How to Pack a Backpack For MAX Efficiency!
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I thru hiked the AT with a friend that had zero stuff sacks. She did have a foodbag though, but that was it. She’d just throw all her shit into her backpack randomly and off she’d go. She made it all the way to Katahdin.
Agree. A top loading backpack is a giant stuff sack. It's lighter and faster to pack this way, and unpack as well. I compared packing my sleeping bag in compression bag vs just stuffing it in the bottom and it's just as space efficient. Literally no good reason to use a stuff sack.
Just packed around an 80 lbs pack, thinking the 3/4-mile hike to base camp wouldn't be a problem. I barely made it, now i'm binging backpack videos. I love you channel now
I am tryna wrap my head around how someone could hit 80lbs, am I crazy? Either way god bless you lmao
I’m pretty sure I carried 35 lbs of shit up and then down a mountain my first trip. I’ve gotten rid of so much enormous heavy shit since then.
Maybe 40. 7 liters of water
Its been a year, what have you changed? What have you learned?
I’ve watched lots of backpack loading videos and your is by far the simplest and most efficient. That combined with how simple and straightforward you make things seem, this video really increased my confidence for backpacking. It also made me realize how unecessary a lot of backpacking gear can be with storing pouches and such.
I always like to see how people pack their bag to get new ideas, to see if something may work better. Great video.
Thank you for showing the overhead shot of the interior of your backpack! So many of these types of videos just show them putting stuff in the bag, but not the visual of how it packs together in the interior. Your video is much more helpful!!
Hey, this was a great video with lots of useful tips! However, i don’t agree with putting the heaviest items at the top of your pack. I always have my heaviest gear at the bottom and as close to my back as possible. You should give it a try, the backpack feels a lot lighter! Greetings from Norway
Filter in a ziplock bag to prevent other items from getting wet! Pro tip greatly appreciated, I just never really thought about it, but definitely help when in the quilt or puffy jacket. Thanks 🙏
Great tips here. Also it's cool to see a full shakedown like this, helps people see if their setups are missing anything. I'm doing things pretty similarly with my REI Flash 55, though I like using a slightly undersized silnylon drybag (using a 20L one from seatosummit) for my quilt and sleeping clothes instead of a trash bag-style liner, it helped cut down a lot of bulk from all the extra bunched up plastic, and it means I get the option to either have the drybag by itself on the bottom with the pack cinched around it, or to add other similar-density items to that layer like my sleeping pad to make a good spot above it for a bear can. Big +1 to reducing and consolidating on stuff sacks/ziplocks as much as possible, those things add up quickly and you only need so many. One other thing is that I'd try to keep the gas for a stove closer to the center of mass bc they can be quite heavy, especially when still on the full side.
"One little tip: bring les bags."
Brings ten stuff sacks lol...
I noticed that too . . .
Very nice system. Got some ideas to refine mine as well. Definitely going to find a way to minimize small bags
Great video and always fun to see how other people pack their bag and what they carry. Interested in what you packed for your extra clothes bag . I just came back from 5 days and food is heavy as you said and mine was around 7 lbs but even min clothes or what I consider min is probably the second heaviest bag. Thanks for making this video .
Nice little hack for your filter is to just tie a little loop of shock-cord around the opening of the waterbladder.
Hello 👋 Bryce, greetings from Northern California. Thank you for sharing this most informative video. You've got all the basic essentials, well done. Stay safe out there. 🤗
Liked seeing this! I'm always hodge-podge on how I pack things... 🤪 I feel like this is something I can improve on.
We really enjoyed your video, it's so beautiful there! We've been following Danny for a while, it was fun to see him! I wish you had some east coast hiking videos .. thank you for sharing
Great video as always!
IPAQ virtually the same way and it works really well. I do wish Z-Pack would put the bottom pocket like you have because that seems super convenient
Very cool video and I definitely learned a few things! I always tried to pack the heaviest things towards the bottom of my pack so I'll have to try it the other way around. Also, check out the opinel saws. They're smaller, lightweight, and they have a locking ring to keep them from opening up in your pack.
