Drybag For Salsa Anything Cage HD.

On the Salsa anything cage, you can carry, well anything! Well, within reason. I personally plan to carry 5 litre drybags, which one will contain the sleeping bag, the other holding an inflatable mattress and bivi bag/ tent fabric.

 

Obviously there are many manufacturers of dry bags, of varying construction and weight. For this purpose I require something more abrasion resistant, whilst still not being excessively heavy, and ideally withholding mounting points to secure onto the cage.

 

In fitting with this, on principle the options are:

 

Alpkit Airlok Xtra 5

 

Priced at around £12, the Airlock Xtra is the cheapest, but currently is unavailable and no promise of when it will be. As with all Alpkit kit, you got to grab it before it sells out. 

 





 Sea To Summit Dry River 5

Slightly more expensive than the offering from Alpkit, the Dry River is priced at around £15. Whereas the Alpkit bag has four mounting loops, the Dry River has half that, with two.

Exped Fold Endura 5

 

 

More expensive again, the Fold Endura is priced at around £23. Securing the bag is completed with two karabiners, either onto the attached chain of webbing or clipped together on the top of the bag, leaving the chains of webbing for attaching the bag to the cages. An air valve is also fitted, enabling the user to ensure all of the air is excluded from inside the bag, the valve can also be used, with additional fittings, as a pump to inflate an air mattress. 

As it stands I am undecided on which to choose myself, it lies between the offerings from Alpkit or Exped, failing the Airlok being available soon i'll be taking my cash to Exped, get a move on Alpkit, my cash it waiting! To be continued.