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I love using a fanny pack (I've learned on this forum that this is the USA wording for "bum bags". Fanny packs were quite the rage (fashion) here in the 1990's and many people were using them. But with all fashion statements, they soon became obsolete and out of style after a few years and anyone caught wearing one was considered a "dork".
Well, I resurrected mine from the past (aka... my basement storage area) for my Caminos and love it! Fanny packs usually have several different zippered compartments and I use one of them for my passport, credit and debit card, and larger amounts of cash, after first securing them in a ziplock bag. My smartphone sits perfectly in the bigger zippered section. I can pull it out quickly to take my hundreds of photos along the way. Lastly there is a smaller section where I carry Ibuprophen (which I learned on this forum is really called Camino candy) in a little tin and also small amounts of cash. Everything is at my fingertips. I carry nothing of importance or true value in my backpack, (aka rucksack).
I wear my fanny pack all the time and only take it off to shower, but it still stays with me in my shower bag. At night I put it in the bottom of my sleeping bag, safe and cozy as I sleep.
I have a newer small over the shoulder, slashproof crime travel purse, but would not like dealing with the long strap while taking my pack on and off for daily multi rest breaks on the Camino. I also own a hidden slim money bag to be used under clothing, but find they don't hold much and get sweaty. Bottom line, I don't care if I'm a dork...I love fanny packs!
What do you carry for your valuables?
I've never heard them called bum bags. I'm definitely calling them bum bags from now on.
I plan on taking my bum bag that I use for hiking at home. We'll see how well it works.
I have a small cross body purse. I modified the one I used last year to also wear on my waist, but found that I never used it that way. I put my purse on before my backpack, and only take it off when I shower and sleep. Of course it goes into the shower area with me, and next to me in my sleep sack. This year I'm going to use this small Travelon Antitheft bag.
Doesn't the fanny pack interfere with the hip belt of your pack, comfort wise?
I think the hardcore, less 1980's, term is now "lumbar pack".
I have another one that's heavier, but this model is very light.I have one of those anti theft things and it is too heavy for me. It has steel running thru the strap so it can't be cut, but I'll take my chances rather than carry the extra weight.
I think "bum bag" may be a UK or Australian term.I've never heard them called bum bags. I'm definitely calling them bum bags from now on.
I plan on taking my bum bag that I use for hiking at home. We'll see how well it works.
My fanny pack sits in front on my waist, with backpack over the waist strap. Nobody gonna get in there, but me!I would not trust valuables of any kind in a fanny pack in an urban setting. Google fanny-pack pickpocket.
Yes, I leave my anti-theft bag home when on Camino, but like it as a normal travel purse.I have another one that's heavier, but this model is very light.
My travel anti theft purse is quite similar to your picture. Possibly you didn't like wearing it around your waist because they hang so low.I have a small cross body purse. I modified the one I used last year to also wear on my waist, but found that I never used it that way. I put my purse on before my backpack, and only take it off when I shower and sleep. Of course it goes into the shower area with me, and next to me in my sleep sack. This year I'm going to use this small Travelon Antitheft bag.
At osprey one you have is very cool! No dorkiness there!I do the same - a fanny pack (this one) worn in front (belly bag) when my backpack is on. It has kind of an angled buckle too, so I wear it crossbody without my pack. I like having everything at my fingertips. It holds my phone (with guides & maps loaded in it), camera, and external battery, mini-headlamp, notebook & pencil, reading glasses, lipbalm, and daily cash/decoy credit card. (My passport, weekly cash, and real debit card are hidden away elsewhere on my body.)
I put nothing of importance in my pack belt as the pack comes off every time I'm sitting in a red plastic San Miguel chair having a snack and drink.I kind of like the idea that a fanny pack is so accessible. But I still want my passport/cash hidden in a money belt and it seems a bit much to me, pack belt, money belt plus fanny pack.
I have a traveling purse as well. I'm shipping it directly to England for the second half of my trip and I'll just manage with the money belt and pants pockets for evenings.
I find the cross over little bags a nuscience if used with back packs. Under or over, I consider them a mess as a twosome.Do you wear the cross body bags under the pack or over? I have a Chico cross body water sling and can't get comfortable with it with a pack. It's great without one tho.
What can I say? Look at my photo.I love using a fanny pack (I've learned on this forum that this is the USA wording for "bum bags". Fanny packs were quite the rage (fashion) here in the 1990's and many people were using them. But with all fashion statements, they soon became obsolete and out of style after a few years and anyone caught wearing one was considered a "dork".
