In reply to sourthern_softy:
> From an environmental point of view, is getting a new bag cause the one you currently have has fiddly zips and fabric that wets out the best thing to do? Putting your clothes in a folded over carrier bag should keep the rain off out, and when the zip finally fails you can get a new one more guilt free.
You have a point, of course: consumerism and protecting the environment are poor bedfellows! However, second-guessing someone else's decision about when to replace an old item is a tricky business, especially when that person is a stranger, and more especially in the context of a web forum. It is always possible, of course, that someone will read a post such as yours and think "wow, I never thought of that, thanks very much", but I would suggest that, by and large, such posts come over as highly presumptuous, and only serve to irritate people without achieving anything useful. If confronting directly in this way, I would stick to people you know or, at least, confine it to face-to-face situations, where you have an opportunity to take the temperature of the room, so to speak.
