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I am looking to get the Alpkit Airlok dry bags but cant work out what size I need, I will need a variety of different ones as I want to put camera equipment in them. Can anyone tell me how you work out litre volumes?

http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16343&category_id=250

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A litre IS a measure of volume - by definition its the volume 1kg  of water will occupy.

One way of picturing volume by size in your head is to compare with known volumes of liquid produce -  for example a 2litre fizzy drink bottle or a 4litre milk carton gives you a fair idea what 2/4 litres actually looks like.

Another think you could do is email Alpkit asking what might suit specific kit - they have respnded quickly when I've emailed them a couple of queries in the past.

Hope that helps.

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Yep thanks, very useful.
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I recently emptied my 35 litre pack at a bothy, walked down to a stream, filled the dry liner with water and carried it back up to the bothy. 35 litres weighs 35 kilos, and I can tell you that's more than I ever want to carry again! There was enough water for me and everyone else to drink, cook, wash... even have a bath if we'd wanted to!
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Lol, that does sound very heavy. Its trying to picture litres that I am finding difficult
I'm sure you can visualise a pint of beer! Approx. 1/2 litre.
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http://www.organics-online.co.uk/acatalog/organic_1L_milk.jpg


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http://www.thebinguy.com.au/Images/GalleryBin1.jpg

240 litres

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thanks for the handy pictures, much help!!
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Or work it the other way... to be on the safe side put your camera gear in the smallest box(es) you can get them in.  Then measure height, width and depth of the box(es) in cm and multiply all 3 together to get the total in cubic entimetres.  That'll be an overestimate thanks to dead space in the box(es), but better a little too big than too small.

 1000cc is one litre, but of course it'll need to be the right shape as well as the right volume  as the bags aren't stretchy, so check the maximum dimensions of your camera against the bag (i.e., if a one litre bag is 1000 cm long, one cm high and 1 cm wide then desite having more volume than a 350 cc camera, you won't get the camera in therough the 1 x 1 cm opening)

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