[cheeze]

Getting a good hiking pack designed to sit off of your back a bit was a godsend to me. I'm with you that I won't carry one if it's hot out, but I'll gladly carry a smaller pack all the time otherwise.

Fanny packs are sweet, except the part where you're wearing a fanny pack.

[brimble]

> Fanny packs are sweet, except the part where you're wearing a fanny pack.

Hear me out:

Sport coats. (edit: and blazers)

Very light linen ones for hot days, which keep sun off your skin without really making you hotter. Cooler days, break out the wool.

All those extra pockets are wonderful. Grab some thin old mass-market genre paperbacks and discover why they made them that size :-)

They're like purses for men, that you can wear instead of carry, and that make you look better. Similar storage capacity to a fanny pack, I'd say. Maybe a little more.

[codazoda]

I’m so tempted to try this. I never wear a sport coat. Well, unless I’m in a suit, which is a couple times a year if I’m unlucky.

I wear a short sleeve polyester t-shirt in black. I own a dozen of them, all identical, and wear them most days. My wife hates it.

The black is not good on very hot days. It’s surprising how much difference a light color makes. But, I can’t seem to keep light stuff clean.

I don’t know if I could stand my arms in a sport coat, but I guess it’s no different from a regular jacket in the winter.

[brimble]

You could grab one or two from a thrift store and see how you like it, then upgrade if it seems like something you want to keep doing. Nice and cheap way to try it out. Difficulty: a nice light linen jacket's probably gonna be a little hard to find at a thrift store, so it may be best to start this attempt in the Fall.

[bmj]

Fanny packs are sweet, except the part where you're wearing a fanny pack.

Yes, my teenagers were shocked and appalled when they saw it, and made me promise I would only wear it while on the bike.

[eclipticplane]

Are you not obligated to wear it _more_ due to your teenagers being appalled...?

[lupire]

Spin it around so it's not on your fanny (or is, pending what side of the pond you are on) and it will be less offensive to bigots.

[SapporoChris]

Sorry, no it won't. Then it's just a crotch pack, or a worse name. -bigot But I applaud your effort!