Puckster wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2009 at 1:30am:

I carry what I call a "stove pack" on my trips...stoves, gas, funnel, trowel, etc.  I've been using a small backpack, like kids take to school.  But it died this last trip, so I'm in the market for a tough, sturdy, small, pack.  Any suggestions?   prouboy

Why change from something that works?  I do the same thing ... use the cheapest school-type backpack I can find and it holds stove, fuel, cookset, small grill, etc.  

I ditched mine after the WCPP trip with Jimbo et al.  It was beginning to get a bit frayed after several seasons of use (I probably would have just kept it if I hadn't been running close to my max bag weight for the airlines).  I went to Wally World and bought an identical pack ... maybe $10.00.  Don't get me wrong.  If you want something more expensive, go for it ... I'm just keeping my "better" small packs for other kinds of travel.

BTW:  I also find having some smaller bags useful when trying to balance the load of my solo canoe.  On portages, I just quickly 'biner it to the front of the food pack (at least for the front end of the trip), which also helps to balance my load front-to-back.

dd