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+ whatever...Kifaru Pullouts...certainly worth the money.

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I use Outdoor Research heavy-duty waterproof stuff sacks. One for the sleeping gear, one for clothes, one for food. Everything else gets put in the little pouches on my custom ALICE pack setup.

Yeah they weigh more than their "ultralight" silnylon stuff, but I tend to be hard on gear, and the last thing I need is to tear the stuff sack that is carrying my sleeping gear, and then cross a river. Bad news right there...

Speaking of river crossings, those stuff sacks also hold air and can act as "balloons", so your pack will float if the water gets real deep.

I just got a Granite Gear stuff sack and a few OR mesh bags to try out this weekend

Personally I like these waterproof stuff sacks from Sea to Summit

http://www.rei.com/product/730884

This large size 9X20" is big enough for my sleeping bag/pad (Big Agnes insulated air core)/ and clothes for a week long hunt all in one stuff sack and compress it down. If my wife and I are both going then are sleeping bags and pads go into one of these compression sacks and our clothes go in another.

Being as I packraft quite a bit during the summer and have my pack straped onto the bow of my raft its pretty important that they are truly waterproof as we enjoy the splashy stuff now and then but don't enjoy wet bags or clothes and I have to say that these eVent compression sacks haven't let us down yet in over 2 years with A LOT of trips under their belts. Expensive....YES but like anything you get what you pay for. Sure you could do the same thing with a trash bag and regular compression sack but this is the route I went. Something to look into atleast.

+1 on the Sea to Summit if you need a water tight bag. Great protection for the weight. Their not suppose to be able to do it but I've seen them keep everything dry when fully submerged for 15 minutes. I was impressed.

I use an REI compression sack for the bag and everything else goes in ziplocs, clothes are loose.