Price $39 - $43
An animal resistant storage bag is a reusable food and gear storage bag designed to help protect contents from rodents and other animals. Outsak Ultralight bags use flexible interlocking stainless steel wire mesh combined with reinforced webbing and a secure closure system.
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Learn how Outsak® Ultralight bags help protect food and gear from rodents and wildlife during backpacking, camping, hiking, river trips, and other outdoor adventures.
Outsak® Ultralight bags use flexible interlocking stainless steel wire mesh to create a durable physical barrier that helps protect food and gear from chewing animals. Unlike ordinary fabric stuff sacks, the wire mesh helps resist damage from mice, squirrels, chipmunks, pack rats, raccoons, ringtails, skunks, ravens, and many other persistent campsite visitors.
No. Outsak Ultralight bags are lightweight animal-resistant storage bags designed primarily to help protect food and gear from rodents and smaller wildlife. Always follow local food storage regulations and requirements when traveling in bear country.
Stainless steel wire mesh combines durability, flexibility, corrosion resistance, and lightweight packability. Unlike rigid food containers, an Outsak bag rolls or compresses when empty, making it ideal for backpacking, bicycle touring, river trips, camping, and wilderness travel.
Mice, pack rats, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, ringtails, ravens, skunks, foxes, coatis, and other animals frequently chew through ordinary food bags, backpacks, and stuff sacks while searching for food. An animal-resistant storage bag helps reduce the likelihood of damaged food and gear.
An animal-resistant storage bag is designed to help protect food and equipment from wildlife using durable materials that resist chewing and clawing. Outsak® bags are constructed from flexible interlocking stainless steel wire mesh with reinforced webbing and secure closures for lightweight backcountry food storage.
For many years, backpackers, hikers, river runners, guides, volunteers, and park employees have used Outsak bags throughout the Grand Canyon region because rodents, ravens, squirrels, ringtails, and other small animals are often a greater concern than larger wildlife. Outsak bags provide lightweight protection while packing small inside a backpack.
Many visitors to Havasupai choose Outsak bags because rodents and other small animals are common around campsites. Their lightweight, flexible design makes them especially popular for long backpacking trips where saving weight and pack space matters.
While bear encounters are relatively uncommon in many backpacking areas, nearly every camper encounters mice, squirrels, chipmunks, pack rats, or ravens. These smaller animals can quietly chew through food bags, backpacks, tents, and gear while searching for food.
Every Outsak® Ultralight animal-resistant storage bag is handcrafted in Flagstaff, Arizona by Simple Outdoor Solutions using premium materials selected for years of outdoor use.
Outsak bags are ideal for backpacking, camping, thru-hiking, bicycle touring, river trips, overlanding, wilderness photography, climbing, hunting camps, field research, and everyday outdoor food storage.
Ordinary nylon stuff sacks provide little protection from chewing animals. Outsak bags combine flexible interlocking stainless steel wire mesh with lightweight construction to help protect food and gear while remaining easy to pack and carry.
Every backpacker worries about bears, but many hikers lose food to much smaller animals. Mice, squirrels, chipmunks, ringtails, raccoons, and other opportunistic animals can chew through traditional food bags, stuff sacks, and lightweight storage systems.
The Outsak UL was designed for hikers who want meaningful food protection without carrying the weight and bulk of a hard-sided container. Its interlocking stainless steel wire mesh creates a flexible barrier that helps protect food and gear from chewing and clawing animals while remaining exceptionally lightweight.
At just 2.5 to 3.4 ounces, the Outsak UL offers an unusual combination of low weight, packability, and durability. The flexible interlocking wire mesh body rolls and compresses easily inside a backpack, making it suitable for backpacking, bikepacking, river trips, and travel.
| Outsak Ultralight Series | Outsak UL micro: | Outsak UL: |
|---|---|---|
| Weight*: | 2.5 ounces | 3.4 ounces |
| Dimensions: | 10×13 inches | 10×19 inches |
| Capacity: | 4.3 liters | 7.5 liters |
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| Closure | Super-Strong Genuine VELCRO® Closure Guaranteed Not to Mold, Mildew, or Rot |
| Body | Flexible, Interlocking, Stainless-Steel Wire Mesh |
| Warranty | 3 Year Warranty |
| Directions: | Stuff it.
Seal it. Hang it or conceal it. |
*Weights for each Outsak® Animal Resistant Storage Bag are ± 0.15 ounces due to variations in the interlocking stainless steel wire mesh and webbing
Custom Sizes or Weights Available. Contact Us
VELCRO® is a registered trademark of Velcro BVBA
After years of backpacking in the Southwest, Grand Canyon, and other wilderness areas, we repeatedly watched rodents, squirrels, ravens, and raccoons damage food bags and outdoor gear.
The problem was not bears. The problem was the smaller animals that hikers encounter almost every trip.
We designed the Outsak Ultralight series to provide lightweight protection using flexible interlocking stainless steel wire mesh that packs easily while helping protect food and gear from chewing animals.
