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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.
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All Forum Posts by Richard Nisley

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Re: Northville-Placid Trail: From Past to Present
Ike, Bravo!... very interesting trip report... thank you.

In Post-Trip Reports » Northville-Placid Trail: From Past to Present
October 07, 10:39pm

Re: Zpacks wp/b cuben jacket
S, You asked what are the breathability and waterproof numbers for this material. I tested and posted that information about 6 months ago (submissions 46 & 47) at http://www.backpackinglight...

In GEAR » Zpacks wp/b cuben jacket
October 04, 10:18pm

Shield Silnylon +1
Lance, Five months ago I had similar results which I posted to the forum at http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=47311 After tha...

In Make Your Own Gear » DIY HH Tester
October 04, 9:42pm

Re: Re: rocket tent delamination
Diana, Roger's sample testing results are scheduled to be published in a future BPL article.

In GEAR » Seeking advice on shelters made with metalized, reflective cuben fiber material
September 24, 4:18pm

Re: Re: Reflective Cuben Delaminating? - 6 month old news
David, IMO it is a relatively simple QC problem to solve; see my comments to Ken's post which preceded yours.

In GEAR » Seeking advice on shelters made with metalized, reflective cuben fiber material
September 24, 4:02pm

Re: rocket tent delamination
Ken, The problem with the reflective CTF3 was primarily attributable to neither Cubic Tech nor the reflective CTF3 product vendors doing an aged HH test. Changing the adhesive process used be...

In GEAR » Seeking advice on shelters made with metalized, reflective cuben fiber material
September 24, 3:49pm

Reflective Cuben Delaminating? - 6 month old news
Mark, On April 8 of this year I posted my test results, for the reflective CTF3 used in the Brooks Range tent, as a forum post entitled “Submission 42”. My testing showed a catastrophic fail...

In GEAR » Seeking advice on shelters made with metalized, reflective cuben fiber material
September 24, 12:18am

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What down fill weight does Primaloft compare to?
David, The clo values for the jacket and base layers are the intrinsic clo values. They are additive but don’t include the boundary layer calculation if you are sheltered from the wind. If you...

In GEAR » What down fill weight does Primaloft compare to?
September 21, 10:13pm

Re: Re: Aluminized Cuben
Lawson no longer has tarps using this material on his Web site. Does anyone know why?

In Make Your Own Gear » Cuben Fiber - Q&A
September 16, 3:40am

Re: Primaloft v down
Nick, The amount of down and the resulting intrinsic insulation is linear but, the total insulation is not. The boundary layer adds up to ~ .6 clo to the intrinsic insulation to determine the to...

In GEAR » What down fill weight does Primaloft compare to?
September 15, 7:33pm

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