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All Forum Posts by James Klein

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Re: Re: Why even use a bivy?
"lighter than just about any bivy tarp out there and provides enough room that you will never ever get wet" Tarp-n-bivy users will use a bivy for more than just staying dry. Adding an...

In GEAR » Why even use a bivy?
January 09, 10:58am

Re: Cold diuresis
"Doesn't explain why one would feel warmer after urinating" Maybe emtying helps further diuresis.

In GEAR » Why am I freezing?
January 05, 11:17am

Re: Two ideas - one at the top and one lower.
"I can't explain the pysiology" I think you have to pee more in the cold b/c this helps to reduce blood volume, which helps you body reduce circulation to extremeties (protecting t...

In GEAR » Why am I freezing?
January 05, 11:01am

Re: A couple of things
"That made sense to me because the hot gasses from the flame contact the pot directly, and the heat transfer is by convection/conduction not radiation." Radiative heat xfer will occur ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Painting pot black
January 03, 2:04pm

Re: Re: honeycomb baffles
"I would guess that advection (transfer by the bulk movement of air) is not a huge source of heat transfer in sleeping mats" Good point, unfortunatly the warmest parts of our bodies (b...

In GEAR » New NeoAir Xlite and NeoAir Xtherm
January 02, 7:15pm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: RE:Confessions of a recovering gear junky
"not to long ago BPL was a place where REI gear got slammed, fleece got slammed, synthetics got slammed, anything from walmart got slammed ... if you werent using the lightest thing possible, ...

In GEAR » Confessions of a recovering gear junky
December 31, 7:17pm

Re: Re: R values
"Ridgerest and z-rests are abysmal on cold snow as they INCREASE the surface area for conduction from your body and their apparent R value plummets drastically." This is an excellent p...

In Philosophy & Technique » Sleeping pad combo - which one on top?
December 30, 8:35pm

Re: Sleeping pad combo - which one on top?
For the combo you bring up is should make little difference. I would do whichever is most comfortable. The resistor analogy is pretty reliable and does tell you you can stack the pads either wa...

In Philosophy & Technique » Sleeping pad combo - which one on top?
December 30, 8:29pm

Re: Re: Re: Ask and you shall receive
Thomas, good quick and dirty test and thanks for the heads up on the cheap IR thermometers. I would say that we care plenty about visible emissivity for the bottom of a cook pot -- probably on p...

In Make Your Own Gear » Painting pot black
December 30, 11:47am

Re: Re: GG Spinnshelter
Shipping from GG will add ~$15.

In Gear Swap » GG Spinnshelter
December 06, 11:57am

All Reader Reviews by James Klein

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Antig Outdoors Antig Outdoors
I recently purchased some mechandise from Anig outdoors and noticed there was no review, so here goes... I learned of the site from some of member Jeff Antig's posts (guessing he's the owne...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
February 01, 6:42pm