Cover or Coverless [at-l] the Kelty Flight 60

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

I don't know how it got soaked with a cover, unless there were problems 
with how the cover was attached to your pack and/or the wind aided the 
rain's primary goal of soaking everything that you own. I found that snow 
would melt into my pack material and make things heavier, even though I had 
no evidence it penetrated within the pack. I also keep my stuff in plastic 
bags - usually garbage bags or grocery/shopping sacks. The pack cover kept 
the exterior of the pack dryer, and left fewer places for the snow to hang 
on. Plus, the dark color of the pack cover helped dry things by serving as 
a heat sink.

I have not ever attempted to put a waterproof coating on my pack, 
especially not on my sleeping bag. I want the sleeping bag to allow vapor 
and condensation out of the bag. If my feet are touching the inside of my 
Nomad and catching condensation, I simply put one of the ultralight Kroger 
sacks on the end of the bag.

OrangeBug

At 11:16 AM 3/19/2001 -0500, FurTrappers@webtv.net wrote:
>Because of the weather while hiking in Ga., and my pack becoming soaked,
>with a cover, I've considered going coverless. I recall a few others on
>the list doing this very thing and was wondering what, if anything did
>you spray your pack with? I've just bought a can of silicone water
>treatment and was planning on using this. I also seem to recall someone
>adding grommets in the bottom of their pack to allow any water that did
>enter the inside to drain. This of course would mean more detail to
>keeping the contents dry, zip-locs, trash-bags, but I work hard at doing
>that anyways, which did pay off, and a heavier pack when wet, but theres
>always trade-offs.