This video was great timing because I’m packing for my first backpacking trip
Thats awesome...go back and repack with half the stuff. ....tell the truth about the size of the knife ur taking. Where u goin?
Was it fun?
One thing I've seen other hikers do (sorry, I do watch other hikers too) is to NOT put soft stuff like jackets and quilts in stuff sacks, but to pack them in loose. The idea is that not in a sack, they'll fill all the available space and not leave any gaps. Also, that saves the weight of the sack. The trade off is that then you run a greater risk of said items getting wet.
Also, regarding your tripod, take a look at the Gorillapod system. They're really lightweight, and you can bend the legs to attach them to just about anything. I have one for my film SLR, which weighs about a pound with the lens attached.
Great tips! I loved your trash bag confession. 😂 It really did “keep it real”!
Wow, you nailed it. Dito😮😊
Great way of thinking 🧐🤔
That bottom pocket is nice! Great vid
I always enjoy your videos. So when is the Colorado video coming out?
Great video!!
You make it look sooo easy! :)
Put the rubber band around the scoop bottle when you take it off, it will stay and provide grip on the piece of scoop bottle ❤ as a fellow rubber band loser, lol 😂, I wrap mine around my filter since I don’t have a scoop bottle, I’m thinking of adding one now though! 😊
Trash in the bottom pocket is a must. I also carry my DCF floor liner there also.
Till now i always thought ya keep the heavy down low and the light up top not crushin my quilts...im gunna try a hike packed like this. Thanks
I have a ULA Circuit and pack the heavy items in the top to compress other items. It carries well like this. I also have an Alien Outdoor frameless backpack without a hip belt. I have to load it with the heavy items in the bottom or it carries really bad. Put the weight in the bottom and it carries pretty good. POV not all backpacks are the same.
Lugging the garbage around is hysterical! But the bottom pocket for trash is AWESOME!!!
Put the Sawyer Squeeze rubber band on your wrist when getting water - that might help!
Great info!
And the one bag is another great idea!
I used to use a rubber band for something (can’t remember what), but I would put it around my wrist to keep from losing it
Tie the rubber band around the neck of the bottle. I have the Befree, but will start to bring a plastic bag for it when its cold. Tanks for the tip.
Hi! Loved your video. I noticed that you didn't pack a cup or eating utensils. Do you use those items? If not, how do you consume your food?
Bryce, for your rubber band conundrum, try a neon colored hair tie, when you take it off the water, put it on your wrist. Easier to find if it slides off in your pack, and more durable than a rubber band with a little more versatility.
Just jam the quilt, clothes, sleeping pad, etc., at the bottom of the pack liner if max efficiency is what you're going for. Much quicker, easier, and uses space better.
I was just in CO as well. Collegiate West. I struggled with the weight of my food bag. I ended up putting it in the bottom of my pack closest to my back with my sleeping bag toward the outside of the pack on the bottom. The food up higher was pulling my shoulders back. I just left the days food in the top of my pack. Seemed to work ok on this trip but typically my food bag goes in the upper part of my pack.
Interested about your food bag. Good call moving the weight around👍 and we must of just missed you . We did colligiate west as well
@@BryceNewbold I once again had a bit too much food 😂
CW is such a stunning area!
Agree - ALWAYS assume that you WILL get wet and so pack accordingly. All of my recent trips have been to areas requiring a bear canister - necessary but what a pain to pack: bulky and heavy. I also CAREFULLY pack my 10 year old Thermarest sleep pad at the top of my pack to minimize undue wear and tear. The trash bag goes into your bear bag each night? If not, the porcupine might have been after that.....
Whenever you take off the Rubberband immediately put it on ur wrist.
When I saw that Kelty 90 I was inspired to bring the "ultra heavy" trip to Ohio. Good tips dude!
Instead of a rubber band around your water filter kit, or anything else, try Velcro cord-wraps, or just a piece of two sided Velcro, that you can attach around then neck of the bottle. They are very handy to have! If a buckle or some piece of gear breaks, it can usually be strapped together with Velcro strips and still taken apart later.
