Gear Up for Adventure: How to Organize and Protect Your Outdoor Essentials
Are you an avid adventurer who loves spending time outdoors? If so, you know how important it is to have high-quality gear that can withstand the elements. But, do you know how to organize and protect your hiking gear to ensure it lasts for years to come? We will provide you with some helpful tips and tricks on how to organise and protect your hiking gear
No More Soggy Bottoms
In the early days of mountain walking, the only way to keep your kit relatively dry was to stuff a bin liner inside your rucksack and crudely cram everything into it. Whilst this was an effective solution, it had its drawbacks. Remember that spare layer you packed? It’s right at the bottom, and to get to it, you’ll need to take everything out. Not ideal, especially if that layer if a waterproof and it’s tipping it down. And, despite being ‘waterproof’, quite often they simply aren’t, and you’d end up with wet kit anyway.
Most of us just dealt with the issue with a metaphorical shrug of the shoulders and an unwillingness to go through the fairly arduous process of designing something better. However, some clever clogs with time on their hands came up with an ingenious invention called the drybag.
Stay dry and organized with drybags – Cause who likes wet sandwiches?
Drybags work the same way as the hull of a large boat. If the hull is damaged, there are lots of smaller compartments within to limit the amount of water ingress. If you’ve got one big drybag, the boat is sinking; with lots of smaller ones, you can continue on your way.
How to organise and protect your hiking gear: Multicolored Waterproof Bags
These multicoloured waterproof bags come in various shapes, sizes and colours to cater to everyone. The inners are lightly coloured so you can see what you’re doing, they have a roll-top design to keep the water and dust out, plus will put up with far more abuse than a bin liner. You can put your first aid kit in the red one, your clothes in the blue one, your food in the yellow one and so on, making them a brilliant organisational tool as well as a protective one. If you tend to use a selection of different packs, you can also easily transfer these bags across—a much more tedious task when everything is loose. That aforementioned spare layer? This can now be easily removed without the rest of your belongings getting soaking wet.
Right, cost. As I type this, a full set of Exped Fold Drybags (XS-L) will set you back £48 (RRP; we may have it cheaper). Yes, this is more than a bin liner, but it’s cheaper than a new phone and far less hassle than hypothermia.
We hope you found our quick blog on How to Organize and Protect Your Hiking Gear helpful and informative. If you’re eager to learn more about hiking gear, be sure to check out our guide to crampons.
happy dry storing, and many more adventures to come!
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