use it to protect my pack from blood while the bomb bags give them the "tube" shape you need when boned out.

Joe

Yea that it what I will do. More often than not I leave the bone in as it yields more meat in the end. I will have quarters in a game bag like the tag bags. I will double it up inthe Kifaru quarter bag to keep my stuff less bloody. Not that blood on the pack (washes out easy) is a problem. But just something I will do.

If I debone...then meat baggies for packing.

 

[dreamingbig]

Thx. Figured that was the case.

 

[squeekieslayer]

Yea that it what I will do. More often than not I leave the bone in as it yields more meat in the end. I will have quarters in a game bag like the tag bags. I will double it up inthe Kifaru quarter bag to keep my stuff less bloody. Not that blood on the pack (washes out easy) is a problem. But just something I will do.

If I debone...then meat baggies for packing.

cool, i think I will just use the bomb bags if I bone it out and put them in the quarter bag. I think that would work ok at least. I am just tired of carying heavy contractor bags and then tearing them when i try and use them anyway.

Joe

 

[Stid2677]

The Kifaru Meat Baggies are NOT leak proof. I place them into a Outdoor Research durable dry bag, they are great for several uses and are reusable. When BREATHABLE game bags are placed into an OR bag for pack protection and transportation I get NO blood in my pack at all. Once back at camp I remove the meat bags and let them air out.

 

[Rizzy]

The quarter bag is big enough to use as an emergency shelter

 

[Aron Snyder]

The quarter bag is big enough to use as an emergency shelter

I've done that before.

 

[Rizzy]

I used mine to weather out a short rainstorm when i was too stupid to bring rain gear....lol
A quarter bag and a woobie would be a good combo to have in your pack.

 

[justin davis]

The Kifaru Meat Baggies are NOT leak proof. I place them into a Outdoor Research durable dry bag, they are great for several uses and are reusable. When BREATHABLE game bags are placed into an OR bag for pack protection and transportation I get NO blood in my pack at all. Once back at camp I remove the meat bags and let them air out.

You can seal the seams an make them leak proof! Ha

I've done that to a couple of meat baggies.

 

[Stid2677]

You can seal the seams an make them leak proof! Ha

I've done that to a couple of meat baggies.

I know this,, but I use mine as game bags and want that liquid to drain. Remote hunts have different requirements than near to road hunts. I often keep meat for a week to ten days. This requires that the meat dry out and form a crust.

 

[AK Troutbum]

You can seal the seams an make them leak proof! Ha

I've done that to a couple of meat baggies.

I've had a hell of a time doing this. Even though I've seam sealed it, when I fill the bag with water, it still leaks in various places. I haven't used mine to transport meat yet, think I'll reseal it and try to get it water tight.

 

[luke moffat]

I just use tag bags and OR dry bags. Honestly for me the meat baggies don't seal well enough to be waterproof or breath well enough to be game bags. But if just going straight from the kill site to the truck on a packout they might work, but then I'd likely just throw the boned out meat in the OR dry bag if the hike out was just a couple hours.

 

[amp713]

Whats the plus of the OR bags?

 

[Matt W.]

I just use tag bags and OR dry bags. Honestly for me the meat baggies don't seal well enough to be waterproof or breath well enough to be game bags. But if just going straight from the kill site to the truck on a packout they might work, but then I'd likely just throw the boned out meat in the OR dry bag if the hike out was just a couple hours.

Do you use the 35L Light weight one? Wonder how those OR ones compare to the KUIU dry bags... ?? The KUIU dry bags seems pretty comparably priced until you hit the large sizes....
OR also has the Ultralight weight line.. So not sure what one everyone is using. I used one of them, can't recall which one, and its was pretty thin... Assuming the Ultralight.. ??

 

[TD1]

+2 on the genII hanging meat bag.

My only purpose for the baggie would be to keep the bag cleaner and help control the boned out meat. IMO the hanging bag (seam sealed) does a better job of both, keeps the meat high in the pack, no way for it to settle. I don't do classic elk "quarters" so the big quarter bag wouldn't fit my use as well. The meat itself goes into regular breathable game bags (right now the caribou bags). Then slide those into the genII bag. Hang in the breathable bags when we get where we are going. Repeat as necessary.....

 

[luke moffat]

I have about 4 or so of both the 35L and 55L.

AMP, they are more blood leak proof than meat baggies.

 

[squeekieslayer]

well heck... i guess i have the nomad so i am not that worried about stuff getting bloody as it will all be in it's own place. Just seems like the quarter bag would be a nice, just in case type of thing.

I sometimes take my trash bags out and sit on them when its wet, how would the Kifaru material handle this? get wet? tear holes?

Joe

 

[Stid2677]

The OR bags can be cinched down as well.

 

[squeekieslayer]

I have about 4 or so of both the 35L and 55L.

AMP, they are more blood leak proof than meat baggies.

are these similar dimensions to the kifaru meat baggies? IE... long tube for bones out meat

Joe

 

[doverpack12]

Not sure about the OR dry bags but the Sea to Summit 20L ultra sil dry bag is pretty much identical in circumfrance and right around 2-3 inches shorter than the Kifaru Meat Baggie. I couldn't get the seams sealed like I wanted and preferred a try dry bag to keep my things dry and clean of blood. Also the TAGS BOMB bags fit perfectly in the S2S 20L Dry bag. I had a XXL KUIU dry bag and it seemed huge and uncontrollable with frozen meat from the freezer in it. I packed out my elk this year using the BOMB bags and a Sea to Summit 35L ultra sil dry bag and had it so full I couldn't roll the top at all just barely was able to reach the two buckles over the top and snap them. The BOMB bags don't fit as well in the 35L to keep structure but the BOMB bags themselves help with structure some if they are packed full enough.