I have (serious need of repair) a nice “army shirt” with a whole bunch of pockets, a safari jacket (same oodles of pockets), but I got sick’n’tired of emptying stuff out of one to put in the other, then when it’d be too hot to wear pretty much anything beyond the minimum required to not get arrested, I took to bags/backpacks/etc. If I had a “fishing vest” or “photographer’s vest”, I’d never even get out of the house. I’d be too busy juggling things from one to the other.
Besides, I’m not gonna keep an umbrella with me in a vest or jacket. Yet in a backpack, it’s there, out of the way ’til I’d need it.
And I used to carry more keys than the typical janitor, every friggin’ lock I could ever think of opening, even emergency keys for sis’s house, etc. Why, I have no idea. (Well, I guess if her house is on fire and she’s locked in, I could drive over there and let her out. Uhh, yah, right.) And I’m not the only one, as I know others who have similar key bundles that jingle so loudly, you’d think Jacob Marley was out to get you.
So screw it, dump it all into a bag and be done with it.
Now at least a smaller volume would make it (almost) necessary for me to triage my goodies and pare down if possible.