Comming to terms with a response pack.

[Tengu]

What does one do with the thing? Its very small, isnt it?

[southey]

I guess fill it with things with which a response to either a defined or diffuse occurrence could be rendered

[mountainm]

Fill it with stuff that is too big for your pockets.

[Wildgoose]

Depends where you live and what you do etc. They are generally small so as to be unobtrusive but readily to hand.

[spiritwalker]

i prefer mine as a mini organiser for essential survivally type items i want to cut the waist belt off it as it resides in my backpack although i cant quite bring myself to do it as i know if i do ill want to use it as a bum bag. It was another impulse buy lol

[blacktimberwolf]

Maybe you don't have the right response Tengu...

[oldtimer]

Mine holds the gear I always want with me and gets transferred between rucksacs and van. My kit works a bit like a Russian doll : keyring, pockets, response back, small day pack, large pack, campervan.

[Harvestman]

What's to come to terms with? Put essential stuff in it, and take it with you wherever you go.

Mine has a knife, small first aid kit, survival tin, whistle, sunscreen, insect repellant, a cloth carrier bag, torch, some cordage, firelighting kit, spork, loo kit, and a laplander saw, which means if I do a sudden spur of the moment outdoor day, I have the things I can reasonably be expected to want with me.

[rik_uk3]

Use one sometimes as a 'bum bag' when on holiday, carry a camera etc. Ok on a day walk you could fit a small thermos and some snacks, use it like a little picnic bag.

[John Fenna]

Mine holds the gear I always want with me and gets transferred between rucksacs and van. My kit works a bit like a Russian doll : keyring, pockets, response back, small day pack, large pack, campervan.

Yup - that is the way to do it

[Hushwing]

I don't know - looks like a man's handbag to me..... says the man who wears a 'jockfrock' and sporran!!!

Looks like it could be a useful kit for some of the site work I do and don't want to, but usually need to, carry my full rucsack. Those that have one - good kit? ok kit? or nice to have but don't need??

[Filterhoose]

I like my wee snugpak response pack. I keep all my 'need to have at hand without raking through rucsac' stuff in it. Emergency whistle, fire lighting tinder/charcloth steel. Knife, saw , FAK, sunscreen camera, phone. When wearing 'sac its a bumbag swung around to the front. Great for going out for the day without having to wear a sweat pac on your back.

[Wayland]

I just use mine as a general kit organizer around a static camp.

[NS40]

I use mine as the 'big family size first aid kit'...used if we're going on a long journey, off on holiday, rock-climbing, skateboard park (anywhere that's either remote and/or has a inherent risk of something nasty happening)

It's ideal for the purpose and has enough pockets/sections that you know where to find stuff without having to root around too much.

[Tengu]

Ill have to try it for a bit. Normaly I have a little black acrylic shoulder bag which I found thrown out due to an excess of cat hair.

A quick defluffing and its perfect for all sorts of bits....But I am fearful its too girly.

[Peteo]

Could a shoulder strap be mounted to the response pack by any chance?

[oldtimer]

Could a shoulder strap be mounted to the response pack by any chance?

I've done this with mine so I can sling it from my shoulder especially when i have a waterbottle attached. I do the same as Filterhoose, ie wear it as a sporran when pack is on back. I always find it irritating, but have yet to find a better way. The shoulder strap lets me wear it baldric style to one side and spreads the weight.

[mountainm]

I've done this with mine so I can sling it from my shoulder especially when i have a waterbottle attached. I do the same as Filterhoose, ie wear it as a sporran when pack is on back. I always find it irritating, but have yet to find a better way. The shoulder strap lets me wear it baldric style to one side and spreads the weight.

I strap mine to my pack so it piggy backs it.

[John Fenna]

I have found mine useful with bergan side pouches when used as a small pack... wear the RP under the joined pouches on the yoke and it helps keep them from sagging, takes some of the weight - like a hip belt - and holds all the bits you do not want to slide down to the bottom of the pouches...

[Nonsuch]

With a small dry bag inside, I wear it in the canoe. That way if I spill, and the canoe washes away, I have car keys, mobile, glasses, survival bag and the means to light a fire still on me and not in the canoe. It fits nicely at the back beneath the buoyancy aid.