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Non Tool Forum => Sheaths, Bags, Packs and Carry Methods => Topic started by: caninesapien on February 21, 2017, 12:35:32 PM
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Anyone carry a backpack or rucksack with them every day and can recommend a good waterproof canvas pack? My job involves me moving a lot of written material between sites and in this famous Welsh weather I would really need something waterproof! It's also a bag I'd like to use for camping weekends away as a kind of all-in-one EDC bag.
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Not sure about canvas,but this waterproof Belgium army pack does me great in the winter and everything stays dry,plus very well made and cheap ;)
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Plus lots of strap options so could turn it into a messenger type bag,and perfect inside for your paper work :tu:
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I don't know if they have them there, I just use an old ALICE pack. Also, about any canvas pack can be made water proof.
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Never canvas, it always ends up leaking. For a few years now I've used the Hazard 4 MOD for work
https://www.heinnie.com/hazard-4-mod-messenger-bag
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Thanks all, great stuff. Zed, that backpack looks great! The Hazard is nice too but I am ideally looking for something a little cheaper. Will investigate! thanks.
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I just got a Swiss Engineers Rucksack. It's rubberized canvas I believe. Leather straps. I haven't had a chance to carry it yet but it seems very well built. All reviews I've read have verified it's waterproofness.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fg4E3ek.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N4CV9yp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6M3jvWb.jpg)
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I just got a Swiss Engineers Rucksack. It's rubberized canvas I believe. Leather straps. I haven't had a chance to carry it yet but it seems very well built. All reviews I've read have verified it's waterproofness.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fg4E3ek.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N4CV9yp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6M3jvWb.jpg)
Hey! Nice pack! How are the straps?
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I just got a Swiss Engineers Rucksack. It's rubberized canvas I believe. Leather straps. I haven't had a chance to carry it yet but it seems very well built. All reviews I've read have verified it's waterproofness.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fg4E3ek.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N4CV9yp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6M3jvWb.jpg)
Hey! Nice pack! How are the straps?
Thanks! They seem ok. I've only thrown a couple pounds in and walked around the house a bit so far. I don't think I'd want to put a bunch of weight in and do a long trek without some modification. But for a day hike I think they'd be Ok. Time will tell once I gets chance to get it out some. I had read some reviews hinting at shoulder strap mods having been done but never followed up on what they actually were.
There is also a companion bread bag that is available for this ruck that straps to the top of the pack.
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I see. There's a lot of those swiss surplus here. Haven't tried them but they seem pretty durable and the straps for me is the only downside.
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The straps on my Belgium army pack shown above are wider than the Swiss packs, but yesterday I put most of my fishing gear in it and walked a 45mins walk,it wasn't too bad going but coming home in was digging in,so extra padding would improve it :tu: but for under a tenner these are good packs and very waterproof :salute:
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I just got a Swiss Engineers Rucksack. It's rubberized canvas I believe. Leather straps. I haven't had a chance to carry it yet but it seems very well built. All reviews I've read have verified it's waterproofness.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fg4E3ek.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/N4CV9yp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/6M3jvWb.jpg)
Awesome boss!
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I ended up getting the bread bag to go with the pack. I used Snoseal to waterproof all the canvas parts. I'm really liking this bag! :tu:
(http://i.imgur.com/EOY2TyC.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3kz2j4M.jpg)