Edit/Approval - Sea to Summit Ultra Sil - Joe Schaffer
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Joe, Thanks for another Owner Review. Edits below in the standard EDIT/Edit/Comment format. After revising you may upload. There's already a file. Be sure to click the "Owner Review" tab when uploading as the others in the file are Test Results. Best wishes for the holidays, Richard ### Sea To Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Bag [Title] ### EDIT: Dry Sack [That's what the manufacturer calls it.] ### Summer trips last 5-10 days; 40 lbs (18 kg), about half food related; about 5 miles (8 km) per hiking day. I winter camp most often at 6,000' to 7,000' (1,800 to 2,000 m); 2 to 3 nights; 50 lbs (23 kg); 1 to 4 miles (1.6 to 6.4 km) on snowshoes. ### EDIT: 40 lb; 50 lb [BGT abbreviations are always singular.] ### Product: 20L Ultra-Sil Dry bag ### EDIT: Dry Sack [As above. Note the capital "S."] ### Approx. Retail: US $25 ### EDIT: Please delete. BGT allows only MSRP and prohibits retail prices. ### volume: 20 L (1,220 ci) ### Edit: Consider adding somewhere that six other sizes are available. ### The bag closes by holding the the two sides together ### EDIT Delete the extra "the." ### It's slick as a wet bear can. ### Comment: Great metaphor! ### Where I might anticipate a day or so of rain or a daily series of thunder showers, ### Edit: thundershowers [one word] ### I have had several aggravations of water intrusion into my pack, ### EDIT: aggregations [Unless you are simply being clever . . .] ### The only trouble I ever have is forgetting to squeeze air out before I get the roll started. ### Comment: No kidding. I often have the same problem. General Edit: Consider adding something about cleaning and care, or lack of same.