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If you use a poncho you shouldn't need a rain jacket too.
What about just using a jacket and rain cover and leaving the poncho out? I'm attached to the rain jacket as another comfortable layering piece for warmth.
What about just using a jacket and rain cover and leaving the poncho out? I'm attached to the rain jacket as another comfortable layering piece for warmth.
anything will work...
seen people use bread bags, store bags, ice cube bags, etc...even condom..comdoms...yes they are a old hikers trick to keep things dry.
I've never seen a rain cover that will keep the section of the pack nearest your body dry (spent 5 minutes trying to decide what to call it: front? back? the bit where the straps attach?). I take them out of their little pocket and use it to store a poncho.What about just using a jacket and rain cover and leaving the poncho out? I'm attached to the rain jacket as another comfortable layering piece for warmth.
Greetings - I'm starting my first Camino in SJPdP on April 1. I'm planning on bringing a pack with a rain fly, rain jacket, and a poncho that can go over me and the pack (still debating a bit on this). Should I pack my sleeping bag, clothes, etc. each in their own dry bags (Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sacks) or in just packing cubes/compression sacks? Or should I just put a large trash bag in the bottom and do my best to line my bag each day when I pack? Thanks so much for your help! Lindsey
Thinking back to the bad old days in Spain the use of a condom to protect anything would have been anathema whereas nowadays you have vending machines in the streets - Franco must be spinning like a rotisserie!I've yet to use a condom for keeping items protected, but I DID use condoms over the barrel of my M-16 and sidearm in Vietnam
Black tie IS light, but a bit cold, if your walking pants are in the wash. Also not great in the rain.I've never seen a rain cover that will keep the section of the pack nearest your body dry (spent 5 minutes trying to decide what to call it: front? back? the bit where the straps attach?). I take them out of their little pocket and use it to store a poncho.
I don't often disagree with @trecile but the OP is off in April. I think a light rain jacket would be useful - imagine going out to dine in the pouring rain and having to wear one's poncho - huge fashion faux pas unless one has one's black tie to hand
well..Greetings - I'm starting my first Camino in SJPdP on April 1. I'm planning on bringing a pack with a rain fly, rain jacket, and a poncho that can go over me and the pack (still debating a bit on this). Should I pack my sleeping bag, clothes, etc. each in their own dry bags (Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sacks) or in just packing cubes/compression sacks? Or should I just put a large trash bag in the bottom and do my best to line my bag each day when I pack? Thanks so much for your help! Lindsey
I have met many a person who regretted using a rain cover for their backpack. The failure rate is pretty high. I think it is because they are usually not put on perfectly. Use a poncho. I have been in pretty intense rains that lasted for a few hours on more occasions then I care to remember. My gear was always dry. Instead of using zip lock bags try using mesh ironing bags. They are silent. You can wake up quite a few pilgrims opening, closing and packing plastic bags early in the morning.What about just using a jacket and rain cover and leaving the poncho out? I'm attached to the rain jacket as another comfortable layering piece for warmth.
Use a trash compactor (heavy duty) bag to line your pack. Pack covers are useless. Forget the poncho, unless you like lots of wet fabric. Get an umbrella and attach it to your pack strap with zip ties or velcro. Has kept me and my pack drier than other options. And no rain in your face.Greetings - I'm starting my first Camino in SJPdP on April 1. I'm planning on bringing a pack with a rain fly, rain jacket, and a poncho that can go over me and the pack (still debating a bit on this). Should I pack my sleeping bag, clothes, etc. each in their own dry bags (Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sacks) or in just packing cubes/compression sacks? Or should I just put a large trash bag in the bottom and do my best to line my bag each day when I pack? Thanks so much for your help! Lindsey
Do you wish to share your, presumably more functional, alternative system for keeping yourself and your gear dry?I would like to thank all those poncho users that I saw on my April/May Frances (2017) and Via/Sanabres (2018) caminos. You provided endless hours of amusement as the ponchos continually blew over your head and you get drenched from the hail and sleet.
