Male handbags - dealing with hot weather

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When working in Italy it was far too hot to wear a jacket, for pockets to enable me to carry things, so like many of the natives - I ended up buyng a little handbags for my bits and pieces, money, plus essential documents. I still have that little leather bag, but reserve it for carrying travel documents now.

At the moment, in the UK, it is far too warm to wear a conventional jacket, despite the fact that I need the pockets. Not brave enough to carry a male handbag, so last year I bought myself a gilet - basically a lightweight sleeveless jacket, with lots and lots of pockets.

My home has a lot of internal thermal mass, is well insulated and I hate having flies in the house. When it's hot, I normally only have the side doors open, which is fitted with a magnetic closing fly screen - windows remain firmly closed, apart from trickle vents. If the sun streams in through windows, I close blinds to bounce the sun back out to help keep some heat out. Once darkness falls, I open the upstairs windows wide, to cool the interior down. If it is particularly warm still night, I might supplement an open bedroom window with a large fan drawing cooler night air into the bedroom.

22.2C at 8am this morning outdoors, inside it is a little warmer at 22.7C, but as it becomes hotter outdoors, it will remain relatively cooler indoors. I hate heat and being too hot!
 
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i have had a gilet for some time - couple of M&S jobby when on offer - But i saw a really light weight version last week in an outdoor shop and purchased that - quite good
I have been looking at manbags for a while now , although I did pickup a very very small wallet at a garden centre a few weeks ago.

looked at various styles , canvas , leather - some really nice leather - but £160 , i bet they had some great quality leather in italy
but nothing really seemed to work - also looking at one that had a belt loop

I have shorts , that have pockets on the legs - some zipped , others with poppers

keys , wallet , and phone ,
I have a cover for the phone and with a couple of pockets on the flap and apple wallet - i probably dont always need the wallet - most cards are on stocard as well
But i dont yet trust the technology - phone goes wrong ........

My brother in law has always had a manbag, small canvas things, but he always seems to lose it, so we are often wondering around the house/garden looking either for his bag or glasses

i'll probably stick to pockets
 
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Small rucksack. One shoulder usually, both when you need both hands. Far less jessie-ish.:LOL:

And (hot weather reference) you can carry a water bottle in there- can't in a gillet.
 
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I have shorts , that have pockets on the legs - some zipped , others with poppers

Trouser/shorts pockets are OK for light weights, but if you put any weight in those pockets you end up constantly pulling them back up against the weight.
 
I usually don't bother with bags unless on holiday in shorts. In the UK, I use my travelling sponge bag to carry stuff.
Abroad, I use a similar bag that is bright fluorescent orange to carry passports, tickets, money, keys, phone etc....

Being highly visible seems to deter theft, as it is so easy to spot.

I do like "work" type trousers with deep, wide thigh pockets. You can carry all sorts!
 
The canvas army type army bags have been used by blokes since I was a kid. Nowt wrong with a manbag :)
 
I sometimes use a waist/bum bag e.g. if going to a theme park for the day. Enough for storing your phone, wallet, sunglasses and other bits and bobs.
 
The canvas army type army bags have been used by blokes since I was a kid. Nowt wrong with a manbag :)
I used to have one of those to carry my school books but, I've not seen one for a long time.
We used to buy the in The Army and Navy store, do they even exist now?
 
I used to have one of those to carry my school books but, I've not seen one for a long time.
We used to buy the in The Army and Navy store, do they even exist now?

Do you mean the ex-army canvas gas mask bag? They were divided into two compartments, used to have a khaki string attached to the bag and a large metal 'washer' around which the loose string end could be would to fix it (original purpose unknown). I used to have on in the 60's, great for carrying sandwiches and a flask in. You could also get some bigger ones, with a course fabric weave, with two shoulder straps and two short wide bits of straps (who's purpose I was never able to work out). They were closed by a couple of brass buckle straps and the whole made for cheap motorbike panniers.
 
Do you mean the ex-army canvas gas mask bag? They were divided into two compartments, used to have a khaki string attached to the bag and a large metal 'washer' around which the loose string end could be would to fix it (original purpose unknown). I used to have on in the 60's, great for carrying sandwiches and a flask in. You could also get some bigger ones, with a course fabric weave, with two shoulder straps and two short wide bits of straps (who's purpose I was never able to work out). They were closed by a couple of brass buckle straps and the whole made for cheap motorbike panniers.
Like this.
 
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