Well, I resurrected mine from the past (aka... my basement storage area) for my Caminos and love it! Fanny packs usually have several different zippered compartments and I use one of them for my passport, credit and debit card, and larger amounts of cash, after first securing them in a ziplock bag. My smartphone sits perfectly in the bigger zippered section. I can pull it out quickly to take my hundreds of photos along the way. Lastly there is a smaller section where I carry Ibuprophen (which I learned on this forum is really called Camino candy) in a little tin and also small amounts of cash. Everything is at my fingertips. I carry nothing of importance or true value in my backpack, (aka rucksack).
I wear my fanny pack all the time and only take it off to shower, but it still stays with me in my shower bag. At night I put it in the bottom of my sleeping bag, safe and cozy as I sleep.
I have a newer small over the shoulder, slashproof crime travel purse, but would not like dealing with the long strap while taking my pack on and off for daily multi rest breaks on the Camino. I also own a hidden slim money bag to be used under clothing, but find they don't hold much and get sweaty. Bottom line, I don't care if I'm a dork...I love fanny packs!
What do you carry for your valuables?
I kind of like the idea that a fanny pack is so accessible. But I still want my passport/cash hidden in a money belt and it seems a bit much to me, pack belt, money belt plus fanny pack.
What can I say? Look at my photo.
The things I put in the belly/crossbody bag are "want at my fingertips" items and/or valuables like electronics and daily cash (+ decoy card). These are all the things that, conveniently, I take to the shower. If I got mugged, it would suck to lose those things, but not necessarily camino ending.
Super valuables - weekly cash, passport, debit/credit card - go in a body wallet that lives on my body, or in an interior sleeping bag pocket. Hating those sweaty waist or boob wallets though led me to fashioning a thigh wallet.
Since you will be using a Macabi, Eve, you'll find the pockets in that thing are huge and awesome, and a belly/crossbody bag would be redundant. Also has a zippered security pocket, so you won't need a body wallet either.
Yes, what is a decoy card?I noticed that pocket when I tried it on! Very cool.
Decoy card?
Yes Aussies call them bum bags. I used one last year on the Frances route & we so easy to access things like tissues, glasses, chewing gum, phone etc all in front at waist level without taking your pack off. I agree they look very daggy but soooo practical.I think "bum bag" may be a UK or Australian term.
Yes, what is a decoy card?
Great idea. I'll have to stop cutting up my old ones!Is just an old card (expired, cancelled, defunct account) I keep with my daily cash, so if I were mugged, it would look more like I was handing everything over.
It would distract from the fact that I have more cash tucked away with my actual bank card.
Can't remember where I even heard the suggestion to do this? Many years ago. Just habit now.
Too cute! Had a good laugh!Yep, I use a bum bag (UK) in front, goes on before the back pack. But as I live in France it is of course a sac banane. So it has to be yellow. So if you see a fat slow pilgrim with fluo yellow bag and matching gaiters you now know who it is.
Daggy...also most likely an Aussie term (cuz/cos?) I never heard it before.Yes Aussies call them bum bags. I used one last year on the Frances route & we so easy to access things like tissues, glasses, chewing gum, phone etc all in front at waist level without taking your pack off. I agree they look very daggy but soooo practical.
I love using a fanny pack (I've learned on this forum that this is the USA wording for "bum bags". Fanny packs were quite the rage (fashion) here in the 1990's and many people were using them. But with all fashion statements, they soon became obsolete and out of style after a few years and anyone caught wearing one was considered a "dork".
Well, I resurrected mine from the past (aka... my basement storage area) for my Caminos and love it! Fanny packs usually have several different zippered compartments and I use one of them for my passport, credit and debit card, and larger amounts of cash, after first securing them in a ziplock bag. My smartphone sits perfectly in the bigger zippered section. I can pull it out quickly to take my hundreds of photos along the way. Lastly there is a smaller section where I carry Ibuprophen (which I learned on this forum is really called Camino candy) in a little tin and also small amounts of cash. Everything is at my fingertips. I carry nothing of importance or true value in my backpack, (aka rucksack).
I wear my fanny pack all the time and only take it off to shower, but it still stays with me in my shower bag. At night I put it in the bottom of my sleeping bag, safe and cozy as I sleep.
I have a newer small over the shoulder, slashproof crime travel purse, but would not like dealing with the long strap while taking my pack on and off for daily multi rest breaks on the Camino. I also own a hidden slim money bag to be used under clothing, but find they don't hold much and get sweaty. Bottom line, I don't care if I'm a dork...I love fanny packs!
What do you carry for your valuables?
Yeah...big cheers for the fanny packs, bum bags, waist packs and hip belts!! We love em!LOVED my Fanny pack from OSPREY!
