Mark Barnes
Old Engineer
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances - September - November (2017)
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I mean such as in this link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GEP4JGA/?tag=casaivar02-20Do you mean bags like this: http://shop.eaglecreek.com/pack-it-specter/l/231 ?
If so, I regularly use these for camping and travelling for work. They are expensive but mine are very well used and have lasted ages. Years ago I would have said what's wrong with a plastic bag and why splash out but I am a huge fan now. These bags are easier, quieter to open and they help keep me organised. The compression ones work and are good for woolly jumpers and stuff that compresses obviously ;-). The compression cubes are a bit heavier at 63g compared to 29g.
This is one of the styles I have used. They are around 300 gm for each bag - not too bad in a suitcase but quite a lot in a backpack. The Eagle Creek compression sacks look like a much better option from that perspective.I mean such as in this link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GEP4JGA/?tag=casaivar02-20
They make good packing cells, but I haven't seen a compression bag by Sea to Summit. Have I missed this? Or perhaps they don't distribute one here in Australia.Sea to Summit, there are several threads on pack sacks and some good products around. Just make sure what ever you select it isn't noisey, pilgrims can get very grumpy about noise plastic rustling in the mornings!
Do you mean bags like this: http://shop.eaglecreek.com/pack-it-specter/l/231 ?
If so, I regularly use these for camping and travelling for work. They are expensive but mine are very well used and have lasted ages. Years ago I would have said what's wrong with a plastic bag and why splash out but I am a huge fan now. These bags are easier, quieter to open and they help keep me organised. The compression ones work and are good for woolly jumpers and stuff that compresses obviously ;-). The compression cubes are a bit heavier at 63g compared to 29g.
I regularly use these for camping and travelling for work.
You are right. I had overlooked those. I have a much older and heavier version of this style of bag from Mont - still too heavy for the Camino, although the S2S ultrasil versions appear much lighter, and certainly might be an option.Ultra light weight waterproof stuff stackers, you can get them in Oz and elsewhere, some complain about the cost but if you tramp a lot they make up for it, you squeeze out the air to compress them and then roll snap the top, bit like vacume packing, also make a damn fine pillow, we use one for sleeping stuff and another for main pack, others use the shower option for wet gear. google it doug.
No, never used them. They leave clothes all crumpled and I wasn't carrying enough to need something like this. I Put my sleeping back in a compression sack and my clothes and toiletries in the Eagle Creek Pack it Specter Cube set (which are super light weight) and was all I needed.I mean such as in this link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GEP4JGA/?tag=casaivar02-20
Never really worried about crumpled clothes on the Camino, and yet to see another pilgrim carrying an iron, so suspect it's not that big an issue... But agree, carry less and there is no need to stuff, stuff in. If anyone ever comes up with a pack sack that makes the contents lighter - I'd be interested.No, never used them. They leave clothes all crumpled/
LOL, from reading the forum there is an entire list of things that make pilgrims grumpy.pilgrims can get very grumpy
Does anyone use space saver bags to save room in your backpack? If so how did they work? What brand did you use that did work? Good/bad learnings? Thanks, just looking for ways to compress items such as fleece and such.
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