Pack Your Backpack Right

How you pack your backpack determines many things.  It will determine how much you can carry, which in turn will greatly effect your overall trip.  If you pack your backpack right you can fit everything you need into your pack, but if you pack your backpack wrong you could end up having to leave an important piece of gear behind.  Learn how to pack your backpack right so you can make sure you can pack everything you need.

The following tips offer a lot of information about how to pack your backpack right.  They cover a variety of things you can try to help organize, reduce the weight of and pack more in your backpack.  You can choose to use a few of these tips or give them all a try.  The main thing is that all of these tips help in one way or another to pack you backpack right an easier task.

Organize With Color Bags

Many backpackers choose an internal frame backpack because they are easier to carry.  The problem with them, though, is they usually do not have multiple compartments, just one large area.  This makes it very easy to get unorganized and even misplace something inside the backpack.  By using color coded smaller sacks you can put a group of items in each color sack and then easily open your pack and know immediately where to find the item you want.

Where to Pack What 

Try packing items you will need to get to quickly on top or in the outside pockets.  That way you will not have to remove other items to get to what you need.  Also avoid packing hard, sharp objects close to the backside of the pack that will be against your back.  If your pack does not have a pad or shield in that area you will avoid uncomfortable poking and rubbing.  Make sure you even out the weight of the bag.  In other  words, do not make one side of the bag heavier than the other. 

Fuel Safety

Any fuel should be double packed.  It should be in a sealed plastic bag and placed completely away from food items in your pack.

Learning to pack your backpack right will pay off on your next backpacking trip.