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Sun 29 Apr, 2012 8:56 pm
John Sheridan wrote:Does anyone here carry water in one of those round military canteens, I want to get a canteen cup and place the water bottle in it, and us that as my emergency water and cooking kit, which will include all my emegency gear in it's pockets, it would be placed on my belt, so if i loose my pack, i am good to go, well at least I will have somthing to survive.
Anyone have a kit like this ???
Cheers.
Two things to consider here:
1. What is the likelihood of losing your pack?
2. How comfortable will you be with the above kit hanging above, and likely swinging into, the crown jewels?
Practicality wins MOST of the time.
Re: How much water do you carry at one time.
Mon 30 Apr, 2012 8:50 am
Been carrying an army water-bottle and kidney cup almost all my life, never had a jewel problem.
Only problem is the weight of the military carrier and it's poor design. As an ingredient of the "Survival kit" I concur but you would need to design a decent way of getting all you need into the carry pouch although the British Army water bottle carrier has possibilities as do old Australian army BREN-gun ammo pouches
Only problem is the weight of the military carrier and it's poor design. As an ingredient of the "Survival kit" I concur but you would need to design a decent way of getting all you need into the carry pouch although the British Army water bottle carrier has possibilities as do old Australian army BREN-gun ammo pouches
Re: How much water do you carry at one time.
Mon 30 Apr, 2012 9:50 am
Moondog55 wrote:Been carrying an army water-bottle and kidney cup almost all my life, never had a jewel problem.
How do you fit this on your belt while wearing a pack??
How much water do you carry at one time.
Mon 30 Apr, 2012 10:01 am
You could try a Nalgene bottle sitting inside a suitably sized metal pot/cup. Various MILSPEC/LE producers make pouches that this will fit nicely in.
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Re: How much water do you carry at one time.
Mon 30 Apr, 2012 10:48 am
When wearing a pack it fits on the pack hip belt or slung over my shoulder on a carry strap, hip belt carry works best tho.
Take it off and use for day walks, either on my ordinary belt on fixed to the belt of my small bumbag. Keepers or MOLLE both work
Take it off and use for day walks, either on my ordinary belt on fixed to the belt of my small bumbag. Keepers or MOLLE both work
Re: How much water do you carry at one time.
Sun 06 May, 2012 9:22 am
Hi Guys
In my bushwalking, I've had some really ugly dehydration incidents. Really bad ones. So now I err on the side of caution. I always have 3 litters in the Platypus on setting off. Often, to "supplement" this, there would be 2 litres of ready made electrolyte drink, as a minimum. If there is any remote possibility of not being on water overnight, I carry the full supply for the next day as well. The pack can get quite heavy, but I've sacrificed a lot of "nice-to-haves", in an attempt to reduce pack weight.
On our New Years' Eve in Vic, the wife and I lugged 32 litres of water up Mt McDonald to give us time up there to enjoy it all. We spent 2 nights on the mountain which has no water anywhere close, and still had about 1500ml between us when we reached water.
We seldom ( if ever ) have done "river based" walks- or other walks where there is plentiful water. Most of our walks seem to be in arid lands or along ridge tops.
And I'm aware that from the first sip, the carried weight is reducing.
Magnesium tablets are a must- as is some dust- Gatorade, Hydralyte or similar.
Safe Steps
WildLight
In my bushwalking, I've had some really ugly dehydration incidents. Really bad ones. So now I err on the side of caution. I always have 3 litters in the Platypus on setting off. Often, to "supplement" this, there would be 2 litres of ready made electrolyte drink, as a minimum. If there is any remote possibility of not being on water overnight, I carry the full supply for the next day as well. The pack can get quite heavy, but I've sacrificed a lot of "nice-to-haves", in an attempt to reduce pack weight.
On our New Years' Eve in Vic, the wife and I lugged 32 litres of water up Mt McDonald to give us time up there to enjoy it all. We spent 2 nights on the mountain which has no water anywhere close, and still had about 1500ml between us when we reached water.
We seldom ( if ever ) have done "river based" walks- or other walks where there is plentiful water. Most of our walks seem to be in arid lands or along ridge tops.
And I'm aware that from the first sip, the carried weight is reducing.
Magnesium tablets are a must- as is some dust- Gatorade, Hydralyte or similar.
Safe Steps
WildLight
Re: How much water do you carry at one time.
Sun 06 May, 2012 11:12 am
On a strenous summertime ridgleine traverse in Qld with no water sources available.....around 6litres....3litre camelbak,
2litre orange juice container(for cooking) & 2x 600ml bottles reachable in the mesh sides of my pack.
You can't see how much your drinking from the camelbak, until it all gone, so I use the 600ml bottles as a visual gauge.
If I'm following a stream to its headwaters in Tassie, fishing along the way...cup hands in the tumbling waters at regular intervals
and a 600ml wide mouth plastic bottle for cooking back at camp at the end of the day.
2litre orange juice container(for cooking) & 2x 600ml bottles reachable in the mesh sides of my pack.
You can't see how much your drinking from the camelbak, until it all gone, so I use the 600ml bottles as a visual gauge.
If I'm following a stream to its headwaters in Tassie, fishing along the way...cup hands in the tumbling waters at regular intervals
and a 600ml wide mouth plastic bottle for cooking back at camp at the end of the day.
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