Backpacks

[whisty]

Would just like to get this out there.

1st few years all I walked round with was what would fit in my pockets and could tie round my waist. As the years march forward I find my bag getting fuller every year, I use the giveaway one as a shoulder bag but it gets kind of full now, which leads me to my point. Before I get to the backpack stage, I'd like all those people who have over large backpacks on to give a thought to the people around them when they march into the middle and start dancing using the back pack to create a dance floor the size of a field all of their own. Maybe take it off, stick a foot through the strap and jiggle like most everybody else.

[nicktrow]

I leave the tent with a can in my hand and a spare can in my pocket.

[JWT]

Shoulder bag full of cans and a 500ml bottle of spirit. By the time I get into really packed crowds the bag is folded up in my pocket empty and I just have the spirit bottle to swig on for the headliners!

[russycarps]

bottle of vodka, packamac and sunglasses are all I carry around with me. I cannot fathom what it is that people are carrying in these massive rucksacks??

[Abster]

I'd love to know what people have in those massive bags, I only ever have Loo roll, money phone and Camera on me....

Oh and maybe a can of something squeezed in but this I have learnt over the years breaks the strap!

[toppo]

8 cans cider 4 500ml bottles kraken rum and ginger beer in a 20l backpack. Wear on my front when going through crowds and off for a boogy oh and a metal water bottle with dioralyte to keep me hydrated

[evilduck]

I've got a medium sized rucksack (that I put on the floor or on my front when in crowds), and off the top of my head I usually have a small roll up blanket for the floor, scarf, pack a mac, loo roll, hand sanitiser, suncream, sunglasses, purse, camera, alcohol, bits of food, torch and probably some extra guff that I've forgotten.

[Brave Sir Robin]

Thinking of using one of those drawstring bags (there has to be a better name for them) this year, anyone have any experience/thoughts on those?

[russycarps]

Thinking of using one of those drawstring bags (there has to be a better name for them) this year, anyone have any experience/thoughts on those?

[jamesrfisher]

Thinking of using one of those drawstring bags (there has to be a better name for them) this year, anyone have any experience/thoughts on those?

[MrsRookin]

I take a small camelbak, fill the bladder with rum and coke, enough room to squeeze tissues, purse, camera etc around the bladder. Very compact, and means drink is accessible at all times!

Edited April 10, 2014 by MrsRookin

[stardustjunkie]

I usually take a little bag that sits by my hip, I fold up a load of toilet roll, put my camera in there and a bottle of water. Then I tie a hoody round my waist or the straps of the bag.

This year, however, I would love to take my DSLR and I'm thinking about buying a secure, padded and waterproof rucksack, but I want one that fits snugly around my camera. My dad has a camera rucksack and they're pretty good, not too big, but I can understand how it would get annoying to other people.

[jed123]

I normally take a drawstring bag with cans, food, sanitizer, tissues and sun cream! More than sufficient, and doesn't disrupt others in the crowd.

Don't mind people having the huge backpacks, as long as they stay out of busy parts of the crowd..

[kbearne]

I usually take a little bag that sits by my hip, I fold up a load of toilet roll, put my camera in there and a bottle of water. Then I tie a hoody round my waist or the straps of the bag.

This year, however, I would love to take my DSLR and I'm thinking about buying a secure, padded and waterproof rucksack, but I want one that fits snugly around my camera. My dad has a camera rucksack and they're pretty good, not too big, but I can understand how it would get annoying to other people.

[stardustjunkie]

Camera rucksacks are mostly tiny aren't they? I have a DSLR though I don't carry round a bulky macro lense, just the standard lense, and the bag for it is rather small, smaller than a shoulder bag. I would be too afraid of damaging or losing it in Glastonbury though.

[LondonTom]

I have a cheap version of something a bit like this:

Fits, my rain poncho (left at tent if it looks like dry weather all day), camera, hand santisliser, toilet paper and 5 or so cans to start me off and small bottle of what ever spirit I've grabbed!

Absolutely no need for the those tourist type backpacks people wear really.

Edited April 10, 2014 by LondonTom

[Gnomicide]

I leave the camping chair at home but bring the bag. Fill with alcohol & a fleece. Everything else goes in my pockets, which is where the bag ends up once I've drunk the alcohol and put the fleece on.

[Brave Sir Robin]

Sounds like drawstring bag is a good idea. So I go to the eFests camping store and find ... none. Might be an idea, Neil/Scottie?

[evilduck]

I don't know about camera rucksacks. I have a camera bag that fits snugly around the camera in a camera shape, but that's one you have on your side and I'm not convinced it offers enough protection.

[Superunknown]

Who needs a backpack that big to see a band?

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

+ 1 for the drawstrings, which holds my cans/vodka mix, toilet roll & mini sanitizer plus a top for the night if it gets cold. Everything else goes in my pockets.

[russycarps]

Sounds like drawstring bag is a good idea. So I go to the eFests camping store and find ... none. Might be an idea, Neil/Scottie?

[stardustjunkie]

Have a look into Crumpler's range of camera backpacks. They are a bit pricey, but loads of useful zips and compartments to keep your camera safe and store other stuff too.

[mr gumby]

This reminds me of 2010, my first time at Glastonbury. We passed on Stevie and went to see you Levellers at the Glade. Got a good spot and were enjoying it, then they started playing 'One Way'. Some numpty who'd clearly packed all his belongings up and strapped everything on his back ready to leave barged in front of us and started dancing like a loon, apparently unaware he was crashing his rucksack into us and several others. We made it pretty clear he was out of order.

[MrPink]

Drawstring bag is what I've used every year. has enough space for a 500mil water bottle, a 500ml spirit bottle, tp waterproof and my smoking box (small lunchbox for rizla, filters tobacs etc). They're great and cheap. Sports Direct is your friend on this one.