ironraven,

I looked at tons of Case Logic and makers of camera, music, computer equipment carriers myself. I could never decide which way to go. Some of them seemed to have excessively thick covers, eating up valuable interior space. Also, some were a tad to rigid for me. So, I ended up buying a Freestyle music player carrier from Academy Sports. It was on sale, $6 or $7. It is made out of some sort of neoprene and is horizontally-oriented. It is intended to be worn on the belt.

Feel free to respond with as many single-sentence posts as you deem necessary. (that's just for you benjammin')

For a while I was looking for a semi-rigid container that could snugly hold my Ritter PSK and a few extras, and also not draw a lot of attention in appearance or make rattling noises when moving around in my coat pocket. I got one of these just the other day - thanks for the suggestion Raven! The only thing I didn't find acceptable was that it didn't come in green, my fave color (so I settled with blue)!

In mine I've got, of course, my Ritter PSK, a good Swiss Army Knife, a spare Pelican L1 I didn't need to carry around, some note cards for jotting down things (along with a PocketMod notepad), some ranger bands I found at my workplace, a space blanket, and a good strong plastic bag for water collection if need be. I've also got some cord wrapped around it.

I did have a humorous encounter with the nice clerk that helped me though, he quizically asked me, "you want the portable hard drive CASE but you don't need a HARD DRIVE?". It reminded me a lot of the part in "No Country For Old Men" where Llewellyn Moss buys the whole tent from the bewildered sporting goods clerk just to get to the tent poles...

I picked on up yesterday, and I'm glad I did.

I've been using my PackRat, inside out, in my Jumbo since I got the latter. Most of the tools that I carry fit into the case, most than half of what was in the PackRat. With the reogranization, the Jumbo feels smaller and lighter, and it is a heck of a lot easier to get to things inside. The PackRat worked, just not as well as I had hoped.