yo packa people!

I don’t have any experience with the 10D but I have the 20D and have happily hiked through several hours of continuous rain in it without issue.

Another 20d owner with no issues.  After trading out all the heavy shock cord and cord locks, it came in at 7.5 oz.

Thanks for the replies.

I am surprised there is not more support for the packa given its light weight and ability to keep you plus pack dry.  Perhaps related to the fact that it is a backpacking only item, not really suitabe for other use.

I’m a bit of a Packa Junkie…I own three!

• Sil-nylon that I loan to people
• eVent – Used to be my go-to Packa
• Custom WPB Cuben Packa with a mod to enclose the pack cover completely and turn it into a “regular” jacket for around camp

There are a number of things I really like about the Packa design:

• It keeps your pack dry – including between your back and your pack
• The pit zips are huge and really help ventilate you
• On days where the rain starts and stops I can put it on in “pack cover” mode only and, without taking my pack off or even stopping, pull on the jacket portion
• I really like the length in back

Keep and enjoy!

Hey, @Kbabione, any photos of that mod to the WPB cuben Packa? and what does it weigh?

I’ll grab it from storage today and take a couple of photos…

Another satisfied Packa user. Been using for over six years. I have the 10D now. Did have the sil version. It can be worn as a pack cover only or change to a full parka, a cape, or torso/pack cover only without removing it. I am able to reach into an outside pack pocket for my tarp without removing it and pack when raining. Therefore I can pitch my tarp first while raining and then remove the packa and pack while protected under the tarp.

Here are some photos of my modified WPB Cuben Packa.  With all my modifications (custom pack cover, larger hood, additional length) it weighs 15.2 ounces.  Given that my eVent Packa (unmodified) weighed 17.3 ounces I was pretty happy).  A really nice BPL’r sent me some replacement elastic cord and cord locks to replace the ones on my WPB Cuben Packa and I think that will save me another ounce or two when I get around to it.

I stuffed a couple of pillows into the Packa.  This photo shows the “pack cover” rolled up and secured to the side when the Packa is being worn with a pack:

This shows a closer view of the rolled cover:

Here’s what it looks like with the Packa closed up and laying flat on the floor:

And one of me wearing it in “jacket” mode:

And a slightly closer view:

I hope this helps.  What I was trying to do (and succeeded) was to keep all of the existing Packa functionality while making it a little more comfortable/usable as a regular jacket when I don’t have my pack on.  I never liked how the pack cover portion, when you weren’t wearing your pack, would billow out in the wind or get snagged on branches and the like when answering nature’s call off the trail.  I also found that it would collect rain when I didn’t have my pack on. This mod, where the pack cover is completely enclosed, solved that for me.