BPL Community Profile
Mary D (hikinggranny) - BPL Lifetime Member
|
|
You cannot send this user a personal message (PM) because they have not specified a PM email address yet.
All Forum Posts by Mary D
 |
Cleaning water bladders with denture cleaner? I use diluted chlorine bleach, too, let it sit in the water containers for a couple of hours, then rinse thoroughly and hang them to dry (upside down over my spare bathroom's heating vent, whic... |
||
|
"What do temperature ratings for sleeping bags and pads actually mean?" Here's a good article on EN13537 standards for sleeping bags: http://sectionhiker.com/deciphering-en13537-sleeping-bag-temperature-ratings/ And R values for sleeping pads (no standard testi... |
||
|
Med kit & Ditty bag is part of my big 3! Help! If your base weight is under 10 lbs, you're not doing badly at all! I have quite a different configuration--my headlamp is in "Navigation," my repair and med stuff are in "First... |
||
|
"Idaho family sues USFS I think I blew it--I put in an extra "not"! Should have read: "The family should have had sense enough not to camp next to a dead tree." The due diligence should have been ... |
||
|
Shipping issues Guess what--not just FedEx but UPS is now using USPS for delivery. At least that's what happened with the last item I bought online. It was shipped via UPS but delivered by the USPS carrier. ... |
||
|
Does Clothing Count? Some years ago, the late mystery writer Tony Hillerman was part of a panel discussion among New Mexico Indians (Hillerman was an honorary member of the Navajo Nation). He asked the other participa... |
||
|
Sachertorte You have me drooling! I spent 5 days in Vienna in the summer of 2001 and basically lived on the stuff, with an occasional foray into other kinds of torte. Not a very healthy diet, but cheaper tha... |
||
|
Dog testers Does anyone have a pack of beagles or foxhounds or bloodhounds to replicate this experiment with food using several scent hounds? Of course, each dog needs to be tested separately so the pack men... |
||
|
Looking for a Portland or PNW backpacking buddy For the Portland area, www.portlandhikers.org, now that it's back up on a new host server and working beautifully, has an "Organize and Invite" section in its forum. There are also l... |
||
|
Similar test, opposite results! While this article is interesting, it completely contradicts the test I did several years ago with my own dog, as reported in detail on page 2 of this thread. (I'm surprised nobody has comment... |
All Reader Reviews by Mary D
Showing 1 - 10 of 10
|
Page: 1
|
Thermarest Neo-Air I purchased a short NeoAir in late May of 2009 from REI (using the 20% off coupon, which made it a less exorbitant purchase). The prospect of an air mat that was considerably lighter than my POE Insu... |
||
|
Gossamer Gear ThinLight insulation pad 1/8" approx. 2 oz. So far I have found several uses for the 1/8" GG Thinlight pad: (1) Dog sleeping pad (cut to 36" long). It's just right for my 80-lb. dog who sleeps curled up in a ball. He's ... |
||
|
Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets I used these back in the mid-1980's to disinfect drinking water (that's about all that was available then other than filters or boiling). After one month, using them only on weekends, I broke... |
||
|
Big Agnes Pumphouse Multi-Use Dry Sack and Pad Pump I purchased a Big Agnes Pumphouse soon after they came on the market in the summer of 2007. It is advertised on the BA web site as a "...pad pump, dry sack, stuff sack, pillow, water carrier, ba... |
||
|
Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack In the past, I've read in a number of places (including Jim Wood's excellent article on "Keeping Your Critical Gear Dry") that these sacks have failed the submersion test. This prob... |
||
|
Pacific Outdoor Products Insul Mat Max-Thermo My POE Insulmat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo, but I got the old model on closeout) just finished its second backpacking season. I'm in my early 70's so these old bones and joints ain... |
||
|
Big Agnes Clearview I know that this pad is supposedly the same thickness as my POE InsulMat Max Thermo (now the Ether Thermo). However, it has more tubes, which seem to make it effectively thinner. The Clearview has t... |
||
|
SteriPen Adventurer My big complaint with the Steripen Adventurer is that I could not work the switch! It's fine for those with big strong hands (the kind who regularly open jars for their SO), but not for me (I can... |
||
|
Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo I bought a Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo (e) in June of 2007 and used it through two backpacking seasons. First of all, I need to point out that my Labrador retriever backpacks with me (he's part... |
||
|
Backcountrygear.com I am a relatively recent convert to lightweight backpacking (I didn't know all this wonderful stuff existed--you'd never know it from a trip through REI or by reading Backpacker) and this is m... |
