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yellow heat
The bottle is yellow, not the fuel. People call it yellow heat to distinguish it from the heet in the red bottle

In GEAR » Alcohol stove residue - how toxic is it?
April 13, 1:55pm
alcohol
I have never seen anyone do much of anything other than toss it in the pot. Put it in a plastic bag if you're concerned.

In GEAR » Alcohol stove residue - how toxic is it?
April 13, 10:19am
bad case
As a personal injury lawyer strongly opposed to tort reform, I can tell you this does not sound like a case I would file. And it has won no money yet, before anyone gets too outraged. On the other ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Idaho family sues USFS for $1M after tree hit son
April 12, 8:41pm
Emissivity?
Maybe the materials have different levels of emissivity. If the nylon has a higher emissivity, it will radiate more heat to a clear sky, and it will get cooler and get more condensation. My best ...

In GEAR » Cuben = Low Condensation?
April 12, 3:32pm
Long clothes
It seems there is a lot of big AND tall clothing out there but little for people who are just tall. I have tried EB stuff. The length is good. I have 38' arms. But its pretty thick in the b...

In Gear Swap » WTB...Hiking Clothes **Size TALL**
April 12, 7:49am
List your "quick drying" trail runners that you also cross streams in.
Inov-8 Trailrocs. Pretty good tread. I think its really hard to list an even moderately accurate dry time. If I am hiking in dry western areas, its less than an hour to dryness. But I am usuall...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » List your "quick drying" trail runners that you also cross streams in.
April 12, 7:41am
How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
Great work. I have always been sceptical of the OP bags and have not purchased them. I assumed they were no better than ziplocks. But I am a little surprised though that neither seems to have much ...

In Editor's Roundtable » How Safe Is Your Food? Investigating the effectiveness of odor-proof bags
April 10, 6:50am
Manual inflation
Travis...its a bad joke when you have to explain it. I knew what he meant (I think), but "manual" means using your hands to do it. Slow day here. Yes, I'm a nerd.

In GEAR » Is a thermarest "Neo-Air" actually worth the price difference?
April 09, 1:01pm
Manual inflation
I don't use manual inflation. I blow it up with my mouth.

In GEAR » Is a thermarest "Neo-Air" actually worth the price difference?
April 09, 12:40pm
Sawyer Squeeze vs Aquamira Drops. The argument.
I think the best argument I hear is from people who mostly don't treat their water but treat questionable sources only. I'm not comfortable doing that for most eastern hiking either. I ju...

In GEAR » Sawyer Squeeze vs Aquamira Drops. The argument.
April 09, 10:43am

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