When it begins to rain, and the rain begins to soak through your pack, the water in the rain starts to get everything in the pack wet. Remember, water weighs a bit over 8 lbs per gallon, so your pack can quickly turn into a lead weight if you're not careful.
One solution to this is to buy a raincoat for your pack. Called pack covers, they usually have drawstrings to cover your pack so that it doesn't get wet. Allen & Mike, however, have a better idea. Use a heavy duty garbage bag and put it inside the pack. It will save on weight and on the pocket book.
The downside is that the pack itself will get wet in the face of a rainstorm. The upside is that if needed, the bag can be used for many other things. One rule of backpacking is to bring as many multi-use items as possible.
Oh, so you coat the inside of the pack with the garbage bag? Couldn't you just have a bag that you wrap around the pack (like a raincoat but with string/a bungee cord)?
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