Planning ahead for the summer I want to have a waist pack I can use while hiking - both as easy to hand storage but also to take water or food. My pack's comfy as long as it is not too heavy so I thought it would be handy to offload weight direct to my hips when I have extra stuff on board. That's the plan....
And then I can use it off trail and touristing when I don't want to have my full pack on :)
I have a bumbag I used for this in the summer but I figured I could make something lighter.
So, having bought in ripstop, straps and buckles, me and my trusty Elna 'Grasshopper' are halfway through doing just that.
I've designed it around a satchel style, with a fold over flap instead of a zip. I like the old style gas mask bags, and I have no experience with putting in zips!
Size-wise it's wide enough to fit my platypus 1L soft bottles, with a mesh pocket at the back inside and side straps to keep things packed close. There will be a pocket on the front face big enough for a map. The front flap buckles closed which leaves plenty of scope for expansion if needed.
The nominal volume is about 3l but it will probably take 5l with the sides let out.
As always getting from a design to finished article needs a bit of thought on what sequence to do things in and how stuff will fit together. It's useful to be able to reinvent stuff on the fly...
.. but, so far so good!
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