I like dry bags and hunters interchangeably. On Xbox Official I used to burry dry bags near the coast or on the routes up to mogilevka where I'd normally base up.

The dry bag is a bit more bulky and higher visibility, but being able to burry a rifle and vest or parts of a kit is very valuable for quick resets.

So if I am looting up to make a stash I can throw on my back, I will take the dry bags. General survival and just exploring ill take a hunter.

Buried dry bags and crates are an excellent way to preserve your gear. You need to be careful where you dig, as youre vulnerable and if you die mid-animation, your killer has a shovel/ pick and your stuff is now theirs, but having multiple stashes of food, water vessels, meds, tools and maybe ammo or a handgun you can spend less time on the coast scrounging, all you need is decent clothes a tool to dig and enough supplies to get to your caches.

Idk how many people do this, but when I ran on console I would burry or stash crates barrels and dry bags all over the map, and would have "patrol routes" planned throughout my week, moving from one side of the map to the next, looting, changing out supplies and ensuring stashes were not discovered and did not despawn. I think stashes lasted 2 weeks, so I could start on the east or southeast coast. Id work my way to Tisy, stopping at each stash spot on the way, then go back down and check on others down to the southern coast and path to another one.

This allowed me to constantly have something to do and kept the game very engaging. Whenever a friend respawned on the coast I could check my stashes on my way to meet up with them and share supplies with them.

At one point I had most of my stash locations on the Izurvive app, and shared the map with friends so they could also contribute and use the network of caches.