Canvas water bag.

[John Sheridan]

I had one of these when I was young and even used it in the backyard fro some nice cool water, I could see my self straping one of these to the outside of my pack and getting some cool water on the trail and hang it up in camp to have some cool water when needed

Have any idea where to buy some canvas bags in Australia and or would it be possible to make one, I only want one that is maybe one that is 2 litres.



Please let me know if I am being crazy, I am not a camper, just a wanna be



Cheers.

[Nuts]

You can still get them at discount camping and surplus stores John. They might be good strapped to a bullbar but the convection thing i doubt would cool the water in the same way, on your pack without air flow. Its also not a good place to carry weight, there are more convenient options, great for desert drives though ; )

[hikingoz]

Modern equivelant maybe...

MSR Dromedary water bag

http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/water-tre ... gs/product

[Franco]

The dromedary are at the opposite end of what the OP is asking.
They are better at warming water than cooling it.(that is why they are black...)
I have used the evaporative cooling method car camping just by draping a cloth over the Esky and having the bottom of the cloth inside a water container.
Capillary action and the wind and sun do the rest.
Franco

[hikingoz]

Right. I was thinking more along the lines of 'sack to hold water' rather then 'method for cooling'. You learn something new every day.

As a side note, I've taken chilled water on a hard trail run before. When I finally got around to having some out of my water bladder, the icy cold water reacted strangely with the lactic acid in my stomach and left me with intense bowel pain for the next 24 hours. Needless to say I was unable to finish the run and stick to normal temps wih water now (atleast for hard exercise).

[John Sheridan]

I have been looking at getting A win bottle holder bag just for one bottle then sowing up the top and sowing in a lid.


This can work fine, just getting the right material is the problem

Cheers.

[Nuts]

Cheap as chips mate, just buy one, yer liver will thank you..

[John Sheridan]

What do you think using it smaller versions as a mini fridge, would not mind putting 250g of butter in there for my fish cooking, butter be important for my fishy cooking

If i can get ten days out of my butter I Would think it would be ok, might work on a prototyope


Cheers.

[John Sheridan]

Found one, a bit big for my needs though, but they DO exist.


Cheers.

[Nuts]

A Coolgardie Safe backpack... a novel approach...

[John Sheridan]

Trying to figure out the correct material to use is it just canvas or hesssian or is that the same, I want to buy the material, but want to be sure.


Anyone know ?

Thanks.