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Robert Blean (blean) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale San Jose -- too far from Sierras
About Me Backpacking since winter camping meant an Army surplus poncho over a couple of feet of boughs (OK back then). Eastern winter mountaineering (lowest temp -40F). Traditional style Canadian canoe trips (tump lines, wanigan boxes, canvas/wood canoes). Now UL in the West.
CitySan Jose
StateCalifornia
CountryUSA

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All Forum Posts by Robert Blean

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Detour Gear Zone
Are they out of business or something? My interest is because they used to be the least expensive way to get a Bare Boxer Contender -- but now that the Contender is again available I cannot raise ...

In GEAR » Detour Gear Zone
October 01, 8:24pm
Re: melting snow
> Remember not to melt snow inside your tent. You will fill it with condensation. Melting snow will not cause condensation, but heating the resulting water will. This can be minimized by ven...

In GEAR » Stove for melting snow in a tent!! (or vestibule)
October 01, 10:00am
Any plans for a smaller one?
Any plans for anything to compete with the Bare Boxer Contender? I think that one of the biggest issues with current bear canisters is that they are overkill (both weight and size) for the most ...

In GEAR » New Bear Can Design.... Design Stage Feedback
September 10, 7:43pm
Re: Re: dabearz
> Now some bears did figure out how to open some of the earlier BearVaults, but since then they I have read that they changed the latch design to prevent that. My understanding is that they ...

In GEAR » Opsack + bear canister to avoid bear run ins and to increase safety.
September 09, 2:05am
Does this stuff stick to Tyvek?
I stumbled on Will Reitveld's suggestion for making a light cheap Tyvek rain parka -- and his followup note that it turned out to not be quite as waterproof as thought. What immediately ran th...

In Make Your Own Gear » Sillistics
September 06, 3:12am
Re: Weight on my wms one is high
> My new Xlite wms is heavier than listed. 338g/11.8oz. Listed weigh is 320g/11 which is weird anyway, as 11 oz is 312g, not 320. > So,is it supposed to be 312g or 320? Debating whether I ...

In GEAR » Thermarest NeoAir XLite First Impressions
September 05, 3:52pm
Freestanding tents
Note that there are some truly freestanding tents -- they are fully erected with no pegs. Of course even with those you need to use pegs to help stabilize them in heavy winds. (I am thinking of s...

In GEAR » Free-standing vs. Non-Free-standing Tents (both opinions wanted)
September 05, 6:35am
Re: Re: Worth a thousand words....
> I've even seen the steel can lid used with no holes in it. I've always used one with no holes -- works fine.

In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Cake pan for trout?
September 04, 8:33pm
Global needle
For those who don't know about the global needle business, the issue is that the magnetic force a compass responds to has a vertical component as well as a horizontal component. The amount of ...

In GEAR » Lightest functional compass?
September 04, 4:12am
Re: Re: Seattle Mountaineers' page
Bob, "One nice thing about the Suunto compasses with their global needle is that the global mechanism has the side effect of helping them settle unusually quickly." Robert, do you r...

In GEAR » Lightest functional compass?
September 04, 3:22am

All Reader Reviews by Robert Blean

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Sawyer In-Line Filter
Sawyer Point One Inline Water Filter (SP122) The filter Tony used in his gravity filter system (described above) is the SP121. Since then a newer version, the SP122, has come out. Both use the sa...

In Hydration - Water Treatment
March 05, 9:26pm