Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

I have been working on a bikepacking rig lately.

• Restrap holster with Ortlieb dry bag (which needs a bit of adjustment). I have been very happy with this set up on the trips I have done so far.
  
• Alpkit Drybag (Airlok) with better straps
  
• Black Burn Frame bag size large. I am very impressed with the quality of this for the money. But the supplied webbing with Velcro sewn on is shit so I have order some 20mm double sided Velcro (a la what Alpkit uses).
  
• Alpkit Stem Cell.
  
  

I still need a hydration bladder and I am waiting for my new Surly ECR forks so I can mount my Salsa anything cage.

Bring on some adventures!