Harmony With Your Balance Bag

Your Balance Bag isn’t just to look strapping or elegant— it’s what many refer to as, your Everyday Carry (EDC). By setting a consistent pocket layout, you’ll move through your day with ease and without wasted mental energy. It's simple and can be as detailed as you'd like. Here is one guide, for you.

Pocket-by-Pocket Setup

Use diagram at top, as a reference:

• Phone: Large outside pocket, inserted fully past the pocket's front corner dart, so it is not sticking out.
• Keys: Separate fob (stay inside) from keys you grab often for quick access; putting them inside either interior back pockets. Keys can utilize the key-chain attachment, allowing them to dangle and stay in their place.
• Small Items: Inside zipper pocket on your non-dominant side , use of a Manager zipper pouch , to keep smaller items (chapstick, meds, flossers, etc.) from disappearing
• Handkerchief: Rolled and placed near the front zipper pouch.
• Secondary items: Thin notebook or second phone fits cleanly without shifting balance.
• Flashlight: on my zipper pull I like to have a rechargeable small flashlight

Consistent Organization For Muscle Memory

If you rotate between multiple Balance Bags:

1. Lay one bag on top of the other, oriented in the same direction.

2. Transfer the most essential items first.
   

3. Audit the rest, customizing your loadout for the day’s activities.

Over time, your hands will instinctively find each item — no fumbling, no searching.

Common Challenges(and How to Adapt to Them)

• Changing item locations: Map it out from the start and keep it consistent.

• Clipping heavy items: Large water bottles or DSLR cameras weren’t designed to be clipped on. This strains the spring ring (mini carabiner) and can cause failure.  Recommended is a Utility Holster for those items.

• Partially closed zippers: Always open and close, fully. Forcing items through a partially open zipper stresses the tape, separates the teeth, and can cause the pull to derail completely.

• Hanging in a locker or on back of headrest? best solution is with this amazing swivel carabiner with two hoooks.The straps together and hook over bar, in locker and on the adjustment posts of headrest.