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Mary D (hikinggranny) - BPL Lifetime Member
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Flooring foam for more R value? Mark Verber lists the Gossamer Gear 1/8" Thinlite with an R value of 0.4. http://www.verber.com/mark/outdoors/gear/sleep-system.html Page way down to "What's Under You?" Tha... |
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Lower back problems with inflatable sleeping pads I haven't been able to get comfortable on inflatable pads with narrow tubes (like the BA) or horizontal tubes (like the NeoAir). For me, as a side-sleeper, I need a pad that can be blown up on... |
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Dog hair It's unavoidable! Put it this way, it's adding to the "R" value! I do comb my dog with a pocket home before bedtime, both to clean him off and to have a little less hair fly... |
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Best UL 2 person Shelter The Tarptent Stratospire 2 meets all your requirements. http://www.tarptent.com/stratospire2.html#overview So does the combination of the Six Moon Designs Haven tarp and Haven net tent, which... |
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Seam Sealing a non free standing tent indoors & Putting Non slip Dots on a pad" From my own experience: Dots on the floor, stripes on the pad. Silicone sealant didn't stay on my pad from the late KookaBay; within a couple of trips there were little shreds of silicone... |
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How Packs Work "When buying cottage packs I have resigned myself to having to try them in the field and then sell them on Gear Swap if they don't work out." I had all my gear, plus a mockup bag (... |
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Camping in the Snow Average April 1 snow depth at the snow test site at 5400 feet (~1650 m) elevation on the south side of Mt. Hood, our local volcano, is 140 inches. That's close to 12 feet or, for you metric f... |
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Advice on trail runners It's fit, fit and FIT. Nothing else matters! Tip #3 to add to above: Once you've found the perfect shoe for you (hike in them for a month or two first to be sure), buy several pair. Y... |
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Rain mitts for women My Mountain Laurel Designs eVent rain mitts work just fine for me. I wear them over my Smartwool liner gloves and (in really cold weather) fleece mittens. You really don't want to wear them o... |
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How Packs Work I used an external frame pack for many years and hated it. It would zig when I zagged and pull me off balance. I guess I always thought that's what packs do! I now have a lightweight int... |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
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Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
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Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
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Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
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Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
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Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
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Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
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SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
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Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
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Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
