Re: bags
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:15 pm
the major swim bags are really swagless and it makes sense -- you're 8 to 18 years old and your mom keeps that tremendous bag in her trunk, drives you to swim practice, you plop it down poolside, you (even though you're a kid) never forget anything by virtue of indiscriminate largebagkeeping.
I have basically unrelated priorities and I don't have a car. I walk a very solid amount in the city (like 8k steps avg even on days without walks or crazy work trips somewhere) and I'm an adult who needs to have a vertical line side profile for my own self-image; I just don't want my beautiful, svelte backpack to get smelly. I don't mind doing bag tetris in the night or morning.
I think I'll just end up with something like Julio helpfully suggested: a hiking bag with a mesh compartment. I just need a mesh compartment big enough for cap and goggies too. Will prolly prowl for vintage patagonia because that's my outdoor brand allegiance. It's funny though cos I don't hike, never hiked, will not hike ... hiking bags are just shaped like prettier rectangular prisms.
I have basically unrelated priorities and I don't have a car. I walk a very solid amount in the city (like 8k steps avg even on days without walks or crazy work trips somewhere) and I'm an adult who needs to have a vertical line side profile for my own self-image; I just don't want my beautiful, svelte backpack to get smelly. I don't mind doing bag tetris in the night or morning.
I think I'll just end up with something like Julio helpfully suggested: a hiking bag with a mesh compartment. I just need a mesh compartment big enough for cap and goggies too. Will prolly prowl for vintage patagonia because that's my outdoor brand allegiance. It's funny though cos I don't hike, never hiked, will not hike ... hiking bags are just shaped like prettier rectangular prisms.