Anyone Else Wear Sling Bags?

Guy McVer said:
I sometimes wear a fanny pack (a.k.a. hip bag, bum bag, or waist pack) over my shoulder like a sling bag. They're versatile like that.

But um... if a sling bag is made from leather, then it's a purse. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with a man who carries a purse. Just own it. Say "this is my purse."

Purses should be a manly thing anyway. Men need to carry stuff more than women do, and I feel like women carrying purses fell out of fashion a long time ago.
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My mom had a big ass purse that we always called " the duffle bag " which she definitely didn't like, but she deserved to get teased for having such a big ass purse that was too big and too full to find anything.

Btw I actually think women do need purses more because dresses or skirts have no pockets and the ones on women's jeans are useless.
My grandmother hates to carry a purse so she wears mens jeans and carpenters shorts, she does carry a pocket knife and a flashlight though so she may be a bit if a different story.

I pretty much agree with you about the leather though, unless it's a laptop case...etc leather definitely makes it scream purse.
With other materials it depends, a camera case isn't a purse and if it's tactical styled then it just doesn't scream purse to me.
Those mini backpacks and other small packs can definitely look like a purse.
Like you say there's nothing wrong with that, at least not unless you get defensive about it being called a purse and need to believe your little bag isn't one.
If that matters to somebody, then it definitely matters, and they should probably just choose something that is clearly in no way a purse.

Btw I would say I'm definitely one of those people, I'm not going to carry a small pack that somebody could think is a purse because I just don't want to be the guy with a purse.
 
Hickory n steel said:
My mom had a big ass purse that we always called " the duffle bag " which she definitely didn't like, but she deserved to get teased for having such a big ass purse that was too big and too full to find anything.
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Oh yeah, my mom had one of those giant vinyl or leather purses with her at all times too. Almost every woman did for a long period of many decades. She ditched it eventually right around the time they seemed to go out of fashion. I rarely see a purse these days, and when I do they're usually a lot smaller than they used to be, and all of the crazy compartments on the inside seem to have been replaced by exterior pockets.
 
I wonder how many dude's moms stopped carrying a big purse about the same time they also stopped carrying spare baby wipes, diapers, snacks, bandaids, toys..... But that might be correlation not causation. My mom carried a college sized backpack until the last of us was mostly able to carry our own crap, but as the town nurse she still carried a lot of stuff. So we got her an old school style "dr. bag" for her medical stuff and then she pretty much rolled with a wallet and little else because no need to carry a phone where there is no service.
 
I've had this Oakley sling bag for a decade or so, but I don't tote it wherever I go, it just goes with me when I leave the pad and stays in the vehicle. I don't bother to sling it across body either, just over one shoulder half backpack style. It was particularly convenient when I lived back in Florida and had two vehicles and I wasn't always in my truck full of tools. Plus being an EDC nerd it's just a cool way of having everything you might need whenever you need it. The real breakthrough in convenience was storing my house key on a key-bak lanyard on the strap. This way the key rarely had to leave the bag so it never got misplaced, and it rested right on my shoulder to grab when I was at the door without ever removing it from the strap.

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I used to carry a 5.11 Rush 24 (backpack.) and like many have said here. More space give you the impression that you need more.

I do have a little sling bag. 945 QAPL. It’s the same size as my wife’s Lulu Lemon sling. And I love it! It is pretty minimal. It holds my pew pew. In a Velcro holster in the main pocket. And has a little room for some odds and ends in the front pocket. The point of a bag is to offer a way to carry different stuff than in your pocket. Or eliminate pocket carry.

I see so many people carry duplicate type items in their bags and pockets. And that doesn’t make sense to me. My pocket carry is always wallet, slim knife (Kershaw dividend, benchmade bugout style knife, buck 110 slim.) a Tony Lama Boot Coin, and a small Streamlight Micro usb.

In my QAPL it’s my pistol in the main pouch. In the front it’s a spare mag, a leatherman juice, and a flashlight that’s a bit more option friendly a bit bigger, brighter, strobes, and had the DNA catcher tip if needed. Still pretty minimalist. But is a vital difference in what it carries.

My 5.11 Rush now lives in my car. And is a “get work done” bag now. Holds a full size pistol, nice first aid kit (I’m ALS certified), a couple road flares, about 25’ of paracord, a full size Leatherman signal, a extra water bottle, a light jacket, and a few other things. But that’s locked down in my trunk and really only there for the times I need something, or a job I can’t get done with my carry options.

So I have 3 levels of carry with 3 different tasks. And I’ve been happy with it. I did feel a bit weird about carrying a “purse” when I got the QAPL. But man. I’m in Texas and it’s already hitting 100°. I’m just fine not carrying IWB. But I do usually have the cross body fanny bag on me. And if I’m going somewhere I can’t take the fire arm. I just lock it in the glovebox. And still have the basic knife/light combo in my pocket.
 
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