Okay, so I bought some of the Kifaru Ultralight Pullouts - and love them.
However, I'm trying to understand why people would use the mesh or 500 D options.
Broadly, I get that mesh means you can see what's inside, but they clearly won't provide water-resistance for the contents, and I read one person saying that they can actually lead to items absorbing atmospheric moisture.
For 500D, again, I get that they're more robust, and might both protect what's inside more - or protect things in other parts of your pack if you have sharper items in a 500D pullout. But does this really make a such a difference in practice to justify the weight penalty?
I'm curious to know just what items would really justify using either the mesh or 500D in these contexts?
So far, I've only come up with possibly using a mesh pullout to hang camp shoes on the outside of a pack after a river crossing, so they can dry out ... and a 500D for a fire kit or possibly stove kit, for all of the harder contents of these.
But surely there are more examples!
So: lay it on me - what do you store in a mesh Pullout - that you wouldn't store in an ultralight, and why?
Ditto for a 500D Pullout?
And why the does anyone choose a camo Pullout if it's going to just stay in your backpack?
However, I'm trying to understand why people would use the mesh or 500 D options.
Broadly, I get that mesh means you can see what's inside, but they clearly won't provide water-resistance for the contents, and I read one person saying that they can actually lead to items absorbing atmospheric moisture.
For 500D, again, I get that they're more robust, and might both protect what's inside more - or protect things in other parts of your pack if you have sharper items in a 500D pullout. But does this really make a such a difference in practice to justify the weight penalty?
I'm curious to know just what items would really justify using either the mesh or 500D in these contexts?
So far, I've only come up with possibly using a mesh pullout to hang camp shoes on the outside of a pack after a river crossing, so they can dry out ... and a 500D for a fire kit or possibly stove kit, for all of the harder contents of these.
But surely there are more examples!
So: lay it on me - what do you store in a mesh Pullout - that you wouldn't store in an ultralight, and why?
Ditto for a 500D Pullout?
And why the does anyone choose a camo Pullout if it's going to just stay in your backpack?