Pack Liner/Dry Bag Recommendation?

[thunderchicken21]

Looking for something for my Kifaru DT1. What are you guys using to keep the internals dry?

 

[Hunt'nFish]

I'm partial to using the Sea to Summit roll tip dry bag as a liner.
Contractor bags are also mighty useful as liners, ground sheet, poncho, etc.
Hunt'nFish

 

[Becca]

Things have a tendency to get wet on our trips, either due to rain or Packrafting, so everything we take typically goes into a dry bag. We run OR roll top dry bags, and separate gear into kits of different sizes. We have food, possibles and first aid in smaller sized 10L size and puffy clothes and sleep system in larger 55L bags. We usually don't cube out the volume on the bags, but the weight penalty is minimal and it's easier to pack them into the pack if they aren't packed so tight that they get too hard to have some give to them.

We picked some up on clearance awhile back, and the bummer was that we only had a few color options. It's way easier to get a variety of colors so you can tell which bag contains what at a glance.

 

[Take-a-knee]

Looking for something for my Kifaru DT1. What are you guys using to keep the internals dry?

Sil nylon so-called dry bags probably aren't, except maybe for the first use or two. Might be fine for keeping rain out. YMMV. River runners use dry bags a LOT heavier than most of us want to carry.

A white plastic Hefty Trash COMPACTOR (not contractor) bag works for me. All bedding and clothing go inside and the top is twisted and tucked down the side of the inside of the pack. This is rainproof. Need it dunkproof? Twist the top and fold it over like a candy cane and put a couple of rubber bands on it. This helps trap quite a bit of air inside the pack to help it to float if need be.

 

[luke moffat]

Sil nylon so-called dry bags probably aren't, except maybe for the first use or two. Might be fine for keeping rain out. YMMV. River runners use dry bags a LOT heavier than most of us want to carry.

That hasn't been my experience atleast....sorry your dry bags failed you.

 

[dotman]

That hasn't been my experience atleast....sorry your dry bags failed you.

His tub test failed and proved your field testing wrong

I've used garbage bags and recently dry bags, both work well but the dry bags are more durable I believe. Hard to beat the Outdoor Research warranty.

 

[Ryan Avery]

These kick ass! http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/accessories/storage-systems/durable-dry-sacks.html

Ive had my pack soaked many times with zero leaks. My son who is a bit forgetful left his pack outside the wall tent last year. It poured all night long, his pack was SOAKED but not a drop made it into the dry bag.

 

[tipsntails7]

That hasn't been my experience atleast....sorry your dry bags failed you.

Agree Luke, I use the ones Ryan linked to, had a "steak" bag on our last camping trip. Had steak(in wax paper) hot dogs, and cheese in one submerged in a river for 3 days. Everything inside was bone dry, and nice and cold.

The seams are what will get you I think. Before I go on a trip I fill any dry bag I'm going to use with water, in my experience if it will hold it, it will keep it out.

 

[thunderchicken21]

These kick ass! http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/accessories/storage-systems/durable-dry-sacks.html

Ive had my pack soaked many times with zero leaks. My son who is a bit forgetful left his pack outside the wall tent last year. It poured all night long, his pack was SOAKED but not a drop made it into the dry bag.

Thanks for the link!

Are these better than the ultralight version that OR sells as well?

 

[Archerm]

I just use 6mil plastic bags.

 

[Take-a-knee]

His tub test failed and proved your field testing wrong

I've used garbage bags and recently dry bags, both work well but the dry bags are more durable I believe. Hard to beat the Outdoor Research warranty.

Is an over-the-horizon night zodiac infil with a surface-swim through the breakers a "tub test"?

 

[Take-a-knee]

That hasn't been my experience atleast....sorry your dry bags failed you.

Never had a lone dry bag fail me 'cause I never trusted that alone, though I know many who have.

 

[ndbwhunter]

I just bought a bunch of OR roll-top dry bags on amazon. They were (maybe still are) running a pretty good sale. I got two 10L, two 20L, and a 35L. Planning on using them for food, clothes, quilt, and medical/fire kits. I also built a bunch of silnylon pullouts to organize my gear. Everything except my tent, kill kit, and rain gear will be in the OR dry bags.

 

[ndbwhunter]

I just use 6mil plastic bags.

These bags are quite expensive if you have to buy them by the case. I contacted a company call "Uline" and they wouldn't sell them individually, so I requested some samples instead. I got a total of six bags in three different sizes (24x30", 28x36", and 28x44").

 

[tipsntails7]

These bags are quite expensive if you have to buy them by the case. I contacted a company call "Uline" and they wouldn't sell them individually, so I requested some samples instead. I got a total of six bags in three different sizes (24x30", 28x36", and 28x44").

ND check your local transfer station or hazardous waste drop off area. Those 6mil bags are what all asbestos has to go in to to be transferred. Should be like 2 bucks a bag.

 

[mfolch]

More sturdy than compactor bags: http://gossamergear.com/pack-liner-bags-2-pack.html

 

[Take-a-knee]

More sturdy than compactor bags: http://gossamergear.com/pack-liner-bags-2-pack.html

If those are what I think they are, we did a group buy of them many years ago on Hammock Forums. Basically a big oven bag for a turkey or huge ham. Pretty tough stuff. Scent proof too.

 

[luke moffat]

Never had a lone dry bag fail me 'cause I never trusted that alone, though I know many who have.

Huh, that does suck....I guess I am just super lucky and you are super unlucky....but I'd rather be lucky than good which is handy cause I ain't good at anything.

 

[dotman]

Is an over-the-horizon night zodiac infil with a surface-swim through the breakers a "tub test"?

So you used the OR dry bag in this instance but your next post says never used it alone. I highly doubt I have to worry about doing this during a hunt. Thank you for your service but for all practical purposes hunting doesn't involve special ops scenarios unless you wear Kuiu clothing

 

[Take-a-knee]

So you used the OR dry bag in this instance but your next post says never used it alone. I highly doubt I have to worry about doing this during a hunt. Thank you for your service but for all practical purposes hunting doesn't involve special ops scenarios unless you wear Kuiu clothing

I was "raised" on the ALICE pack liners and GI waterproof bags, taught to pack a rucksack so that it would float, or nearly so. Parachute jumps involve inadvertant water landings on occasion. I work with several recently retired Recon/MARSOC types who've used everything out there on the market to waterproof gear for maritime operations. I know of what I speak.

You make a habit of dunking sil-nylon "drybags", and you will eventually get your feelings hurt. They might be just fine for rain, especially with a pack cover. If what you do involves crossing waist-deep fast rivers or packrafting, and you are relying totally on a single silnylon "dry-bag" to keep a down bag dry, you are not thinking clearly.

I've often noticed that those who scoff at this advice tend to live where it rains nine or ten inches a year, and for them my method is probably overkill, as long as they stay in the desert and away from rivers.