eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
Summary: A fanny pack or hip pack is a great day hike accessory. Learn how to pick out the best fanny pack in this free hiking video.
Steve Curtis has been involved in outdoor activities his entire life beginning with his upbringing in rural Tennessee. He has led scouting groups to Philmont, backpacked much of the...read more
"When you're going on a day hike, you're going to bring stuff. You're going to have to bring different types of things depending on what type of hike you're going to be doing. There are two different types of storage units that you can bring with you. One would be a fanny pack, which we're going to demonstrate now. The other one would be a backpack. When you're bringing a fanny pack, you basically have a couple of different options. With the water bottle storage, you need water. With the water bottle storage in it, this particular pack, which is made by Daeho, is a twenty five dollar fanny pack. It has two small storage spaces, and a third small storage space and it also has room for a half liter water bottle. The Kelty pack that we have here, is much larger. Eight hundred cubic inches of storage space and it also has two pockets for water bottles. The water bottles, you would have to supply on your own. These will hold one liter water bottles. The Kelty pack. That's basically what you're looking at in terms of the fanny pack."
eHow Article: Picking Day Hike Fanny Packs