Recs for UL zip (shave kit style) ditty bags?

Does it have to zip?

I bought a Yama Mountain gear DCF stuff sack kit. At the time the kit was easier to come by than individual small bags. Kit comes with templates and instructions and they even have instructional videos on the website. Make the bag to whatever size you need.

A number of years ago I picked up this Eagle Creek Quarter Cube bag. It has a zipper and mine weighs in at just under half an oz, and was only about $10.

Have a look at Six Moon Designs storage bags . . . excellent value

Etsey has all kinds of people selling different kinds out of different materials

here are a few

PBD Ultralight – DCF (Dyneema®) Zipper Food Bag  they come in different sizes and can be used for anything

PBD Ultralight – DCF (Dyneema®) Ditty Box Pouch .

Dyneema Cuben Fiber DCF Ultralight Zip Ditty Bag

Zpacks makes some starting at a size small 5″x5″ Packing Cubes

Superior Wilderness Design also sells a nice DCF food back that you could use to store food and little stuff in.

I use mine for my food, headlamp, spoon, knife, paperback book, etc.

https://www.treadlitegear.co.uk/zip-pouches-3-c.asp

Great suggestions – thank you.  Jeez, now to not overthink this.

I have a couple of the Equinox Monarch Ultralight Travel Bags. Several organizer pockets, but very light (unlike my old OR Possum Pockets). I use one for my dayhike ditties and the second for my overnight ditties.

Available here

https://www.equinoxltd.com/product/monarch-ultralite-travel-bag/

Or from fivestarhikes or backcountrygear. Dutch used to carry them, but I don’t see them on his website any more.

Thanks @desolationman

I make my own out of USPS priority mailers and rubber cement.  Google is your friend and will show you how easy (and cheap) these are.

I’m a fan of Hyperlite Mountain Gear pods for several reasons explained here:

https://backpackinglight.com/2019-staff-picks/

(scroll about 1/4 down or search for “Rex”)

See this follow-on post and replies for other desirable features and alternatives.

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/2019-staff-picks-2/#post-3626446

Six Moon Designs pods are similar and much cheaper.

— Rex

I don’t think they are still in business, but my normal ditty bag is a small travel cube from OverMountain Gear.  Perfect size for travel and it gets used so much for that I never take it backpacking.

Once you add a zipper to a bag that doesn’t need a zipper is it ultralight anymore?

I use oven roasting bags for most of my stuff, very light, cost a little more than a dollar, are durable, waterproof, and see through. Twist off and stuff into pack and I’m home-free.

It drove my girlfriend crazy (“looked homeless”) so she bought a bunch of different colored and sized stuff sacks, and compression sacks.

The next time we packed for a trip she didn’t even finish packing one of the fancy bags before she realized how much she liked being able to see through my oven bags, then dumped out the opaque bag and grabbed her old oven bags back.