Identical. Except I don't carry a tripod and only occasionally take a chair. Solo trips I leave it at home. Took me a couple trips to figure out keeping my wet tent/tarp/fly on the outside of my pack
My spot bouncing around on a carabiner used to drive me crazy...Molle strap clips fixed it for me
Where do you put a bear canister when one is required?
Great video! For viewers that live in California where a bear canister is required, would a bear canister still fit inside your 40l pack?
Wait you run a tarp with a bug net id like to see a video of that set up
Cool video for how you pack. Looks familiar. Do you put that trash bag in your food bag for hanging it at night?
How come you don't lose the rubber band holding the pad around the poles?
Good videos. Thank you.
Appreciate the good tips here; and Bryce, here’s one for you: slide that rubber band onto your wrist when you open your water filter kit, and you will never misplace it again!
Its not exactly a 40L bag, its 40L body plus and additional 15L of external pockets totaling 55L of pack space. It is a bit confusing that some companies count the liters with total space and others only main compartment - sometimes its a bit rough to understand when someone mentions that he can fit this stuff in this bag but not that bag even though they are advertised as the same capacities in their model names. I wish that was standardized somehow between backpack makers.
Good point. My ULA Ohm is advertised as a 60-something liter pack but the internal volume is only like 36 liters or something like that. But I am sorta skeptical about how much they say the front and two side pockets can hold.
And, a lot of people don't realize that the *L is volume capacity not weight capacity. Just cuz you can stuff that puppy full does not mean it can handle the weight.
How do you attach your camera to tripod with the peaks design clip on?
just noticed you only have 24k, insane, need to up those numbers dude, the production quality is insane
Only 24K? Dude, you have one.
@@JamesPanning How does that relate to the comment lol, I'm saying that his videos are great and he deserves more subs 😂
I use a big OPSack for my food with a smaller OPSack inside of that for my trash. I use my bottom pocket for wrappers sometimes while I’m hiking. Always been afraid of using my bottom pocket for much, as I don’t want mice going after food smells from me stuffing wrappers in there. Paranoid?…perhaps.
Why so many stuff sacks??!?
So what you're saying is the TSA didn't notice the bottom pocket either, eh? hehe
Also, when you pick up your water filtering stuff with the one hand, try using the other hand to roll the rubber band onto your wrist for storage. Great vid!
Nice video
You mentioned a light weight tripod but it is not on your video/camera equipment list - can you share that as well?
Here you go. 2lbs. About the lightest full size tripod I can find www.amazon.com/MeFOTO-BackPacker-Tripod-Selfie-Stick/dp/B01LYZ2JE4/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?crid=3PO4P963G1MJO&keywords=mefoto%2Btripod&qid=1667690842&sprefix=mdfoto%2Caps%2C281&sr=8-9&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&th=1&psc=1
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Thank you! At 70 I need to trim all the weight I can afford to do 🙂
Only one extra piece i leave out, quilt stuff sack. pretty much the same.
dude, surprised, you haven't switched out that sawyer bag for a CNOC bag. great vid though. 🤘
Cheap sunglasses can be very dangerous. Be sure that it has UVA and UVB protection.
Why would you want heavy items up top? The higher the weight the more leverage on your spine?
How much food did you have left over on your last day?
OK Mr Newbold, please step over to that TSA officer, he has a few questions for you… LOL
Great stuff Bryce!!! You always keep the shit real, that's what's so fun about your content!! Although, you didn't crack open a beer this time, you did mention you had beer cans in your trash bag. You're lucky TSA didn't stop you at security with those cans. Have a good one!!! -dave
Hahaha “can’t believe I brought beer cans on an airline”
I have that trowel and I find it's terrible in any roots or anything. The Vargo Dig Dig is my new trowel and probably the first time I actually dug a 6-8 inch deep hole.
I have the dig dig tool too but I'm paranoid about the serrations tearing up other stuff. Do you keep it in anything to protect the rest of your poop kit and just keep it in there?
@@CastawayHikes yeah I keep It and toilet paper and hand sanitizer in a stuff sack....which I'm going to replace with a DCF stuff sack. I'm going to replace all my stuff sacks with DCF eventually.
