^this^
Pay £30-£50 for A/B quality surplus
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 13:59, archived)

Mine was cool. It had a backpack I could detach from the front,
And it had wheels and a handle, very handy for airports.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:02, archived)

That's what I want.
One that has a backpack that can be detached. And preferably a little section at the very bottom for putting wet things and that in.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:04, archived)

Yeah, mine has that.
I usually stick shoes in there.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:10, archived)

I usually stick YOUR MUM in there
OOOOOOOOOOOH, BURN etc.
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:12, archived)

assuming you want a bag
that's suitable for yomping 50K across a desert and killing a towelhead. For anything else, I'd still go and pay more for proper specific kit.

Plus you look like a failed military obsessor or a grunge fan.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:03, archived)

Mine was just a plain black one, they did non army ones too.

( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:03, archived)

I was blindly generalising, to be fair
I'm sure they do decent kit. Mine are just for very specific things is all. I doubt army surplus ones have ski straps and flare tubes, for instance.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:08, archived)

I thought they were for your duty free toblerones.
:(
( RR I love you ... in a way, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:09, archived)

It actually took me fucking ages to work out what they were
they're inside the bag and too narrow for anything sensible like a water bottle. I had to ask, apparently they're so you can lauch a flare with the bag on or something. Mental.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:12, archived)

Yeah, they're grand for just bumming about the place with.
I don't know what a ski strap looks like, maybe it does have them. I doubt it, though.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:11, archived)

very strong straps on the back
usually top left and bottom right, so you can carry skis when you're walking up off-piste stuff

bit like this
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:15, archived)

Ah right.
I don't think I'd like skiing as a holiday, seems like a lot of effort to get all the way back up to the top.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:18, archived)

Effort?
Sitting in a chair while you get stunning views of the mountains?

Chance of getting in a gondala with a sexy foreign?

EFFORT?
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:19, archived)

they do have lifts.
it's just for the more remote stuff in Europe. Otherwise, chopper all the way ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:19, archived)

Grunge fan?
Get with the times daddio.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:13, archived)

I remember when this was all fields of the nephilim

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Jun 2009, 14:17, archived)