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I'd be skeptical
Every once in awhile some comes up with a wearable repellant. So far none that I have seen tested work. The latest is Off's clip on. Consumers found it completely ineffective. Even funnier, it ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Has anyone used these?...please chime in: Insect Repellent Bracelets
June 22, 9:58am

Lightweight triop - Benro
I just received my Benro A-150EXU from B&H. Most important detail first, it weighs 2.2 lbs as claimed. It is pretty amazing for the weight. My standard dSLR set up which weighs 2.5 lbs feel...

In GEAR » light tripod for dslr
June 13, 10:56am

I take a few precautions
I never leave money, car keys etc in camp. That is just too tempting. Pretty much the same with camera gear and electronics, if I have any. I wouldn't leave anything small and valuable, like a ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Base camp unattended with gear in relatively popular backcountry sites? Any bad experiences or advice?
June 04, 5:15pm

Not sure my Dog would be safe in tent
I have one dog who likes to shape his bed by pawing at it. He can qet quick energetic. He does this to the covers of my bed when he gets up on it. I am not sure that a tent could handle. My dogs sl...

In GEAR » Tarptents and dogs?
June 04, 11:51am

My experience with dogs and Giardia
I have one dog who got Giardia. I was never sure whether he had it when I adopted him or on a camping trip I went on right after that. He was picked up running wild in livestock country so he had l...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Dog Question
March 29, 1:15pm

Seems pretty selfish to me
What makes this person the arbitrator of the wilderness? Creating cairns is an old and useful practice. There have very little visual impact. Hey we could still be chopping blazes into trees I p...

In Philosophy & Technique » Cairns and LNT?
March 16, 9:50am

Extra thin yoga mat
I tried a few things. I wanted something that I could roll up and put in their packs. If my dogs want to come they have to carry their own gear. I get razzed enough already by my packing buddies fo...

In GEAR » Dog Beds in the backcountry
February 17, 1:44pm

Down to freezing seems about right
I love my Rab microlight. I joke that it is like wearing a layer of warm air. The complaint about it being a feather leaker doesn't seem to be true at all. Maybe they fixed it along with fixing...

In GEAR » Rab Microlight Jacket temps
February 17, 1:29pm

Gravity is just a theory
So if you refuse to buy into the mass delusion you won't be affected by it.

In Philosophy & Technique » Philosophy 101 - out of this world.
December 01, 1:45pm

lens cap holder
My dSLR has lenses with all the same size lens cap. I use one of these attached to the camera and the end attached to the cap. When I take off the cap I can drop it and it will automatically retrac...

In Multiple Use Gear » Solution looking for a problem to solve
December 01, 1:31pm

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