Dry bag for touring

[J-Lo]

Does anyone know of a large'ish dry bag that could house my tent (small 1 man Vango), a thermarest and sleeping bag?

Would definetely tidy things up abit if I could fit these things in and stick the bag on my rack...

Cheers

 

[rollinstok]

The problem with putting everything in the same dry bag is that everything will be permanently damp. Your tent will be wet most mornings through either rain or condensation and will not have a chance to dry off, and anything in contact with it will also be damp.

 

[amaferanga]

Ortleib make various sizes of dry bag. Cheaper ones available if you just Google. I use a dry bag rucksack for commuting from Alpkit - Gourdon 20. Might be a good option for you - proper dry bag, but also a proper rucksack should you need to carry stuff off the bike.

As for the dampness issue - easily solved by only putting the tent in the dry bag if its dry. If its damp then strap it outside.

 

[ufkacbln]

Ortleib make various sizes of dry bag. Cheaper ones available if you just Google. I use a dry bag rucksack for commuting from Alpkit - Gourdon 20. Might be a good option for you - proper dry bag, but also a proper rucksack should you need to carry stuff off the bike.

As for the dampness issue - easily solved by only putting the tent in the dry bag if its dry. If its damp then strap it outside.

The other option is a couple of smaller bags and separate the wet and dry sections.

 

[Herzog]

Does anyone know of a large'ish dry bag that could house my tent (small 1 man Vango), a thermarest and sleeping bag?

Would definetely tidy things up abit if I could fit these things in and stick the bag on my rack...

Cheers

Bin bag/rubble sack on rear rack - this has worked well for me on numerous multiweek tours.

As for the dampness issue - easily solved by only putting the tent in the dry bag if its dry. If its damp then strap it outside.

Agreed, wet sleeping bags are the worst thing. After a long day in the saddle, you want your bed to be warm and dry, not cold and wet.

 

[ufkacbln]

Or you could simply get a large pole and attach the tent to the pole. Dry tent and visbilty aid in the same package!

 

[jay clock]

I have an Ortlieb one which is huge and high quality but weighs a fair bit. The Alpkit ones here http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16316&category_id=295 i also have are amazing, great value, very light too.

 

[Dave Davenport]

We use an Ortileib 'canoe' bag for extra top of rack dry storage but use a rubble sack for the tent.

 

[furball]

Aldi and Lidl do dry bags when they do sailing stuff.

 

[Grizzly]

Im another fan of Alpkit, I use these at work for keeping kit in and find them very useful.

 

[GilesM]

Try the Exped ones, very good and the compression sacks really do save space, however I agree with others about tent and sleeping bag in the same sack.

http://www.exped.com/exped/web/exped_homepage.nsf/0/822467D8F71C9A55C12575A20047AF3A?opendocument