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All Forum Posts by joseph daluz
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REI/Komperdell 3-section carbon fiber pole Similar in construction to these, my 3-section made-by-Komperdell poles broke gruesomely not only once but twice, and I'm not talking about breaks at the articulation points, they were mid-shaf... |
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BD firstlight I own the BD first light and really like it, albiet small, it is comfortable sleeping diagonally, and with my rain jacket pulled up over my feet, there's no condensation on the foot of my bag a... |
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Black Diamond Icon Headlamp all wet I wore a brand new Icon in the rain and found quite a bit of water behind the lens, black diamond said that they make no claim to be water proof and did not offer remedy. :[ |
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chaff Last summer, I was on the PCT for about a 100 miles, and on the first day saw a dude with bike shorts and sort of laughted to myself, on the last day, I was wishing I had worn them. The inner aspe... |
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Re: Aloksaks poor design The ziplocks most certainly do take boiling water without failure, at least one time. I will pack a meal, pour boiling water into the bag and then roll it up when I'm finished, no dishes to clean. |
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Watchful Eye (poor) Designs Has anybody else failed to see that the emperor was naked, in fact. I'm of course talking about the ALOSAK/OP SAKs sold on this sight $6+ cost for three plastic bags. Mine have all aquired holes ... |
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Re: a blistered kind of love I hated this book, partly because it was a non-technical (romance?), partly because it was a romance without anything insightful. It wasn't funny either. Maybe their posterity will enjoy it for su... |
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Re: fit of jacket pit zips are the longest i've ever seen! I'm normally a L, and this was true to size, and plenty large enough (not form fitting by any stretch of the imagination) to layer under. |
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Petzl e+lite Does anyone know where to find one? |
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last chance if still available. I'll take it. joedaluz@cablespeed.com |
All Reader Reviews by joseph daluz
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McNett Frontier Pro filter I pulled off the bite valve and it replaces fairly easily in order to convert it's use to a gravity filter. I made a gravity filter out of it once, connecting to the bite valve an old cut platypu... |
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Patagonia Wool 2 Zip Long Sleeve Owned a wool 2 shirt for a few mos. before I noticed holes in the sleeves and back. I stiched these and wore it some more. Another hole on the sleeve and back to the Patagonia store it went. They g... |
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Zebralight H50 www.zebralight.com Weight is 2oz with battery and headband. AA battery of any type. Regulated output. Totally waterproof. Tiny. $50 high 66lumens 2hours 20mins med 13 lumens 19hours low 2.5... |
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Six Moon Designs StarLite This packs strong points: Quality build, 4 externally located mesh pockets that are accessable, does compress down well with the single compression string/strap on the back, light with removable hip ... |
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Western Mountaineering Pod 30 It's sooo light, and very warm, true to it's temp rating. If you are a side sleeper, top bags can be challenging since maintaining the bag in proper positioning means that the hood opening en... |
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Black Diamond Icon Very bright spot light. However, after hiking with this light for 4 hours in the rain, I noted quite a bit of water behind the lens. Customer service said that there was no claim the unit was waterp... |
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Big Agnes Insulated Air Core Pad Owned a BA IAC pad for over a year, and finally it seems the inevitable: mysterious leakage. Replacement by customer service is pending. Question to readers: has anyone tried pairing the uninsulate... |
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REI Peak UL I carried a pair for 7 days on the PCT before they broke. That was the second pair that broke. Nice and light though. |
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Integral Designs Sil Poncho As raingear: good coverage, hood could use a pull cord to pull back, but when worn with a billed hat, the hood works perfectly As shelter: quite adequate coverage when used as lean-to with bivy. I ... |
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Patagonia Dragonfly pullover I've worn this shirt for the past 5 months in the Pacific North West, under a poncho at times, and while it may stand up to the occasional drizzle, the arms ultimately "wet-out" in as little as 15 min... |
