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Band Why do you want an aftermarket band? Perhaps I'm just ignorant, but I've been quite content with the standard band on my $140 PAW1300. |
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Down GoLite's 4-Season Adrenaline bag (rated at 0F or -20 C) uses 23.2oz of 800FP down. It's a really slim cut though. |
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Weight That's too bad it's up to 9oz. That puts in the same range as a lot of other nice coats. |
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Tools My plan is to use a 6" folding saw (~3oz) plus usually a ~5" fixed blade to split the wood. |
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Down This is certainly a good discussion to have. This article raises some interesting questions, but to me it appears likely to be quite sensationalized. - The discussion of birds needing stitches ... |
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Hot Tents Kevin, I just got back from a 1-nighter, which was my first time using my TiGoat cylinder stove in my StratoSpire2. So here's a few initial comments on your questions: - You can buy (or ... |
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LT4 Extender The LT4 poles have a lot of neat secrets. One that I noticed and never see referred to is that you can actually combine the two poles with NO added parts into a single pole that goes up to 80"... |
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Lights I've been extremely pleased with my Zebralight H51. I've got a Petzl e+Lite that gets used occasionally in the summer, but the H51 goes on 90% of trips. As a backup, I was using a little... |
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Poles A bit off topic, but the latest Gossamer Gear LT4 poles go a bit longer now (54-56"), and they easily work with a DuoMid without any jack. I really like the simplicity of this. |
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Stove Jack My ~3.5oz stove jack is from BearPaw Wilderness Designs ($30), and it comes with a silnylon cover that velcro's on when you're not using the stove jack. It looks like it'll be pretty go... |
All Reader Reviews by Dan Durston
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Spark-Lite Fire Starter (Survival Gear - BPL Gear Shop) I have this kit and the FireLite Mini kit. This sparker is a bit lighter than the FireLite Mini but I don't trust this sparker 100% like I do the FireLite. This sparker doesn't work well wh... |
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BPL FireLite Firestarter I love this FireLite Mini. It's the only thing that I 100% trust to start a fire. With a mini Bic you can run out of gas, be at too high of an altitude, get it wet or get it oily. Matches can ... |
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Hyperlight Mtn Gear Echo I I wasn't sure where to put this review as the Echo I can be used as either a tarp or a double wall tent. OVERVIEW I've given the Echo I five stars because it's quality construct... |
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Golite 2006 Reed Pants I've got the original Reed pants (4oz in a size medium) and they are prefect rain pants for UL hiking. They've been adequately durable, totally waterproof and light. I don't want ankle zip... |
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Marmot Essence I'll be the first one to give this jacket 5 stars. Marmot has made a number of changes to this jacket over the years so criticisms of the earlier models are no longer relevant. My Essence is t... |
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Baladeo 22 Grams Knife This knife is a brilliant design. Every part of it is functional and the result is a lot of knife for just 22g (or 24.3g as mine as actually weighs). When I opened the (very nice) box and first played... |
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Nite ize S-Biner After using another small biner that failed due to a poor design, I switched the Nite Ize Size 1 biner for bear bagging this summer. I use one of these to clip to my 1.4mm spectra cord to my food sack... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Revelation I really like my 2009 MLD Revelation pack. The 1.5oz cuben is great. I think it will last a very long time provided I don't take any good falls on rocky slopes. With some bungie cordage, MLD s... |
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Granite Gear Uberlight CTF3 Drysack I bought two of these Uberlight drysacks, a green 7L one for my GoLite Ultra 20 quilt and a orange 10L one for my wife's 15F rated 800FP MEC Merlin sleeping bag. The claimed weights for these d... |
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Petzl e+LITE I really like the e+Lite. It's surprisingly bright and I appreciate the red light functionality in the tent. On high, this light is nearly as bright as my Tikka yet it weighs 1/3rd and has additio... |