After one single hour of heavy rain on Cyprus I was totally wet under my IKEA poncho, I’ m sorry to say.I don't know what to do about this issue. Getting cold, getting wet: both are undesirable when walking all day. I will be walking in October/November this year. My rain pants work for me over my trousers or shorts to keep me both warm and dry; they are light weight, breathable and waterproof. But how to keep my torso, arms and backpack/contents warm and dry? I can manage the backpack and contents with a poncho and plastic bags. But my arms may still be wet, using either of my current ponchos. I would prefer the lightweight Ikea poncho, but it is so far untested. And how useful would it be for extra warmth on a frosty November morning? This is the usual warmth versus weight question. I don't want to take a raincoat to add to my other gear. I think I'll have to try out my gear (new pack, new poncho) on a week's walk in the mountains this summer and see how it works for me.
I would like to thank all those poncho users that I saw on my April/May Frances (2017) and Via/Sanabres (2018) caminos. You provided endless hours of amusement as the ponchos continually blew over your head and you get drenched from the hail and sleet.
I’v
After one single hour of heavy rain on Cyprus I was totally wet under my IKEA poncho, I’ m sorry to say.
Arcteryx rain jacket and Berghaus paclite trousers. Pit zips and leg slits.....a perfect combination for freezing, driving hail and that warm docile drizzle. As for the kit, put everything into ziplocks or dry bags.
I’m a fan of dry bags, I usually use one inside my back pack, big enough to put anything into it that I would want to keep dry, spare clothes, electronics, documents etc. Trying to stay dry while walking is another thing.....I don’t believe anything works a 100%.....and if it does, prepare to sweat inside !Greetings - I'm starting my first Camino in SJPdP on April 1. I'm planning on bringing a pack with a rain fly, rain jacket, and a poncho that can go over me and the pack (still debating a bit on this). Should I pack my sleeping bag, clothes, etc. each in their own dry bags (Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sacks) or in just packing cubes/compression sacks? Or should I just put a large trash bag in the bottom and do my best to line my bag each day when I pack? Thanks so much for your help! Lindsey
I used a rain jacket and pack cover and was fine. We had three days of hard rain, and nothing got wet. I did have my clothes in the sea to summit bags and was glad I did. I had rain pants the first day, did not like them and left them in the donativo bin in RoncesvallesWhat about just using a jacket and rain cover and leaving the poncho out? I'm attached to the rain jacket as another comfortable layering piece for warmth.
I am starting Camino on 2nd April and I am doing all I can to keep back pack weight to a minimum ' 7 kg would be perfect - I am carrying a cpap machine which overall is around 1.3kg- how do you keep your bag so lig h t ? Are yo u carrying sleeping bag?After 7 Caminos, the Thames and Hadrian's Wall Paths, living in the Pacific Northwest, and falling into a deep arroyo, I now wear only good quality wool tops, sox, and tights in layers - since wool keeps one warm (but never HOT) even when wet (and doesn't stink and isn't scratchy!), nylon pants which dry very quickly - usually in the time it takes to stop for a cafe con leche and a snack, a rain jacket with hood, a cover over my pack - with everything in the pack sorted into various sizes of packing cubes and inside one or two large garbage bags (mine weigh a few grams, are soft plastic that make almost no noise). This works very well for me, my pack usually weighs about 16 lb/7 kg, I'm a small, 74 year old woman, and HATE being cold. But I NEED to be out walking, regardless of the weather - well, I don't do snow! Oh -- and I'm ok when I get wet.
Buen Camino to all!!
Terry
I walk mostly in the Fall. So you will need to adjust this info for the reverse weather.I am starting Camino on 2nd April and I am doing all I can to keep back pack weight to a minimum ' 7 kg would be perfect - I am carrying a cpap machine which overall is around 1.3kg- how do you keep your bag so lig h t ? Are yo u carrying sleeping bag?
After thousands of miles backpacking, including the Pacific Crest Trail for 5 months, I've never had that happen to me. Nor on my Caminos.
Dave, did you use an Ikea poncho?
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