A rubber band or "Rangerband" (rubberband made from bycicle innertube) would be good for holding the handles closed. To keep the cup on the nalgene bottle you can use a bandanna or even another rangerband depending on the size.

By the way, I don't know if Doug reccomends a metal cup in any of his kits, however it might might be something to look into. I have found it to be an indespensable item. It gets a lot of use.

Any ideas for keeping the cup attached to the bottom for EDC? I want one of those cups, and I would love to have it around with my bottle all the time, as I am caught without a coffe cup quite a bit. Anyone have any ideas to keep the cupp on the bottom of the bottle with out having a pouch or something??

Garrett

depending upon the clearences involved you could put a ranger-band around the nalgene bottle and slip the cup over the ranger-band. This arrangement (when clearneces are tight enough but not too tight) works like an 0-ring seal and the cup will be held in place by the friction with the ranger-band.

Another alternative would be to stick some of the selfe adhesive velcro to the nalgene and use a strap around the bottom of the cup to hold it in-place. This might be a rather long strap of velcro so it might become unweildly.

Why the resistance to a simple light bag with strap around the outside of the cup-nalgene combination? These type of bags often come with other useful pockets on the outside for holding the P.A. tablets and a spork and maybe even the esbit cooker. The combination allows you to sling your water bottle over your shoulder and be carrying an entire kitchen complete with stove, pot, water carrier and purification, and fuel)

I was actually thinking about the O-ring option like you described. The reason I dont want a bag, is that I carry my nalgene EVERYWHERE. I drink at leat 8 bottles of water a day, and I dont need a case for it, as it is always in my hand. I just want to have a cup with it for coffee or to cook with in an emergency. I do want a case for my day pack and I will get one or two of those for day trips, driving, etc, but for EDC, all I want is the cup and the bottle, thats all.

Garrett

Eight (Nalgene) bottles = 8 Litres of water.
Wow, thats a lot of water..... <img src="images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

Hi Garrett - not sure how you'll be carrying your bottle for EDC? I have on in a bottle pouch, which keeps the cup with it without a problem. Sounds like you're planning to carry it with the bottle exposed. I keep a bandana in the bottom of the cup, with one corner of it peeking up past the lip of the cup. It keeps an extra bandana handy, and the cup is snug enough to the bottle that that little extra material wedged in there makes the cup stay on pretty firmly. However, if you're carrying it, for example, with the cap's loop around a belt and the bottle swinging free, I couldn't recommend the bandana as a secure solution.
Hope that helps
Dave

Dave,

I found the space saver cup at a local store, and I also ended up buying a bottle sack as well. They bot fit in the sack great and now I have a setup I can use.

Garrett

G'day Cliff.
I carry two military waterbottles with two cups canteen in their webbing pouches.
My PSK as you yanks call it is part of my belt kit I wear when out bush. I wear old military webbing with 2water bottle pouches and three minimi sized ammo pouches for my other gear. Very handy when I used to go shooting in the Northern Territory or now as I don't shoot anymore (tough gun laws) just for bushwalking and camping.
Love roughing it and don't need half the stuff some people here seem to carry.
As I kid all I ever used out bush was a box of matches a pocket knife, pocket full of string, a tarp and an army water bottle on a webbing belt. Oh and some tucker to eat.
Cheers. <img src="images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Hey,
We not all 'Yanks'! <img src="images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />. This is multicultural forum and PSK has become an acronym across the whole web on sites relating to the outdoors. It stands for Personnal or Pocket Survival Kit and doesn't usually include something like you're talking about, which is often called web gear, webbing or belt kit. <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Probably just stating the obvious here.

No, Pete - state away. Sometimes we become so focused we need to be reminded of the obvious. Imagine how history would be changed if a helmsman back in 1912 had stated the obvious - "Uh, Captian, that's a REALLY, REALLY BIG iceberg. Can I turn now?". <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

And we regulars to ETS need to remind ourselves that newcomers may have a hard time catching on to our shorthand and acronyms. I know I did.

All the best from this side of the Pond,

.....CLIFF