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Tjaard Breeuwer (Tjaard) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Tjaard Breeuwer
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Poor writing skills The Ghost whisperer is a great looking jacket, but pretty similar to my current MB UL Down (2 oz down), I meant I wanted a jacket that had about 3 extra ounces of down, but only weighed about 5 oun... |
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Tent and warmth I ordered a non-mesh inner tent from Bearpaw Wilderness Designs. I am guessing(hoping) that it will be around 16 oz. This adds about 14 oz instead of the groundsheet. I tried out my quilt the othe... |
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No shell? I don't see any shells or insulation layer. No rain jacket? No windshirt? If it's cool enough for a hat, you will need something more than a basebaselayer on top at least. No stove? S... |
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MEC Light Degree hoodie MEC Light Degree Hoodie: 6.5 oz of down, but only 800fp, for total weight of 15 oz, giving a 43% down ratio. If you adjust for the difference in fillpower, it's still over 40%. The hood lo... |
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Bearpaw WD I ordered a Cuben floor, 1.1 ripstop nylon body inner tent for my Hex3. This is specifically because I already have the Hex and it is my foul weather shelter, so I am taking it to North Dakota n... |
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I am ordering one from Bearpaw We will see how it turns out. |
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which season? Don't you think you should split your 3 season list into 2 or 3: Spring: lot's of deep wet snow on most trails, long days, cool temps Summer: little snow cover, hot temps, thunderstorms ... |
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Survival gear I always thought the survival kits were for non-backpacking situations. In your backpacking gear you already have much of this stuff: Nix the Thrash bag, you have a plastic pack liner right? Ni... |
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Pack and other stuff RE Packs: Get a new pack last. If you haven't finalized your gear yet, how do you know how big and how supportive a pack you need? Also, most lightweight packs are (a lot) less supportive f... |
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Ski pole XC ski poles are light and stiff. They don't adjust of course. You can fine tune a bit by angling the pole. And you could make an extension to use it with different shelters or perimeter up/dow... |
All Reader Reviews by Tjaard Breeuwer
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Enlightened Equipment Revelation X Quality: The sewing is very neatly done, I have not looked super close at the fabric but from a casual glance I don't see any blemishes. Nice soft hand. Fit: I have a 6'6&qu... |
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Golite Hex 3 I was surprised to see we fit comfortably with our family of 4, while using the nest. By hanging it from a line between two trees, we have room for a double bag in the center and no pole to be knocke... |
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L.L. Bean Ultralight 850 Down Jacket I returned the L tall I had ordered, as the sleeves were too short. I ended up with a Montbell in XL which had longer sleeves and was no more baggy than the L tall LL Bean. |
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Montbell Down inner pants As mentioned these are a nice and light pair of warm pants. Sorry for the exclamation marks but I have never found stock pants like this! The great news with these is that they fit very slim for... |
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mont-bell Thermawrap Parka & Pants I got the womens size S for my daughter, who wears size 6(yr old) kids clothes normally. The lightest hooded kids parka I could find was the Marmot Amadablam. This is lighter, longer in the waist ... |
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02 Rainwear Rain Suit The design is poor, with a crummy hood that doesn't cover my chin and no bill, short sleeves and body, wide opening at the waist and no articulation anywhere. Wimpy rainflap over a very porous zip... |
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Cioch Direct /Paramo custom I have a Cioch Direct Glamaigh and can only echo the previous comments: It is as breathable as an uncoated windshell,but the liner makes it as warm as a windshell with light fleece underneath. So ... |
