I'm a mule(ask anyone who knows me
), I usually end up carrying some of my daughters stuff. I use a medium size soft cooler, sometimes two. Carry a bucket with a shoulder strap when we were chunking. One thing I have done that no one here mentioned is i have put reflective tape on my bags and spikes. I spent probably 3 hours one night searching for my plug bag kind of amazing how a dark blue bag looks like a rock in the dark. the reflective tape has saved me alot of time.