Originally Posted By djtrekker
Oh yeah, to mention the backpack.....I use an official backpack rain cover. While I enjoy my walk in the rain, I'm not that interested in my pack contents getting a soaking. I keep the contents in waterproof sacks, but the pack will add weight if it gets wet, so I go ahead and use the pack cover manufactured for the pack. It works wonders.
I used to use a backpack poncho, the kind with the extra snap-up panel. It worked very well for me, I guess I've just moved on.


pack covers don't always keep all the wet out. Pack liners will, if used properly (closed up at the top) - even if the pack goes in a river for a bit.

Hiking in drizzly mist gets the entire back panel and straps wet - the wet creeps under the pack cover.
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