So this is probably pretty lame. We'll see how it works in real life hiking with the water in it.
Sometimes in the desert you need to carry a ton of water. Putting it in the pack makes the pack feel pretty awful if it's one of the ultralight kinds of packs. So I found a small black bag at the thrift store and a small gray purse that looks like it's made of dyneema from the dollar store (they had a green one just like the ULA packs but I picked gray). I cut off some unnecessary parts of each of the bags. Then I threaded a piece of webbing through the existing hip belt of my pack creating some extra storage for my maps, extra water and whatever. Looks pretty dorky but it shifts the weight to my hips instead of my shoulders and keeps things handy. And since I can't really sew, I didn't have to.
