north-north-west wrote:MYO from Tyvek.
north-north-west wrote:Only briefly, but it's a lot stronger than it looks. Works fine and heaps cheaper than a commerical product.
+1nq111 wrote:The best pack cover you can get is... a couple of dry bags.
Pack covers are cumbersome, prone to failure and a disaster in scrub.
Lophophaps wrote: First umbrella ascent of PB, blown a bit off course from the Arthurs.
Mark F wrote:All in all a good set of arguments for using a pack liner.
Moondog55 wrote:I've only had 2 pack covers...
...Neither lasted a full day, pack liners on the other hand seem to last almost forever, even rubbish bags last for ages
Should I shelve the pack cover?
Peaksnik wrote:Should I shelve the pack cover?
I justify the use of a pack cover this way: 1) it keeps my pack from getting wetter than otherwise and thus saves a few grams to offset the weight of the cover (clutching at straws perhaps?);...
Orion wrote:My oversized silnylon cover weighs 85g, which I imagine would easily be the weight absorbed by a wet pack. But the cover itself also gets wet, although perhaps not quite as much. Hard to say. And when it rains and rains and rains everything kind of gets wet anyway.
Pack covers aren't for waterproofing your contents, they are to stop canvas packs wetting out and becoming even heavier.MrFaulty wrote:Buy an Australian made OP pack, then you don't need a cover as they are pretty well waterproof! And no, I'm not on commission but I do own 3!
Strider wrote:Pack covers aren't for waterproofing your contents, they are to stop canvas packs wetting out and becoming even heavier.
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