View Full Version : Good food bag size for AT?
drastic_quench
10-07-2009, 14:00
Thinking resupply every 3 -6 days. Of the sizes listed here:
http://www.seatosummit.com/products/display/7
Blissful
10-07-2009, 14:10
8 liter should do. That's what I have for five days. Great bag. I also hang my pot in it too.
ShoelessWanderer
10-07-2009, 14:15
Have to agree 8 liter should be fine. (Though I buy the cheap ones at walmart.)
Kerosene
10-07-2009, 14:20
I think that I use something close to the 8-Liter also. IMHO, these Sea-to-Summit bags would be overkill for use as a food bag. Go with a cheapie silnyl string-pull stuffsack that weighs less than an ounce and provides more usable volume.
Tenderheart
10-07-2009, 14:42
I carried an Outdoor Research Advanced series stuff sack. A size three for my food. It is probably about 8 liters. I would hang it by the strap across the bottom, actually upside down, and the contents never got wet. It is still very usable, although a little dirty. This size was around 12 or 15 bucks back when I bought it.
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bigmac_in
10-07-2009, 15:06
I'd suggest using one large enough to hold all your food.
take-a-knee
10-07-2009, 15:32
I think that I use something close to the 8-Liter also. IMHO, these Sea-to-Summit bags would be overkill for use as a food bag. Go with a cheapie silnyl string-pull stuffsack that weighs less than an ounce and provides more usable volume.
Sea-to-Summit bags make great food bags, your food doesn't get wet while hanging up. That largest of the three pack of dry bags available for $10 at Walmart makes a great food bag.
bigmac_in
10-07-2009, 15:34
That largest of the three pack of dry bags available for $10 at Walmart makes a great food bag.
Exactly what I use.
8 Liters? That's just big enough to hold my 4 day supply of snickers and "Taste of Honey" peanut butter!
Get a 15 liter and make sure it's ultra silnylon. Be sure to pack a second one in your bounce box as a replacement when the first one gets holes in the bottom from hitting the ground after repeated morning bear bag retrievals.
bigcranky
10-07-2009, 18:29
I'm with Spokes, 8 liters is awfully small for me for a food bag. The weight difference for the 15 liter is tiny, might as well get the larger bag.
Kerosene
10-08-2009, 09:28
Sea-to-Summit bags make great food bags, your food doesn't get wet while hanging up.Hmmm. My food has never gotten wet, and even if rain seeped inside there'd be nothing to get wet as everything is in its own plastic bag anyway. It's just never been an issue for the food that I carry.