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Author Topic: Ursack? Is it worth it?  (Read 1391 times)
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« on: July 19, 2008, 03:11:00 PM »
So I'm getting ready for another trip out west and I'm debating the bear canister. The canister I have is a rather weird shape and is hard to pack. I don't mind the weight, I just hate packing it in my pack. So the flexible nature of the ursack looks really nice.

Living in the southeast, I'm not required to have a bear canister. I just need rodent protection.

Any opinions on the ursack? Can rodents get into them?
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2008, 04:50:10 PM »
I've never had any problem with mine.  I have the sack and the metal liner, although I don't take the liner unless I'm in major bear territory.

I have heard people swear they did everything right and still had their bag successfully raided by small rodents, and hear others swear its impossible.  

I assume that the sack is highly rodent resistant, but not rodent proof - so I won't leave it on the floor in a shelter where mice are rampant - but hang it from the rafters with a lot less worry.

If I had some money to burn, I'd leave the sack in my step-son's rat cage for a few days and then his ferret cages and see how it holds up.
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2008, 04:52:15 PM »
Bottom line:  For me its a good compromise beetween the weight and the space issues of a cannister and the vulnerability of a standard stuff-sack.
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2008, 05:57:17 PM »
Been using Ursacks for about 5 years now, I love mine, never had any problems with critters getting in, a few have tried now & then but wee unsuccessful!

It's not a bear-approved container, though, so make sure you check out if you need an "approved" contacviner for wherever you're heading!  If you do need an approved container, I am also a big fan of my BeariCade weekender!
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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2008, 11:51:53 AM »
I like my Ursack and I've not had any problems with it....despite hanging/tying it in areas that rodents could probably get to it fairly easily (like at the base of trees....or midway up a small tree trunk etc.) I do not have any holes in it yet and my food has been ok to date.
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2008, 12:04:24 PM »
What about waterproofness? I know you should probably use a liner like their odor proof ones. But does the bag itself soak up water? Like if it rained at night, how wet would the bag be in the morning?
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 01:59:24 PM »
mine has only been dewed upon and nothing inside was wet. I don't use the odorproof bag they give you when you buy the Ursack, but I do put the majority of my food in a ziplock inside the ursack.

The only rainstorm my bag has seen, it was hanging from a string in a shelter....sooo I can't speak to waterproofness. How bout we say its water resistant.
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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 03:40:18 PM »
What about waterproofness? I know you should probably use a liner like their odor proof ones.

Ditto what SweetPea said - I've always used the liner, or at the very least had my food in a zip-loc so I've never known whether my Ursack was water-proof, water-resistant or whatever!

Long story short, my food has never been wet! :)
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 09:20:57 PM »
My Ursack was waterproof, but not critter proof. I thought I was tying everything up right, but still found a couple nibble holes in the inner odorproof bag, fortunately near the end of the trip. No bear has ever attacked it so I don't really know if it is truly bear-proof. the video was convincing.
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« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2008, 10:42:34 AM »
I decided to give it a try. I'm really looking forward to not having my bear canister poke me in the back all day.
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« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2008, 03:06:25 PM »
maybe someone could take their ursack to a zoo...with some large animal ...or a bear if you know of zoos with bears...and we could test our the durability of the Ursack :)
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