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Pegs and Footprint Nice pegs. Perhaps you could take one MSR peg to create 'pilot holes' and then use the Ti stakes in those pre-created holes. I picked up the CR2 footprint yesterday. $35 seems like a goo... |
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Uplink Review So I visited MEC yesterday to check out the Uplink jacket. First up was checking the weights, I weighed the medium jacket at 265g and the large at 271g, so their claim of 274g is seemingly based on... |
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New Changes I made a few changes yesterday to shave off weight. I found some chlorine tablets (1.7g for 10 litres worth) that I can use instead of my MIOX purifier (100g). I also bought the MEC Uplink Jacke... |
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Weight Regarding the weight of this tent, here is what I've measured: Tent Body: 578g (20.4 oz) Fly: 500g (17.7 oz) Poles: 219g (7.7 oz) Footprint: 179g (6.3 oz). Optional Pegs: 8 x 10g (0.35oz... |
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Hair Elastics I'm loving your hair elastic idea. I just got 2 old ones from my wife and they weigh 1.5g each. So that's 3g (or 0.1oz) for a pair of them. For comparison, the main stuff sack weighs 43g an... |
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Re: decimal point would help :) Interesting.....the hair elastic idea sounds good. I'll try this but I'll probably roll the poles, body and fly all together in one roll to pad the poles more and keep everything together (... |
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Fuels Thanks guys.....I guess I'll pick up a bottle of Methanol (Heet) and see how that goes. I'm just considering switching to an alcohol stove (from canister) at this point. I'm a little di... |
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Pullover The Pullover seems very similar to the BPL Light UL 60 Hoody....it's too bad they aren't making it since it costs less than half of the BPL garment. The Uplink uses PrimaLoft One, which I b... |
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cr2 At 8g, I think the repair sleeve is probably a wise thing to bring along since you'd be totally hooped without it if a pole cracked (or do you have another idea?). So your CR2 weighs 475oz??... |
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yup Brian has a point....why use the new Peak over the 2009 Jam which can be reduced with the comPacktor system. Since these two packs weigh the same, it seems wise to choose the Jam which has the opti... |
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... |
