Caching Bags.

[+Jagman714]

What is the best kind of bag to lug around your caching equipment?

[+leatherman]

I prefer single strap courier style back packs. I can sling it under my arm and around front without taking it off.

[+amytincan]

Dooney and Bourke or Coach

 

 

**never mind me, I'm being silly**

 

I use my pockets and/or my purse, but one local guy I've met here uses a fanny pack. Or I have recruited my son and his backpack.

[+Pork King]

I have a plain old standard style, two strapped, one big compartment, ons small compartment in the front, bookbag. It works, but I bet there are much better things to use.

[+briansnat]

Depends on what you are carrying and the type of caches you are doing. If you are just doing drive and dumps, you probably don't need a bag. If you are mostly doing caches that require a half mile walk, then a fanny pack, shoulder bag or VOMP (vest of many pockets) will do fine. If you prefer caches that involved longer hikes, then a decent daypack is in order. Here is a recent thread that has a lot of good info.

Edited December 4, 2004 by briansnat

[+Thot]

I don't claim it's the best solution, but I had it around and it works for me. I carry a simple denim bag with shoulder straps. It has one large compartment and one smaller side compartment/pocket. Both close with zippers but I rarely close the main compartment. I keep batteries and other small items in the side pocket and everything else in the big one. I don't walk more than a mile one-way.

[+Renegade Knight]

Depends on what you are carrying and the type of caches you are doing. If you are just doing drive and dumps, you probably don't need a bag. If you are mostly doing caches that require a half mile walk, then a fanny pack, shoulder bag or VOMP (vest of many pockets) will do fine. If you prefer caches that involved longer hikes, then a decent daypack is in order. Here is a recent thread that has a lot of good info.

Ditto:

 

For the most part I use a fanny pack just to store the equipment I've accumulated that may come in handy even for park and bags. Longer outings require a larger bag, or camelback etc.

[+G O Casher]

I use a 6 pack cooler bag.

[+JohnnyVegas]

Take your gear to a local store that sells packs and load one up with what you carry with you. In the winter you might need a larger bag to carry a jacket. If you are doing a short hike you may not need one, it all depends on how much gear you carry

[+Medic005]

It depends on the type of hike I'm going, if it's short trip, then I use a fanny pack. But, if it's a long trip, then I use a CamelPak Mule lightweight backpack.

[+welch]

padded straps are nice, and strong stitching is good.

I used cheap ones, (like one dollar at a garage sale cheap) they work ok. But after you use them to lug an ammo can around before hiding a couple times, the straps rip out.

anyone know how much weight / stress a camelbak can take?

[+Jagman714]

Ok. thanks for the info everybody.

[+nfa]

I love my backpack, it's a mountainsmith pack that has space for what I need, without being huge.

 

nfa-jamie

[Dale_Lynn]

We use a simple two strap day pack, has one large compartment and several small ones... We use it for geocaching, lugging things home from flea markets, and taking goodies to "concerts in the park" on Sunday afternoons... Just look around and fine something that fits your needs.

 

Dale

[+CurmudgeonlyGal]

Dooney and Bourke or Coach

I'm all over that!

 

A nice little Coach Soho Suede Tote in Berry would be the perfect winter caching accessory.

 

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michelle

[+amytincan]

Dooney and Bourke or Coach

I'm all over that!

 

A nice little Coach Soho Suede Tote in Berry would be the perfect winter caching accessory.

 

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michelle

I was wondering when somebody would say something! woo hoo somebody understands!

[+CurmudgeonlyGal]

Dooney and Bourke or Coach

I'm all over that!

 

A nice little Coach Soho Suede Tote in Berry would be the perfect winter caching accessory.

 

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michelle

I was wondering when somebody would say something! woo hoo somebody understands!

Wanna talk shoes too?

 

 

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michelle

[+NightPilot]

Wanna talk shoes too?

Does Rockport offer anything with 3-inch spike heels?

[+CurmudgeonlyGal]

The problem with the 'spike', as it were, is that it tends to sink a little too far in the grass/sand/mud to make egress as nice as it could be on, say, and 4" wedge heel with a 3/4" platform.

 

Now, I wouldn't know how this relates to caching, per se, but I do love 4" wedge heels with those 3/4" platforms.

 

And they would be easier to accessorize with my new (I wish) Coach Soho Suede (caching) Tote in Berry.

 

Rockports are for old farts, aren't they?

 

 

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michelle

[+Shalimarjim]

Most folks in our area of the country have no "bag" at all that they lug around. All of us have a tool box or something akin to that in our vehicles that hold all geocaching supplies. When we arrive at the starting point(or should I say walking point) we have a fairly good idea of the distance and terrain and put in our pockets what we need. In my case, I have plenty of pockets as I use a safari photo vest from Vestmate that seems to have thousands of pockets both small and large. I rarely go to a cache over 1 mile from where I park so I never felt the need for a backpack and the fanny packs never seemed to hold all I wanted to carry.

[+Dragonfire870]

I think that the VOMP idea is great, so that way you don't have to fumble with the pack. I think this next weekend I'm going to go to Academy or Sportsman's Warehouse and buy a VOMP.

[+NightPilot]

Rockports are for old farts, aren't they?

I resemble that remark!!

 

I got a VOMP at WalMart that works very well. I couldn't find anything at all at Academy or other places. The vest was in the fishing section, and marked with a New tag, but on sale. It actually rang up at $2, but I think that was a mistake in the store computer.

[kayaker22589]

The Camel Back HAWG. Or the Lowe Alpine Cold Smoke 30. You really don't need anything over 900 cu. in. in size.

[The Dune Doggies]

Check out www.geocachestore.com they sell a Yak Pak that holds the GPS, cache items, pens, and just about everything. It's a sling style with an adjustable strap. And the flap over top keeps everything dry too. Iv'e had mine for 2 years and LOVE it.