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Alan Seegert (zemmo) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Alan Seegert
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VAT I ordered one a week or two ago and had 17% deducted for the VAT. |
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Re: Smell? I've done extensive smell checks, and find that all of the synthetics stink worse than wool, after many days w/o washing. Silk is pretty good, too. And the early polypropylene was the worst eve... |
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Merino? I think underwear are really important. Chafing, moisture retention contributing to fungal blues, drying time, lack of odor retention, interference with a pack; all these are important. I have ... |
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More Eneloop Some Costco stores have the new Eneloops, and some of the vendors on Amazon do as well. I just ordered a package with a charger (that I don't need) and both AA and AAA batteries from Amazon. I ... |
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More eneloop The new "A" series Eneloops have even lower self-discharge and better low temp performance (down to 10 F), than before. I have used a lot of different ni-mh and ni-cad rechargeables over ... |
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Re: Thanks for the suggestion You might try the Sanyo Eneloop. That seems to be the go-to AA battery among a lot of the flashaholics. They work great for me. I just ordered an h51, looking forward to using it. |
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Water purifiers Hi Donna: I know you didn't ask me, but I thought you might be interested in our water treatment experiences. I had an Aquastar Plus, which I really liked until it died. One of our group had a ... |
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Good report. I just finished the AC a couple of weeks ago. It is actually possible to walk on the east side of the Kali Gandaki and avoid the road nearly all the way to Tatopani. You have to have good maps or a... |
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Batteries on the Annapurna Circuit? Are CR123A cells available? TIA, Alan. |
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It depends, absolutely, on how you want to use them. I am a little over 5'8", and like a fixed pole at 120-125 cm, which is much longer than the "standard" guideline. For me, longer is better, until the poles are so far below me wh... |
All Reader Reviews by Alan Seegert
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SteriPen Adventurer I just got back from a trip to Nepal, and one of the members of our group had a SteriPEN Adventurer. The seven of us in the group ended up using the SteriPEN more than we expected, as our other two pu... |
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Aquastar Aquastar - plus I just got back from walking the Annapurna Circuit. Our group of 7 had my Aquastar Plus, a SteriPEN Adventurer, and a First Need filter. I used my Aquarstar for the first few days until it failed, and... |
