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All Forum Posts by Brian Lewis
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Good to hear! Serendipitously, I just sent in two WM sleeping bags that I've used quite a lot in recent years for the same thing: restuff, overfill. The price you list is a bit lower than I was fearing, so... |
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cookless over longer periods? Elliot said: "I would conclude that not cooking makes no difference for a few days, but on a long hike it likely would." On the CDT this year I went no-cook for nearly the first thous... |
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Re: Used to be a member BPL certainly offers a wonderful and free forum. I appreciate the opportunity to read and interact here without paying to do so. If that ever changes, I'll be sorry to go (but I will). I ... |
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re: going stoveless Interesting to see the earlier comments in this thread; we’re all different, and particularly I think when it comes to food. Elizabeth said: “Mashed potatoes - awful.” Interesting, as t... |
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Re Thermawrap durability Scott said: "I think what Eric meant as far as fleece lasting longer is how many compression cycles an high-loft garment can survive before it begins to break down/lose loft" Ah, good ... |
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Thermawrap durability Eric Chan said: "Fleece also lasts longer" I'm not so sure of that. I used my thermawrap vest for a few hundred miles of trail in 2008, ditto last year, and I carried it for most ... |
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value vs. price "Price... well as was posted in another thread, look at value not price." I agree with this. The missing ingredient for me is how many nights you anticipate using this piece of gear, ... |
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re: smart phone vs. e-reader Eric said: "two words: battery life otherwise i'd totally agree with you,and it's a good point. on trips of two days or less i just bring my cell phone" I used my Droid X on... |
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Someone's got to say it ... Okay, someone has to bring up smartphones as an alternative in this thread, so it might as well be me ... :-) Seriously, I certainly agree that dedicated eReader hardware has its place in normal... |
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Consistent shoe lasts My wish to Santa would be that when I find a pair of trail runners that work well for me, that I could buy the very same model of shoes year after year after year. Yes, and optionally not in flour... |
All Reader Reviews by Brian Lewis
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Ursack Minor The "Ursack Minor" is quite distinct from the traditional Ursack, in that it's not meant to be bear proof (or "resistant" or whatever). Instead, Ursack says it's "for... |
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Golite Force I use Golite shoes because the toe-box is shaped a lot more like the front of an actual human foot. More specifically, most trail runners or other shoes give me problems due to bunionettes (little to... |
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Montbell Thermawrap jacket For 3-season backpacking, my thermawrap jacket is my sole insulation layer, coupled in some limited cases with a thermawrap vest. It's just a fantastic piece of clothing in terms of both weight ... |
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Montbell Thermawrap Vest I have a size medium Thermawrap jacket and a size large Thermawrap vest; I probably should have reversed those to be able to layer the vest under the jacket rather than over, but it actually works fin... |
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Thermarest Neo-Air Like Dylan Carlson, I also used a Neo-Air (size regular for me) on a thru-hike. My thru-hike was of the Appalachian Trail, starting in late February (2010), so a lot of snow and cold weather in the f... |
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REI REI Peak UL Compact Hiking Poles I too had something over 3000 miles on my pair --- the majority of that thru-hiking the PCT in 2008 plus a variety of much shorter trips. I started my AT thru-hike with them (early in 2010), but just... |
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Memory-Map Navigator This is actually a comparison of two product alternatives for putting topographic software on a Windows Mobile platform smartphone with a true GPS. The 4/5 rating is for one of those, Memory-Map Navi... |
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Golite Versa Force Let me start by saying that my rating of '4' is tentative until I've done more miles in these. But as I found nothing useful in searching for reviews of currently-available Golite footwe... |
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ULA Axis Crampon I'm hoping to thru-hike the PCT next year, and one of many equipment issues for me was the question of whether to use crampons or not in the Sierras. I also do day hikes in "shoulder" s... |
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Western Mountaineering SummerLite I agree --- the summerlite is excellent. I frankly don't trust any individual evaluation of a sleeping bag temperature rating (32F in this case); so many things affect this, including not only th... |
