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Richard Nisley (richard295) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale	San Francisco Bay Area
About Me	My outdoor hobbies include hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, snow shoeing, skiing, fishing, and hunting. I enjoy continuously refining my equipment and techniques with the emphasis on less weight and volume.
City	San Carlos
State	CA
Country	USA
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All Forum Posts by Richard Nisley

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	Pod30 With 2.8" average single layer loft, this bag is conservatively rated. The average sleeper should be fine to about 0F with an adequate pad.	In GEAR » WM Pod 15 & Pod 30? May 10, 12:46pm
	Foil Blanket - Sleeping Sorry about misreading where you were putting the foil. Foil placed between the bottom of the sleeping bag and the top of the pad will not effectively improve the insulation value of the pad or...	In GEAR » Foil Blanket - Sleeping April 22, 7:46pm
	Foil Blanket - Sleeping It will make no improvement in IR heat retention; it will cause the sleeping bag to loose conduction insulation because it won't pass moisture to the air; and will only prevent convection heat loss...	In GEAR » Foil Blanket - Sleeping April 22, 4:37pm
	Home made Goo Tom, You should be fine with any of the 6-8% CHO concentration you are considering. You can customize your goo with any of these CHO sources. BLOOD GLUCOSE RESPONSE (AVERAGE CHANGE ESTIMATED:...	In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Homemade GOO! April 16, 10:06pm
	Home made Goo Homemade Goo provides convenience to the long distance backpacker but not increased exercise performance. A conventional high carbohydrate snack such as Fig Newton or bagel will provide the same ty...	In Food, Hydration, and Nutrition » Homemade GOO! April 15, 9:54pm
	difference in the clo/oz value between Primaloft Sport and Primaloft One Primaloft Sport is .74 clo/oz. Primaloft One is .84 clo/oz.	In GEAR » Best light synthetic 15-25F sleeping bags April 08, 9:14am
	insulation values of synthetics Jim, You said ,” But, the clo-values/oz provided by their respective manufacturers (as reported at thru-hiker.com) say that Primaloft provides 8-9% more insulation value per oz (.74 vs .68).” ...	In GEAR » Best light synthetic 15-25F sleeping bags April 07, 8:43pm
	Best light synthetic 15-25F sleeping bags I assume that you want a synthetic bag for its ability to retain its insulation value better than down when wet rather than its initial lower cost. Polarguard Delta looses ~40% of its insulation va...	In GEAR » Best light synthetic 15-25F sleeping bags April 06, 12:42pm
	Microporous Polypropylene Fabric Does anyone know of suppliers for the two-layer version of this material? OWF carries the three-layer version, they call Duravent, but I would also like to know if there are other suppliers for ...	In Make Your Own Gear » Microporous Polypropylene Fabric March 31, 11:37am
	Re: Garmin 60CSx vs. 76 CSx Douglas, Thanks for the explanation and picture.	In GEAR » GPS for under the trees March 27, 10:41pm

All Reader Reviews by Richard Nisley

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	Lite my fire firesteel scout firelighter I went back to the Midwest, this month, for a family reunion and fishing trip. I took my fire steel with me. My two nephews are 10 and 12 and they love to fish. The 12 year old asked me if I would tea...	In Cookware - Other July 21, 1:37pm
	Jetboil Personal Cooking System My piezo failed after a couple of days. It took one second to fix it by bending down the ignitor rod to make a slightly smaller gap (1/8" smaller). I then used it in Alaska for 1 1/2 months twice a da...	In Stoves - Canister August 25, 5:17pm