lock for backpack

Hi, can anyone recommend me a lock for my backpack. It's a backpack with multiple pockets, and compartments. I would like to lock ALL the pockets. do you know if I can buy it online??

Taking a moment to reflect, Hans then wrote: can anyone recommend me a lock for my backpack. It's a backpack with multiple pockets, and compartments. I would like to lock ALL the pockets. do you know if I can buy it online??

There is a product called a PacSafe which is a wire mesh wrap that goes around your backpack. Though, often the use of such devices simply tells people that there is something worth stealing in your backpack ... much less the added attention it draws. You would probably be better served by tying your outer compartments closed (to prevent casual pilfering), and not putting anything of great value in the pack while you are away from it. If you are planning on hosteling, then most hostels have some form of secure storage. Just bring a padlock for the

Ditto above. The best technique for more or less securing the zippers is to tie them together somehow. If you have a dongle of some sort, weave them together. But I wouldn't put too much faith in any locks or other security measures. A backpack is, after all, just cloth, and any good knife will open it.

John W.

Like the others mentioned, I don't think a lock would give that much more security. I suppose you could buy those little suitcase locks, and I'm sure a luggage store could order you some. You also could zip-tie all the zipers with a decent sized zip-tie to keep them from opening if that is your

Is a backpack of 60 L (Liters)?? I'll be travelling in Myanmar by bus, train , plane...I'll survey it myself as much as possible....but once I boarded the baggage in planes, or buses , It wont be possible... My main reason to secure to backpack is to prevent people of putting illegal drugs....(or other illegal thing)

Thanks for all your responses

Put the backpack inside some type of waterproof cover, even through a pacsafe pockets can be opened enough to put items in. If it is sealed inside a plastic bag then any tampering will be immediately obvious.

Taking a moment to reflect, Hans then wrote: Is a backpack of 60 L (Liters)?? I'll be travelling in Myanmar by bus, train , plane...I'll survey it myself as much as possible....but once I boarded the baggage in planes, or buses , It wont be possible... My main reason to secure to backpack is to prevent people of putting illegal drugs....(or other illegal thing)

In that case, I'll recommend the following: Get yourself a military surplus duffel bag big enough to fit your loaded back into. You should have room in the pack to put it in when not travelling. When you get to the bus, train, plane station pull out the duffel, put your pack in it, and lock it with a padlock. Check your pack. When you reach your destination, pull it out of the duffel, put the duffel in your pack, and you are good to go. I did this for air travel last time I was through Europe, and it worked great. I didn't bother with anything more than a rain cover for bus and train travel, though. Of course, my pack doesn't have any external pockets.

My daughter got a nice little cable lock from Mountain Equipment Co-op in Canada. She can use it to lock her pack closed and/or attach the pack to an immovable object. It comes with a pre-set combination and instructions on how to change it to any other combination you want.

As other people have mentioned, this is more of a deterent to a casual thief than security that would deter a skilled thief for very long. Perhaps it would put off the grab and run guys.

Scott Elliot http://www3.telus.net/selliot/

Next time you purchase a pack consider one without exterior pouches. I use a Macpac Orient with a detachable day pack.

Depends on the case and the purpose. For instance in Kenya, at Nairobi airport, hold luggage will sometimes arrive with padlocks broken, occasionally with some object missing. In my case, it was nothing so important to waste time for complaining, but the pacsafe would be preventive in this case.

Also, in Kenya's hotel rooms (even in some very good lodges), your luggage may sometimes be *browsed* while you're away, and possibly some object will *stick* to the browser's fingers. They will leave it the way it was, so that you don't notice until days later. Another case in which the pacsafe would be of use.

Those little brass locks are totally useless. Lost my key on one, little twist with a small pair of pliers and it popped open in one sec.