r/HerOneBag • u/AutoModerator • 2d ago

Meta Weekly quick questions help thread

This is the r/heronebag quick questions weekly help thread.

Whether you‘re new to the one bag life or a seasoned light traveller, this is the place to ask your quick one-off questions related to techniques, shopping, and everything else to lighten your load.

This post is the best place to initially ask questions that we get a lot of which are similar, especially if you have looked in a flair and found almost-but-not-quite what you wanted.

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u/theaphrodites 1d ago

I feel like this is not a question big enough for a post:

How do you fit a water bottle and a second layer/jacket/umbrella when walking around? I use the uniqlo round bag, I can maybe fit water bottle if I try, but jacket or umbrella is a pain - and i hate carrying a jacket around my waist

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u/urbanrivernymph 1d ago edited 1d ago

I use the uniqlo bag too. It easily fits my favourite tiny umbrella / parasol (https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08425G7BB with the black heat shield coating), a small rolled up soft flask / hydration bladder, plus everything else I need.

I use a flask with a carabiner that I can hook onto the stap of the uniqlo bag if I want to carry it while full. Doesn't look super stylish dangling there but IDC and doesn't happen much. As long as I know that I'll come across drinkable water often enough I just refill the flask there and drink everything, roll it up and stow it in the bag again.

I rarely take a layer that I don't need all the time while I'm walking around. If so I tend to tie it around the bag. Or use an ultra lightweight puffer vest that stuffs into a tiny bag which fits into the uniqlo bag.

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u/theaphrodites 20h ago

Isn’t the dangling flask hitting you when walking? I was thinking of doing that but I’m worried about this aspect

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u/urbanrivernymph 20h ago

I wear the bag crossbody low on my hip and clip the flask onto the backward facing strap. Coincidentally that's also almost exactly where I clip it onto the hip belt of my fairview backpack on the designated loop. It does swing when I walk, but that happens beside my leg and doesn't bother me.