It is curve shaped to sit snugly in front when worn as a fanny pack and it converts into a sling purse (looks like a nice little purse then) for later on... The belt is perfect and would discourage slashing with a knife by a thief (as in a crowd like a purse with a thin cord). I used mine for all my important valuables , it literally never left my sight (passport, money, credit card, smart phone, chocolate...) It has the right numbers of zipper pockets too, when my head light died on me, at 6am in the middle of nowhere, I nested my IPhone in the front pocket with the flashlight directing out! Worked like a gem and did not depleted my battery, in fact, I could have done without the head light! AND furthermore... (did I say I love that little thing) At night, I would buckle it at the head of my bed post near my pillow.
Check it out... not cheap but really sweet!
And me coming from the USA, Bum Bag makes me snicker and then snicker some more!I have a nice black leather belt with some zipped pockets/pouches which I strap on so that all I need is accessible at my front. Cash, credit card, decoy card, passport, credential, lipbalm, phone, tissues, all fit in the pouches. I can even tuck a bottle of water into it.
At night it sleeps with me, either round my waist or in the bottom of my sleeping bag.
A most useful piece of Camino equipment, and one I would not be without.
Yes, I suppose is it a Bum Bag - coming from the UK the term Fanny Pack makes me snigger... and then snigger some more!
You do realize that "fanny" in England is not the posterior but another part of the female anatomy? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fannyAnd me coming from the USA, Bum Bag makes me snicker and then snicker some more!
Is just an old card (expired, cancelled, defunct account) I keep with my daily cash, so if I were mugged, it would look more like I was handing everything over.
It would distract from the fact that I have more cash tucked away with my actual bank card.
Can't remember where I even heard the suggestion to do this? Many years ago. Just habit now.
Yep we call them bum bags (Aussie)I think "bum bag" may be a UK or Australian term.
Just looked ot up. Now I'm blushing!You do realize that "fanny" in England is not the posterior but another part of the female anatomy? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fanny
I'm guessing that Fanny isn't a popular nickname for Frances in the UK.Just looked ot up. Now I'm blushing!
Not nowadays it aintI'm guessing that Fanny isn't a popular nickname for Frances in the UK.
You do realize that "fanny" in England is not the posterior but another part of the female anatomy? https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/fanny
I love using a fanny pack (I've learned on this forum that this is the USA wording for "bum bags". Fanny packs were quite the rage (fashion) here in the 1990's and many people were using them. But with all fashion statements, they soon became obsolete and out of style after a few years and anyone caught wearing one was considered a "dork".
Well, I resurrected mine from the past (aka... my basement storage area) for my Caminos and love it! Fanny packs usually have several different zippered compartments and I use one of them for my passport, credit and debit card, and larger amounts of cash, after first securing them in a ziplock bag. My smartphone sits perfectly in the bigger zippered section. I can pull it out quickly to take my hundreds of photos along the way. Lastly there is a smaller section where I carry Ibuprophen (which I learned on this forum is really called Camino candy) in a little tin and also small amounts of cash. Everything is at my fingertips. I carry nothing of importance or true value in my backpack, (aka rucksack).
I wear my fanny pack all the time and only take it off to shower, but it still stays with me in my shower bag. At night I put it in the bottom of my sleeping bag, safe and cozy as I sleep.
I have a newer small over the shoulder, slashproof crime travel purse, but would not like dealing with the long strap while taking my pack on and off for daily multi rest breaks on the Camino. I also own a hidden slim money bag to be used under clothing, but find they don't hold much and get sweaty. Bottom line, I don't care if I'm a dork...I love fanny packs!
What do you carry for your valuables?
Hi, this is a great bag. Can you shorten the straps so it's worn more across the body and not hanging down low like in the video from the link you provided?I have a small cross body purse. I modified the one I used last year to also wear on my waist, but found that I never used it that way. I put my purse on before my backpack, and only take it off when I shower and sleep. Of course it goes into the shower area with me, and next to me in my sleep sack. This year I'm going to use this small Travelon Antitheft bag.
Yes, the strap is adjustableHi, this is a great bag. Can you shorten the straps so it's worn more across the body and not hanging down low like in the video from the link you provided?
Awesome thank you..Yes, the strap is adjustable
What's a decoy credit card?I do the same - a fanny pack (this one) worn in front (belly bag) when my backpack is on. It has kind of an angled buckle too, so I wear it crossbody without my pack. I like having everything at my fingertips. It holds my phone (with guides & maps loaded in it), camera, and external battery, mini-headlamp, notebook & pencil, reading glasses, lipbalm, and daily cash/decoy credit card. (My passport, weekly cash, and real debit card are hidden away elsewhere on my body.)
That's what I've been wondering also.Doesn't the fanny pack interfere with the hip belt of your pack, comfort wise?
A small remote controlled explosive device that resembles your normal Amex but comes with added benefits. Talk to your providerWhat's a decoy credit card?
What's a decoy credit card?
I like "kangaroo bag". I usually say waist bag.I use normally the term 'kangaroo bag', so far I haven't offended anybody with it nor raised any eye brows ;-)
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