Thread: Fleece day pack cover

I have a 30L Osprey day pack that I really rate, except for one fact... it's super fucking noisy in the bush. Especially the shitty manuka scrub I seem to be ending up in a lot lately.

Thanks to my very lovely wife (thanks babe) and a couple old fleece tops I now have a noise cancelling cover. The middle retention strap is elastic band and a snap to allow easy fitting and a bit of stretching when loaded up. Used the sleeves with elastic at both ends for the hip belt pockets.

Sorry the pictures are pretty crap.

Yeah that works. Good job on the sewing machine.you can get away with scratchy bag wearing a fleece t. Undo straps and thread through the slaves. Access bag through neck hole. Your answer looks much better all the same.

Yeah @Mickey_Duck I was doing that before but it kept riding up under the bottom and bunching up on the strap when shouldering rifle

To be fair I could have just stumped up for a fleece daypack for when the pikau isn't quite big enough. But the Scots-Irish side of my bloodline wouldn't allow it

Mean @Preacher.

Interestingly, I tried my fleece cover/sleeves on the Macpac Weka 40 litre for a quick day mission I have planned this week. Then tried on the Exo K3200 which is my multiday - 60 litre pack with a meat shelf. The Exo is way more comfortable, even with a light load . With the fleece cover everything is super compact, compressed down (all the straps, buckles, nylon) is tucked away and the pack material is protected. The Exo is coming on the day trip now!

Fleece offcuts and Fabric glue are your best friends....

Originally Posted by Snoppernator

Mean @Preacher.

Interestingly, I tried my fleece cover/sleeves on the Macpac Weka 40 litre for a quick day mission I have planned this week. Then tried on the Exo K3200 which is my multiday - 60 litre pack with a meat shelf. The Exo is way more comfortable, even with a light load . With the fleece cover everything is super compact, compressed down (all the straps, buckles, nylon) is tucked away and the pack material is protected. The Exo is coming on the day trip now!

I have a 65L Atmos ag Osprey pack, which I also rate.

It's just too big for what I do on day trips, overnight it's fine cinched down.

Very cool, Kifaru used to do zip-off fleece panels in Realtree or Blaze Orange when they actually made hunting gear:

This is genius. Now I can repurpose the old fleeces I was reluctant to get rid off.

I can't take credit for the idea, seen it on here before too

Great stuff I still use a daypack that my wife made a cover for along time ago basically just a pillow case with a draw string on top and a couple of cut outs for the straps.

Can really endorse the use of a fleece cover (and fleece over front straps/buckles) - had a big session in the Kaimai jungle, dog took me deep into supplejack - not pleasant. Cleaning up today, the pack is clean and tidy - fleece in the washing machine. Worth it.