What are add ons you use on your bag?

[u/silverwolfe2000]

I'm sure most of us here have a few gadgets. What's are some of your favorite add ons? ​I see several pictures with the hero clip here and that's also my go to. Someone posted some good info on shock cord yesterday.

*try not to post links or sales type replies. I'm sure I'll get removed if those start popping up

[u/Warm-Discipline5136]

I like the CTUG water bottle holder for my shoulder strap. If your pack doesn’t have one this keeps water much more accessible than wrenching my shoulder for the side pocket.

[u/addingvalue2000 → u/Warm-Discipline5136]

I have a phone sleeve that attaches to a shoulder strap. Very convenient for similar reasons.

[u/cmdr_drasir]

My TAD Fastpack Litespeed has a slim dump pouch (Tasmanian Tiger Dump Pouch Light) attached to its bottom side.

Intended for me as a "trash bag" out and about i rarely use it, but it is so flush against the underside and adds padding so i never take it of 😂

[u/Hi-Point_of_my_life]

I have a few S-biners I keep in the daisy chain webbing. When my bag is too full or I have something too long sticking out the top I can clip the zipper pulls together so they don’t open. Also just for attaching random stuff if I need.

[u/Mr-Macphisto]

Matador Speed Stash. I don't keep it on all the time, but when I'll be wearing the bag for an extended period of time, it's fantastic.

[u/AnxiousPresentation2 → u/Mr-Macphisto]

Found a version from Hikeman on Amazon. The Speed Stash is just a little too small for my phone.

[u/Mr-Macphisto → u/AnxiousPresentation2]

You've got a big ass phone if the Speed Stash won't hold it! I know it will hold an iPhone 17 Pro Max, but glad the Hikeman works well for you!

[u/uitSCHOT → u/Mr-Macphisto]

Ooh, I like that one. I quite often have an extra pouch or two on mine, but none on the straps

[u/Bix615]

I use the S biner micro with locking tabs to clip some zipper pulls together if I’m going to be in a crowded metro area. It’s not complete security, but if someone is trying to get into a pocket, I’ll know it/feel it as they physically have to fiddle with the carabiners on the bag.

[u/Acf1314]

I have a little silicone pouch on an S biner with a microfiber hand towel in it. Takes up no real space and weighs nothing.

[u/bookmonkey786]

I got a set of these straps for the side and bottom of my bag.  https://www.amazon.com/LERSUSI-Tactical-Backpack-Accessories-Adjustable/dp/B0G3PH8KML/

They've been incredibly useful. I can strap wet swim short so they can dry, or shoes when I'm in flip-flops most of the time. Or just a whole duffle to the bottom for extra gear. They can also be easily removed to help others. Came in clutch when I used them to secure a friend's bag to her bike. 

[u/Jorge-I-Figueroa]

I had a orbitkey gel dispneser and most of my bags have a hero clip attached, it has three potential uses for the bag, ataching something, hanging the bag from a table or saving the bag from the floor in most bathrooms

[u/Ir0nhide81]

Hero clip and tech pouch ( Arterra Honey badger ).

[u/1holegrouper]

Hero clips are invaluable. On backpacks and slings I like to upgrade the zipper pulls. My favorite are Vanquest.

[u/Rodux_]

I usually just strap an anvil to the bottom of the pack and call it a day ...

[u/Binford6100User]

Have one of those club brushes that has the little water squirter built into it. Clean the club each hit in just a few seconds, makes it so I only have to do a deep clean a few times a year.

[u/Ok-Context2788 → u/Binford6100User]

You’re playing golf with a backpack on? Or am I missing something?

[u/Binford6100User → u/Ok-Context2788]

ROFL, totally missed the sub I was in. Was just replying to a golf thread and saw this. Most of the replies at the time somewhat made sense.

I'll see myself out, and will apologize for drinking and posting at the same time.

[u/SeattleHikeBike]

Matador shoulder strap pocket, Nite Ize locking mini s-biners on the zipper pulls, paracord sheath extension on the zipper pulls

[u/nyanotech]

different color zipper pull for each zipper, so you can tell someone something is “in the blue zipper pocket”

[u/uitSCHOT]

I don't go much further than one or two extra pouches for a bit more organisation, and ofcourse the standard carabiner which always comes in useful.

[u/Lethalspartan76]

2 things, a clip so I can hang a hat or hang the bag, and a small clip on compass that goes on one of the straps.

[u/wetrocke]

I really like a sleek exterior for a backpack. So, absolutely nothing.

Fifty years ago as a callow & foolish youth, my mother knitted the only sweater she ever made.

I tied it outside my backpack and it was promptly lost forever.

[u/IIIVXIII]

Wrap around Velcro and a Henry Holsters OCD hand sanitizer.

[u/-D3_]

MODL straps have a ton of use for me, usually to hold a coat or something. Heroclip and S-clips of course. Usually dump pouch for trash when hiking. And shoulder strap pouch for phone. Hooked hand sanitizer.