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cuben
cuben fibre is the lightest fully water proof textile we ultralighters can get our hands on. www.cubenfiber.com this stuff is freakishly light. Ask them to send you a sample of their fabri...

In Make Your Own Gear » Sewing with Cuben
October 31, 8:23pm
new stoves.
Today I received another package of stoves from tinny's site and I just thought I would give some results on the few tests I did today. I received my SST a little while back but had no chance to...

In Make Your Own Gear » Japanese influenced (JSB) alcohol stove
October 31, 2:17am
Silk
I have done a few tests on it to see if i can pull stitches out and also some pretty heavy pulling and tugging on it. It seems very strong in fact they all seem very strong but sometimes lightness...

In Make Your Own Gear » Lightest material?
October 30, 7:13pm
The silk
This is a general question to everyone but again I think guru Bill holds the answer. I just ordered enough yardage of the 21H to make up my two quilts. I got my samples this morning and whilst ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Lightest material?
October 30, 5:48pm
light silk
I'll save Bill the trouble since I've asked that question a lot and so have others on other forums. www.thaisilks.com chinasilks - habotai 21H is 0.57oz on Bill's extremely sensitive scale ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Lightest material?
October 26, 9:24pm
Quilts and Top bags
I'm currently making two quilts and had considered the idea of a top bag but have now gone back to the quilt. The reason I didn't like the top bag idea is that I hate being enclosed in a bag. I...

In GEAR » Quilt vs. Bag
October 26, 1:39am
MYO bivy sac
I have a pattern which I have drawn up. I could make it look a little tidier and scan a copy and send it you if you like. Its a combination of a lot of bivies that seen and with plenty of room be...

In Make Your Own Gear » Make Your Own Bivy Sac
October 23, 8:48pm
Go for the quilt
If your worried about losing loft and being constricted you can't go past the quilt. It's true that you get a draft when you roll, but you quickly learn how to turn in a quilt. If your up for it ...

In GEAR » Roomy, lightweight, synthetic bag?
October 23, 8:14pm
hydration bladder
At the moment I'm using a 2L platy. I find it harder to take water from small sources using this. However I'm just about to swap to 2x 1L platys and see if I can make some kind of belt system tha...

In GEAR » Hydration Bladder Insight
October 22, 1:40am
New stove
I just noticed that there hasn't been any talk of Tinny's latest stove. theNION looks to be another fasntastic inovation in the world of alcohol stoves. His last stove the SST also is a fantastic ...

In Make Your Own Gear » Japanese influenced (JSB) alcohol stove
October 21, 8:02pm

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