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Re: Sun hat +1 to Mary's Sunday Afternoon hats. Best I have found. I have noticed that our local costco had what looked like knock-offs of the Sunday Afternoon hats. Didn't look at them carefully bu... |
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Re: controversy > aren't they getting close in weight to an UL tent + rainfly? Close if you round to the nearest lb, yup. Close if you consider relative weight.. nope. Tent is a factor of 2x heavier. Of ... |
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Re: I don't get UL bivy Most UL bivy have waterproof bottoms and DWR tops. If you are using a floorless shelter or tarp the waterproof bottom is a replacement for a groundcloth. Why the top you might ask, especially sinc... |
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Re: Toulumne Meadows Weather for Early July I have seen a fair amount of variance over the years… lows between 15-50. I typically expect around freezing. But you can at least see what's been happening by looking at the toulumne meado... |
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Re: Where can I buy ultralight or lightweight gear in San Francisco? REI sometimes carries Aqua Mira, though they don't seem to have it right now. They do carry Katadyn Micropur tablets which are the same chemical. As others have indicated, Hexamid is mail order... |
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Re: Re: The Shadow: A custom designed and built shelter for BPL user Ben S. (Virga Outdoors) > The $300 pup tent? Whenever I hear the term pup tent, I think of the first tent I used which was my dad canvas 2 man pup tent that was made in the 1950s. I don't know for sure, but my ... |
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Re: The Shadow: A custom designed and built shelter for BPL user Ben S. (Virga Outdoors) Nice. I am sure you will enjoy it. Several years ago, MLD briefly made a shelter called the SuperFly is almost identical. I believe it was avail in sil-nylon, cuben, and spinnaker with or without... |
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Re: R2 vs Nanopuff I will just add my voice to others. Unless you are talking sub-freezing conditions, both the R2 and the Nanopuff will be too much insulation while hiking. In fact, I think anything more a mid-wei... |
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Re: REI staff knowledge My experience with sales folks at REI is highly variable. There are people I have talked to who have deep experience and knowledge. There are also people who seem to know next to nothing… but the... |
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Re: Go light, go frugal - 55 - 99 cent ponchos I have used these sorts of cheap ponchos on trips with very low risk of rain. Mostly they staying in the pack, but a few times they have actually gotten used. Several caveats. They aren't bi... |
All Reader Reviews by Mark Verber
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Sealskinz Ultra Grip Black Glove I tried these for part of a season and gave up. My fingers often felt cold and damp. Deterity isn't as good as I would have expected given the modest thickness of these gloves. I hated them. |
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Santa Cruz Down Works UL Down Balaclava What to say. It's light. It's warm. It's reasonably priced compared to equiv. warm options. I mostly use this for sleeping with my quilt. |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip I find that I am more consistent in drinking when I use a hydration system. The BigZip is lighter than most other hydration systems, while still having a large opening which makes filling it easier. T... |
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Gossamer Gear Gorilla A perfect size pack for most of my trips and handles my standard 15-25 lbs comfortably. The use of light weight stays and a foam sit pad provides excellent carry comfort. I mostly like the extra wide ... |
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Patagonia R1 Hoody With all the talk of this item, I can't believe that there are no reviews of this item. This is arguably the best base, or light mid layer for high aerobic winter sports. Made from PowerDry grid, ... |
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Trail Designs Caldera Stove I am using the UL Caldera Cone with a MLD 850 pot. I use both alchohol and esbits, though I am using esbits more than I expect to. There are more fuel efficient / lighter stoves like the Ion. The... |
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MLD 850ml Ti Mug The MLD 850 rocks for simple solo cooking in the pot! The pot practically hold around 800ml which is plenty of room for anything I make for myself on a solo trip. There is room to boil water and to co... |
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ZebraLight H51 This is the best headlamp I have used for backpacking... ever. It's light 1.2oz (3.5oz with battery and headband) headlamp that runs on a single AA batteries. It has 6 light levels from with go... |
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iTP A3 EOS Upgrade Edition This is one of the best flashlight values: $20 for a high efficiency AAA flashlight with good regulation and a nice range of brightness settings (in lumens: 1.5 for 50h, 18 for 4h 80 for 55min). Thi... |
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Zebralight H50 5/5 for camp lighting 3/5 trail hiking 2/5 if you really need to use it for challenging night time navigation The headlight is small, energy efficient, has good regulation, and a nice set of brig... |
