Food Bag

[NLaeger]

I am curious as to what people use as food bags and what size works the best. I am looking at carrying 3-4 days worth of food, but possibly more if need be. I will mostly carry dehydrated meals but still want room for snacks and a few extra things. Thanks for the input!

[Spokes]

20L size Sea-to-Summit Ultra Sil bag with about 50 ft of 2mm cord and a couple Black Diamond plastic carabiners.

[hikingshoes]

I use a Ursack Minor and it works great for me.
http://www.ursack.com/index.html

[BFI]

20L size Sea-to-Summit Ultra Sil bag with 30ft of 2mm cord, I found that 50 ft. was always getting tangled up. the sil bag get my food dry even in the ugliest rain storms while hanging in the bear cables.

[Spokes]

Good point BFI, I forgot I cut off about 12 ft. of my cord to use as a clothes drying line.

[Trail.BlazR]

20L size Sea-to-Summit Ultra Sil bag with about 50 ft of 2mm cord and a couple Black Diamond plastic carabiners.

What are the carabiners for?

[theinfamousj]

20L size Sea-to-Summit Ultra Sil bag with about 50 ft of 2mm cord and a couple Black Diamond plastic carabiners.

^^ This. My food bag is blue. Not that blue makes it better or anything, but it is a color that will show up against any sot of forest duff or canopy (at lest from my height and thus my sight line) so I can always find my food bag rather than wandering around saying, "I think it is over this way, maybe."

[theinfamousj]

What are the carabiners for?

I don't know what Spokes uses them for, but I only carry one and use it for the PCT method of bear bagging. Since it isn't actually carrying any weight, plastic is fine. If you are a tie-er of rope to tree method bear bagger, or use bear cables exclusively, then you can give the carabiner a pass.

[10-K]

Zpacks cuben food bag... http://zpacks.com/accessories/stuff_sacks.shtml

[Tipi Walter]

Food bags are like socks and wear out quickly and replaced just as fast. On my trips I use 3 food bags, a 20 liter sea to summit silnylon rolltop and this holds my "cookables". A 35 liter sea to summit which holds my "snackables". And a third overflow bag which is an old long Mt Hardwear tent stuff sack. It is long enough to fit under the top lid of my pack. When full these bags weigh in at around 45 lbs---good enough for a 20+ day trip.

[QiWiz]

I like and have used the Ursak Minor with Opsack liner a lot.

[SunnyWalker]

Hey, this is just what I was going to look into on the Net. I've been using an old sleeping bag bag. Thanks folks.

[Spokes]

What are the carabiners for?


I tie a bowline knot and use a carabiner to attach my food bag. I prefer the knotless PCT method tether so the other one is used for that.

[SCRUB HIKER]

I use a Ursack Minor and it works great for me.
http://www.ursack.com/index.html

+1. Has lived up to its billing and hasn't let in a single rodent in 150+ trail nights.

[Leanthree]

+1 on the sea to summit bag. bright yellow so the bears can see it.

[T-Rx]

+1 on the ursack. I use the regular one and have only about 20 nights out while using it but so far no problem with bears or other critters.

[chiefduffy]

I sewed a Ray-way stuff bag from a kit and added a strap on the bottom to attach my hanging line, 50 feet of walmarts best camocord.

[Sandy of PA]

I use a weekender Bearicade, no hanging required. Holds as much food as I need for a week.

[redfox1939]

You should bought a Grubpack. It's light-weight and flexible. Even though it's made of a stainless steel wire mesh, it's pliable enough to fold and stuff into a backpack. It has a grommet for hanging, but some nights I just tied it to a shelter post and kept it on the ground.