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In that photo it looks lie you'll get all off 5mm drip before the bag hits the tyre.
I reckon if you're running dropper, you're doing real mtb, and having a saddle bag is not good for bike handling.
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Agree to disagree I think. Tend to plan my bikepacking round fun descents where possible and dropping the saddle will be nice. Also on a couple of trips we've left our stuff at a bothy for an out and back. Planning on doing Ben Macdui this year and having a dropper will be useful for that!
The pic above isn't great and I think with my relatively small saddle pack I'll be fine.
Also, not having to uncable/recable the internal dropper is an extra bonus.
Scrabble
I've bought one of these topeak things to try the dropper / seatpack combo. Doesn't need the topeak pack. I havent actually tried it yet, but didnt cost the earth, which is refreshing for a bikepack product.
https://www.topeak.com/global/en/products/298-Bottle-Cage-Mounts/1139-DP-MOUNT