Gear: new food bag

I replaced my ecopak food bag with a custom color Dyneema one from Hilltop Bags. Slightly larger, much more durable.

https://hilltoppacks.com/collections/bear-food-bags

The ecopak is ok, but my guess is it has a lifespan of about one thru-hike. I’m on my second ecopak while my liteAF Dyneema bag that I use to keep clothes dry is still going strong.

While I don’t expect crowds on the CDT, my LiteAF food bag went from unique to ubiquitous on trail on the AT and the PCT which meant that in bear boxes & such it became hard to pick it out.

Win was right to suggest that I get something more distinctive. Her “Bear piñata” bag has been memorable (and I just bought her a new one in Dyneema to replace her second ecopak one).

So I got one a little less generic but not as distinctive. The hang bag (the little bag with the cable in it that you throw over a branch to use to hang) is the color of my LiteAF bag that it came with. That bag keeps my clothes dry in my pack now while a Nylofume bag protects my sleeping bag.

I have separate dry bags for my medical/electronics (a yellow bag) and my water filter (so I can sleep with it and carry extra water at need) (blue bag). I used to use the hydration pocket in my pack for that but my current backpack does not have one.

I’m happy with the gear.

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