Excuse my excitement, my dream pack is complete. A design pizza as they say, a healthy mix of the RFF24, A31, Conceal and MRUA24 packs. So many lessons learned when building this (my second pack ever) and I am more, MORE than pleased.

My toddler calls packs, Hap Backs, so shall it be.

Took delivery of a MR District 24 this week. Wanted a new EDC Work pack with room for some particular gear + a water bottle pocket. Missing from my CPL24.

I’ve got to say that first impressions are that it’s a hell of a bag. Comfort is ¹⁰⁄₁₀ and there is so much versatility in the layout. Options are endless. I think I could even make this work for OBT over a weekend with a packing cube.

Key attributes for me so far:

Once half packed it stands up Two water bottle holders Clamshell opening Quick access pocket holds A4 binder Straps are super comfortable Wears quite slim even when packed out

I’ve been a recent convert to crystal deodorant (brand is irrelevant) and wanted to share a few things that mitigate the downsides of this amazing product.

The big downside that people talk about with crystal deodorant is that it only really works if you don’t already have any BO going.

This is because of how it works, it won’t really meaningfully kill the bacteria causing the scent, it just prevents them from proliferating after you’ve applied it.

Enter alcohol and hand sanitizer. If you already have some BO going, just apply some alcohol spray or hand sanitizer to your armpits and then apply the deodorant using that liquid as the lubrication. Voila, you can reapply it as necessary and the alcohol will kill the bacteria that have already colonized your armpits.

If you’re not already familiar with crystal deoderant, one of the biggest advantages of it is that it doesn’t leave any sort of residue: this is huge for merino wool. I noticed that some …

Ok, so me and my lady tried 1 bagging for the first time, on our first ever journey across Asia together. I wanted to write up what we did, what’s worked and what hasn’t so it can be a sort of case-study for other people looking to do the same as us.

I will update this post with more information as I learn it. I’ll get my partner to update with her stuff too. There’s a YT called wehatethecold for anyone interested in travel

How we were and currently are travelling - what bags, what weight, what class, where we’re travelling

So to start off our travel, we wanted to do it as budget as possible and with as little stuff as possible. Here are the guides we set for ourselves:

• 1 Backpack each (40L)
  • Carry on dimensions (50 x 40 x 20)
  • 7-10kg weight
  • Multiple compartments
  • Portable vacuum bags
• Budget airline travel for every destination (besides longhaul bc economy isn’t really economy)
  • Vietjetair
  • Ryanair
  • Air Aisa
  • EasyJet
  • (all the shit ones bc …