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Any recommendations?
'Er indoors is off to the Himalayas next year and needs a kitbag.
Has to be both tough and lightweight (1kg or less) as there's a 15kg overall weight limit on the bag plus contents.
Any ideas?
Montane Transition seems to fit the criteria at 950g, but as always, you lot are bound to know best.
Thanks in advance.....
Whatever you choose it will be a dusty, scratched up mess by the time you get to the first camp, so don’t bother spending too much.
70l is more than enough for 15kg of kit. The temptation is to overfill a bigger bag which means some poor 15 year old porter has to carry more.
Most outfitters will give you a suitably sized bag if she’s travelling with one.
When I've done stuff in the past I've managed with a 70L also. If you are limited to 15kg ten that's about right. That said you don't want it to be a tight fit as it'll be packed and unpacked each day. So maybe a bit bigger with compression straps?
My decathlon bag has held up well. It's a north face duffel copy.
Loads of variants on this bag. Some are quite heavy but some are lighter. Type it into google and see what you like.
I'd recommend something water resistant. Is it being loaded on a donkey- water resistant also means it won't smell like a donkey after a couple of days. It will inevitably be put down on wet ground, dropped, get wet crossing rivers etc. as well. U shape zip so you can open it up in a tent and get to stuff. Light coloured - it will mark/stain but it is easier to find stuff inside with a headtorch in the dark. get some light weight drybags for critical items like sleeping bag. Tough plastic bags have been fine for clothes.
Arc'teryx used to make a 100L Carrier Duffle that weighed in at 680g - very light and surprisingly tough ime. If you can find one, it would probably do the job.
Ta folks.
She's travelling with The Mountain Company.
Will double check what they recommend......
I have the smaller Montane bags and they are quite nice
The girlfriend is a big advocate of packing cubes, more weight but saves the jumble sale feeling
Aye, dry bags/packing cubes for sure, can sort all different kit out and know which ones you need.
Will she need to carry it herself, for any distance? For example, does it need shoulder straps, or a shaped/padded back? For a roll-top with shoulder straps, Ortlieb are much more durable than the cheaper alternatives. I find 100L will fit 23kg, so 70L should be enough for 15kg. If it's a roll top, go for a lighter colour inside, it makes it a bit easier to see where stuff is.
https://www.lomo.co.uk/acatalog/Blaze-Expedition-Holdall---60L-1701.html
Slightly over your ideal weight but these are awesome for the price. We use them for storing 250m ropes at work as a ‘proper’ ripe bag in this sort of size is well over £100 and we needed 6 of them.
Have lasted 8 months of bashing around on site so far with no signs of damage.
Mountain equipment are v robust. Come w strap and rucksack straps:
https://www.mountain-equipment.co.uk/collections/luggage/products/wet-dry-kitbag-70l
Got TNF and cheaper go outdoors duffle versions. The zips have broken on the cheaper ones but for that money compared to the TNF ones they are good.