Craghoppers Dri-Pac - How dry?

"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message n
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I've had one for about four years, and nothing has ever got wet in it - you
have to be sure you close it up properly

Mike

I have one I use as a daypack and for w/enders. (I *know* it's heavy for
a daypack, but the back is just the right length for me so it's superbly
comfortable, which offsets the weight and I got it cheap 🙂
I took the inner (yellow?) bag out and never use it. As you found in
your test, a lot of water ends up between the inner and outer plus the
outer soaks up a lot of water which you end up carrying. I prefer to use
a w/proof pack cover from a 55L sack. From what I could tell, the inner
should be totally w/proof if you fold it over correctly, all the seams
appear to be sealed
HTH
Graham

"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a 45 litre Craghoppers Dripac rucksack, which I bought in the
Argos sale last year, and am planning to use it for backpacking at the
weekend.

My plan is to take as few as possible of the "extras" such as
compression sacks/stuffsacks, pan lids etc and try to cram my gear
into 45, rather than the usual 65, litres.

The pack is described as waterproof and I'd like to just jam the
sleeping bag into the bottom of the pack and put my other things on
top.

Does anyone have any nightmare tales to tell of these packs leaking?
The liner seems to be plasticized and /should/ be waterproof. I
turned the hose on it this afternoon and there was a lot of water
between the outer sack and the inner - but none inside as best as I
could tell.

I reckon I'll shove my sleeping bag in a bin-bag anyway but wanted to
hear anyones experience.

Judith

"Judith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I have a 45 litre Craghoppers Dripac rucksack, which I bought in the
Argos sale last year, and am planning to use it for backpacking at the
weekend.

My plan is to take as few as possible of the "extras" such as
compression sacks/stuffsacks, pan lids etc and try to cram my gear
into 45, rather than the usual 65, litres.

The pack is described as waterproof and I'd like to just jam the
sleeping bag into the bottom of the pack and put my other things on
top.

Does anyone have any nightmare tales to tell of these packs leaking?
The liner seems to be plasticized and /should/ be waterproof. I
turned the hose on it this afternoon and there was a lot of water
between the outer sack and the inner - but none inside as best as I
could tell.

I reckon I'll shove my sleeping bag in a bin-bag anyway but wanted to
hear anyones experience.

Judith

The inner is very dry from my experience with 35L sacks. One got stolen and
I've bought another to replace it.

I'll use it for winter or rain weather. It's too heavey for summer use.

Jhimmy

graham blamey said:

I have one I use as a daypack and for w/enders. (I *know* it's heavy for
a daypack, but the back is just the right length for me so it's superbly
comfortable, which offsets the weight and I got it cheap 🙂

Flippin' 'eck - you're right. I hadn't considered it to be heavy but
I've just weighed it and it appears to be heavier than my 65 litre
Karrimor Jaguar. I know my scales aren't all that accurate but I was
still shocked!

Still, my aim is to take less stuff by using a smaller sack - so
hopefully I'll have a comfortable balance of weight and packsize.

Thanks for your feedback, everyone.

Judith