@@CastawayHikes I'm very conscious of where I put it b
@@natehoover5266 I have been keeping mine in the cardboard sleeve that it comes in and reinforced it with some Gorilla Tape but I don't expect that to last long term
@@CastawayHikes Tip: I bought a pencil case second hand. $1, perfect long shape and a little thicker than a zip lock bag. Fits my Vargo digdig, tp, hand sanitizer and S2S soap leafs
Don't bother with that Sawyer pouch and bottle scoop! Get yourself a CNOC bladder. One end opens right up to scoop in shallow water and it rolls up so well when empty. What a game changer!
then your hands or gloves always get wet. ive seen it in action in cold weather. just not a fan. ill take my 13 seconds longer to keep my hands warm. haha
The CNOC Vecto 2L is ideal for collecting water for filtration. It fills rapidly through the open top with slid closure, then directly attaches to the Sawyer Squeeze filter on the bottom end. That is opposed to laboriously scooping water with another container, then pouring it into a narrow opening of a Sawyer squeeze bag. Also, the CNOC rolls up tight taking up little space.
I just got the Durston Kakwa 40 pack and its very similar minus the bottom pocket. I love it and it competes with other ultralight packs for $250. If you try to tell me that your base weight is 15 lbs with all that camera gear and basically the equivalent to what I carry then I'm gonna call you a liar. Everyone always says here's a list of a sub whatever pound load out, yet it doesn't have all the gear they carry. It drives me insane because I'm always wondering what I'm doing wrong that I have all this ultralight gear and still at a 19-20lb base weight. My pack with 2 days of food and a liter of water last weekend at Wildcat Hollow (which I don't know if I'll go back to) was 24lbs I think. But I actually carried 2.7 liters. I just didn't have the water when I weighed my load out.
And that was meant jokingly...I don't want to call you a liar. Lol. I just re read that and it sounded aggressive.
I get the frustration. Truth be told your not that far away with those weights. I look at every little thing over and over for weeks. I just find ways to lose virtually every bag. Embrace your filth...no touletries other than toothpaste tabs and sanitizer. No extra cloths other than layers. No "sleep" anything. I allways say you cant buy ultralight...its an attitude that includes some light weight crap. Base weights are moronic in every way. I think my best is 12ish..
Never 10 or below yet i can go into the Sierra for 5 days at 22ish with a liter of water and a bear can...inside the pack. Its a fun obsession...especially the food. I dont take but about a pound per day. I guess the bear can insists on less food and stuff.
@@nedanother9382 there were several things that I didn't have clothing wise since this was a summer trip. But I know I need a lighter weight mid layer. And also lighter base layer bottoms. I could lighten my med kit a little and maybe not take a few of the gear patches I carry. Idk. I'm almost comfortable with my load out. A couple less pounds would be nice though. I do carry a chair and it's like 1.4 pounds so I need a chair zero which will shed a little weight too.
@@natehoover5266 well there you have it. That nasty line in the sand that deliniates them and us...a chair. If you're still there thats where id begin. You could dump over a lb without it costing you a nickel. Boom. My biggest complaint about a chair is that its a chair and nothing else. My chair/nap bed is the GG 1/8" pad. It doubles as a rain skirt, a sit or lay pad and at night i wrap it around my pack that also is loaded with padding and it forms the lower half of my sleeping pad. Had to cut it down due to holes. Now i have a 9 oz sleeping pad. I made up a rule that other than food stuff and cooking...when i go to sleep , everything is in use. I even use my umbrella to pull up the head end guy lines on the duplex. Thats when i know i got it. Best of luck to you. As long as u get out there. Cheers
😄all good! I'm making the full gear load out video currently for this weekend. I may weight it up. Normally my weight is about 11lbs base +4lbs camera gear. With 5 days of food and 54 oz of water. (And 2 beers) I started the trail at 28lbs
I like to put my tyvek sheet in the bottom pocket.
Rubber band goes on my wrist when not holding something.
You’re more experienced than I am, but what about a knife?
But do the animals smell the garbage down there and try to chew through your pack??
They'll chew through any part of your pack if you let them.
