Bear Bags

An odour-proof bear bag is a food storage pouch or liner built from a scent-barrier film or bite-resistant fabric that traps cooking smells so wildlife can’t sniff out your dinner from fifty metres away. It’s the difference between a bear ambling past your tent and a bear parked outside it at 3am, and it’s exactly … Read more

A bear bag for backpacking is a lightweight, sealable food sack used to keep your food, rubbish and scented items away from wildlife overnight. Depending on the design, it is either hung from a tree branch out of reach or made from tough fabric that resists teeth and claws, replacing a heavy hard-sided canister. Now, … Read more

Let’s clear something up before you spend a single penny: there are no wild bears prowling the Lake District, and there haven’t been for roughly a thousand years. So why is “bear bag kit under £30” one of the more oddly persistent searches among UK campers? Because the phrase has quietly become shorthand for something … Read more