Thread: What size back packs do you use?

Originally Posted by hunter308

I think the literage is chinese liters as it is one of those ones that obviously got bought in bulk from the alibaba site.
I put in there
1 pair of track pants and a warm top for wearing in hut
3 pairs of socks
1 towel
spare pair of thermal pants
polar fleece top
dinner plate and breakfast bowl
small billy
gas cooker and gas canister
1can of baked beans (tonights dinner)
1 can of bully beef
5 apples
2 motel sized packs of cereal
1 onion
15 pack of bread buns
Butter
1 liter carton of long life milk
coffee
Two up and go drinks
6 Muesli bars
biscuits
Small jar of sugar
Sleeping bag
Butchers knife, steel and diamond stone
First aid kit
Raincoat
Camera
Beanie
35 rounds of ammo
Rifle Bolt
Machete to cut firewood
Binoculars
Candles
Headlamp

I'll take note of what I put in there and what I did not use and leave out for next trip while I am up there.

That is a shit of load of gear.First thing Id loose are the bread buns,they are very poor food value for bulk, the long life milk ? just take milk powder if you need milk.Towel? maybe but very small,no tinned food, fruit maybe an orange or 2 but not apples. With a decent knife you dont need a steel and a stone,maybe a very small jewel stick,I dont carry either but I do carry a small folder as a back up. Only 1 plastic plate. Machete? I dont. If your at a hut they nearly always have an axe there but you can break up dry wood eaily enough. 3-4 days I have a 75 liter pack and thats with a tent and sleeping mat.1-2 nights I use a 45 liter. Quality down sleeping bags and puffer jackets save weight and bulk as well.