# Suggest a fanny pack/man purse/pack of some kind **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746 "2010-10-11T02:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/21 "2010-10-12T17:42:46Z")
I’ve used [this](http://albackore.com/1033_albackore_fishing_waist_tackle_pack.html)for fishing. It’s big, durable and definitely not feminine. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/22 "2010-10-12T18:05:52Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Dude, the [proper pants](http://www.atlanco.com/product/24-7-series-mens-pants,15,86.htm) are the answer! > > I have 6 or 7 of these. > The pockets are big, but not bulky, and there are two small pockets on your hips for pocket-knife or other things. > > My daily carry is > [4006](http://www.armchairgunshow.com/ot57-pix/hcp8-11.jpg) > [P-32](http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/pistols/p-32/) > [extra](http://www.keltecweapons.com/product/p3at-37-9rnd-magazine/)mag > [Extra](http://tacticalgungear.com/images/cdnn_2005_36712020%5B1%5D.gif)4006 mag > Spyderco [Police](http://images.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/spyderc/images/07gp3.jpg) > Spyderco [Assist](http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=304) > Leatherman [Squirt](http://www.bekkelund.net/img/blogg/leatherman_squirt_p4.jpg) > Surefire [Backup](http://www.surefire.com/E1B-Backup) > Extra [batteries](http://www.surefire.com/12-Pack-Batteries) - just a couple, not the box… > [Asp](http://www.lapolicegear.com/aspaiexba.html) > [Whistle](http://www.safety-selector.co.uk/images/FC31%20-%20Emergency%20Whistle.jpg) > [Phone](http://www.careace.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/samsung_seek.jpg) > [Camera](http://images.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/3603-11.jpg) > [Mints!](http://exchange2020.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/402817124_0f5f175f2a.jpg) > [Radio](http://www.hampedia.net/pictures/icom/ic-92ad.jpg) > plus Chap-Stick, keys, wallet, and whatever my kids don’t want to carry at the moment. > > I’ve usually got room for more. I just need to add suspenders! I admire your preparedness. One never knows when the zombie apocalypse will come - do one? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/23 "2010-10-12T18:22:28Z")
> [@misterW](#): > > I think I may have stumbled on something – check this bad boy out: [http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Fanny-Pack-Waist-Belt-Bag-Messenger-Hip-Pouch-01B-/250621461492?pt=US\_CSA\_MWA\_Backpacks&hash=item3a5a3403f4#ht\_2373wt\_926](http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-Fanny-Pack-Waist-Belt-Bag-Messenger-Hip-Pouch-01B-/250621461492?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Backpacks&hash=item3a5a3403f4#ht_2373wt_926) That looks good but unless you wear it continuously then the act of putting it on will become part of the training so I vote for the pants idea with all the pockets. Your cell phone can still be belted using something like [this.](http://www.cellphoneshop.net/unbecl.html) you leave the clip on your belt and then pop the phone on and off as needed. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/24 "2010-10-12T19:01:11Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > I admire your preparedness. One never knows when the zombie apocalypse will come - do one? 😃 Bastards aren’t gonna kill themselves, now are they? 😃 > **[Zombie Tools | Zombie Apocalypse Weapons](https://zombietools.net/)** > > Discover battle ready swords, blades, knives, and axes crafted in the USA. Shop Zombie Tools for durable, handmade weapons designed for action. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/25 "2010-10-12T19:27:07Z")
This is too funny! The other day I got snippy with my husband because he feels like I should carry a shoe horn around in my purse for him. A shoe horn! I told him it a purse, not a husband diaper bag, and he should get his own damn purse if he wants to carry around stupid crap all day. I might get him a map case or something for himself now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/26 "2010-10-12T19:29:03Z")
I use my leather laptop case pretty much the same way many women use their purse–minus the makeup and tampons. Tissue, pens, band-aids, you name it: it’s in there. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/27 "2010-10-12T19:47:58Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Something like [this](http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302699713&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442419239)? I use one for school and see a lot of people with bags in this style, both men and women. Small, comfortable, doesn’t really shift when I’m walking around. It’s big enough to hold my netbook as well as all kinds of other stuff I carry around. Look around the MEC webpage…they have a lot of bags that might suit your needs. > > Please don’t get a fanny pack. I’ve had two of these. They’re not bad, especially the bigger one, which will hold a laptop and function as a carryon. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/28 "2010-10-12T19:49:04Z")
Go the cool flyboy route and get a pilot flight bag. [I’m not a pilot, but I play one on TV](http://www.mypilotstore.com/mypilotstore/secp/15) ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746/29 "2010-10-12T19:50:51Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > > [@dzero](#): > > > > I admire your preparedness. One never knows when the zombie apocalypse will come - do one? 😃 > > Bastards aren’t gonna kill themselves, now are they? > 😃 > > [http://zombietools.net/](http://zombietools.net/) Wow. I love those throwing knives. The neighbors wouldn’t be too happy, but fuck the neighbors. I know those people and they’ll be the first ones trying to break through my perimeter and suck out my brains. The Reaper blade is pretty cool too. I’ve never seen anything like that before. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-fanny-pack-man-purse-pack-of-some-kind/556746.md?page=1)