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Re: Re: Seam Strength, Cuben Fiber
Agreed, Ryan, that a felled seam would be much better there and that construction methods are perhaps more to blame in that case. What I'm thinking is that using such a lightweight face fa...

In Editor's Roundtable » Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter 4400 Backpack Review
January 18, 4:49pm
Re: Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter 4400 Backpack Review
Nice review. I find it crazy that HMG didn't use a hybrid cuben with a heavier face fabric. I received some samples from Cubic a while back while looking for fabrics for MYOG project and the ...

In Editor's Roundtable » Hyperlite Mountain Gear Porter 4400 Backpack Review
January 18, 8:18am
Re: Some perspective on the choice of fabric
It depends hugely on what type of hiking you're doing. You might be more agile, but rocks/canyon walls/branches are sometimes unavoidable, and even with a light pack the occasional pack loweri...

In Make Your Own Gear » Typical Pack Bag Failures
January 17, 4:26pm
Re: Re: Re Re Rab
From Mike's link: "Like the AL, it's a versatile top that you either wear as a cold conditions, next-to-skin, heavy duty base layer or as a light, high-wicking mid-layer. Where it...

In Editor's Roundtable » Midlayer Technology: Patagonia Capilene 4 v. Mountain Hardwear Desna Hoody
January 17, 4:08pm
Re: Rab
The baseline looks different --more like the R1 powerdry (doesn't have the same voids in the grid). The Rab AL does look like the same PD High Efficiency as the Cap 4.

In Editor's Roundtable » Midlayer Technology: Patagonia Capilene 4 v. Mountain Hardwear Desna Hoody
January 17, 11:53am
Re: Re: Thick, warm fleeces?
Polartec high loft is what you want (used in R2/R3, the Melanzana, monkey man, etc). Don't know about fit, but this one's dirt cheap: http://www.sierratradingpost.com/kenyon-high-loft-pola...

In GEAR » Thick, warm fleeces?
January 17, 10:00am
manual focus
That split screen focusing looks awesome...plus focus peaking. The manual focus might be the most annoying thing for me on the X100.

In Photography » Fuji X100s
January 09, 1:10pm
Re: Re: Re: First Snow- 1/4/13
Thanks Eugene, really enjoyed the read and pics.

In Post-Trip Reports » First Snow- 1/4/13
January 09, 8:06am
thread deleting
Seems like leaving a short explanation in place of the deleted content would leave less to the imagination about what's going on. Things just disappearing makes folks (rightly) uneasy.

In GEAR » NEW Patagonia Encapsil ("Dry Down") Parka
January 09, 8:01am
Re: Durable sewing thread for panniers
Bonded nylon (B92 would probably be what you want) is the way to go, and you'll need an industrial machine. if there's no way you have access to an industrial machine, B46 will work in som...

In Make Your Own Gear » Durable sewing thread for panniers
December 18, 9:57am

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