My understanding is that the olive is all cotton and the grid-grey is a polyester/cotton blend, ratio unknown. Personally, I'd expect the poly/cotton blend to be a little more durable but greatly prefer the olive. And we're talking in terms several years of daily use versus several years plus a few more of daily use. That is, I think both are quite durable. I've had my olive SaddleSack medium out in the rain for over an hour on several occasions amongst its hundred-plus days used; it looks broken in... "weathered" even... but not "worn".
I too am a bag-matcher. There is no shame in this. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Feb 19, 1:08 pm, SFF <jgre...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hey Forrest - > I have an XS Saddlesack in olive and a ton of others in grid-grey > (TourSack, ShopSack and on and on...). The olive material seems to be > slightly thicker and stiffer - sort of a brushed cotton canvas type of > material. The grey ones seem to be a little thinner and more flexible. > They have a slicker feel to them as well and clean a little easier. I > even washed my ShopSack in the washing machine once and it came out > real soft and a little faded, looks and feels real good. > > But then what do I know - I'm a bag matcher. I like the look of the > grid-grey more than the olive. > > Also, to Grant's post yesterday about the GrabSack being an unexpected > poor seller: From the first day I got mine, I told everyone that this > is "the best bag in the world". By far my favorite bag of all time. > So, again, what do I know. > > Heading out the door for S24O #2 of the year (goal for this year is > 10) on the Atlantis!!! Going to scare the wildlife a bit and hope they > don't scare back. > > Joel > (When I grow up, I want to be just like me.) > > On Feb 19, 10:23 am, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > Have searched for answer on RBW site without luck (but I'm not a real > > good searcher), and I'm not quite ready to call and bug someone there. > > Would rather bug all of you first! Sorry, and thanks. -- Forrest (in > > tropical Iowa City) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