Biggest mistake is placing your water bottles in the side pockets of your pack. Water is normally the heaviest item stored in or on a pack. You are thrusting the load side to side necessitating your waist belt, generating fatigue wasting energy. Your spine is the center of your torso rotation. Placing the major weight of gear at the center of your pack and lightest gear away from the center reduces fatigue and waste energy permitting improved endurance. By placing your water in the center of your pack with a hydration hose and bite valve you will gain on the go drinking without having to stop and access your water bottle(s) including the difficulty returning them. Additionally you've reduced your breathing capacity by about 25% by tightening your waist belt across your stomach. Without going further, there are 5 to 8 bio-mechanical inefficiencies of the typical backpack sold throughout the world. If you have an interest in knowing all 8 inefficiencies, contact me.
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What about your collection of fanny packs. Lol
Aside from the bottom pocket, we pack everything the exact same.
Wrap that rubber band around the neck of the dirty water bag while using it.
Not a lot of bags? Most of the gear was stuffed in bags.
If heaviest items go up-top, why don't you carry (Smart) water bottles up there? After all, water is the heaviest item? Obviously, heaviest items should be at waist-line (or below). Water goes in the side-pockets, by-design and that's where food-bag should go (food-bag inside main-pack at waist-line). This author added dual Kam-snaps to 'Joey-pouch' opening to prevent anything slipping-out. Carry micro-spikes, HydroBlu-Cnoc kit, tent-stakes and yes, trash in the 'Joey-pouch' - where they can't poke anything important. If there's a long water carry, 'Joey-pouch' can be temporarily re-purposed to hold a full-Cnoc comfortably.
When you open the bag with the rubber band, put it around your wrist. Problem solved…
Instead of using rubber bands, switch to those hair ties that women use and put them around your wrist when you're not using them
A trash bag should be in the food bag. Bears will be attracted by trash as much as food. Just sayin’…
Yes the trash gets hung with the food bag at night
Erroneous packing method. Your spine is the center of your torso rotation permitting efficient bipedal motion. Runners swing their arms to swing their bodies to swing their legs for speed control. Your heaviest weight item(s) need to be at the center of your spine and the lightest either side of your spine as your spine is also your torso's load bearing structure. You waste energy swinging water or other heavy items further away from your spine. You also waste energy swinging the pack side located load back to its' original position. A pack longer than your hips eliminates your basic pace speed. This is easily proven by pulling down on your shoulder straps lifting your pack above your hips to regain your basic pace speed. It is also wise to balance the lighter loads either side of your pack/spine location to reduce stress induced fatigue and pain. There are 5 to 8 bio-mechanical inefficiencies of the typical backpacks sold throughout the world that generate fatigue, reduce speed, safety and endurance. I have just described two of them.
Very interesting points. But when a total pack weight is around or under 20lbs. I don't really think any of that matters.
@@BryceNewbold Your opinion, but not the truth.
Lacking knowledge is an example of ignorance. In this case, bio-mechanics is a science, the understanding of the human body during walking and running in relation to how a backpack performs relative to resulting efficiency. The majority of backpacks sold throughout the world are not constructed with knowing how a bacpack performs when stored with gear during an oxygen stress test on a treadmill. Their designs are not in sync with the bio-mechanical principles of the human body. Why? Because they don't utilize or have bio-mechanical consultation or have so on staff. In their companies, the human and the backpack haven't talked to each other.
@@RB-fn3lt Two year old brainless. I have over 55 years of hiking experience, 2 patents for a hiking and running packs that eliminate the 5 to 8 bio-mechanical inefficiencies of the typical backpack that you probably own. I have a background in biomechanics, operations & systems and analysis. I currently have a patent pending for a shoe insert that provides a runner the ability to run over 15% more speed. What the blazes do you have to offer other than your pathetic childish response?
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ditch all those bags bro, waste of weight and space!
Food on top worst idea ever don’t try this at home people.
But why?
Where do you suggest it goes? You use food more than other packed items.
"Food goes on top" -- everyone who's actually backpacked ever.
@@JamesPanning I can’t understand his thinking and he hasn’t responded.
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