Weight Limit

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(25 March 2013, 12:12)SecretPrepper Wrote: Weight of the bag empty adds up. The tactical type bags that are made of 1000D nylon which are super strong weigh a lot empty. Water also weighs a lot.

The size all depends on what you go for. EDCs are light weight BoB are heavier and INCH bags are heavier still.

Season adds weight too. need extra warm gear in the winter than compared to summer

Agreed about the heavy empty bag. I've seen 50 litre packs weighing more than 2kg empty!

Regarding water, I carry a 0.6 litre Sigg bottle, plus an empty 2 litre Platypus which I regard as "contaminated". I fill it when I stop for a break, then boil the water. A few cc's of fuel weighs a lot less than a litre of water! In hill country I drink from streams and springs. In agricultural country, cattle troughs are mostly fed from mains water, so it's safe to collect water from the pipe that fills these.