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Enlightened Equipment Revelation X Enlightened Equipment makes their REvelation X quilts in an extra wide size. |
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picking chains If you are going to get chains, make sure to get the fancy quick mount style with the hoops. As people pointed out, you will be putting them on in unpleasant conditions, so less hassle is worth the... |
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Gear We used a Jetboil SoLTi with 100 g cartridge, homemade windscreen and used the Jetboil bottom cover as a cup and lid. We ate quick cook oats with powdered milk, raisins and nuts and added shots of... |
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Not yet My computer died, so can't get to my ger list, but you could go to the store and weigh the full ones, then subtract the weight of the gas, should give you a decent approximation . |
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Pad width Since I am now an experienced quilt user (6 nights) I feel qualified to answer this ;-) I have a Enlightened Equipment WIDE. At 56" it is very wide. About as wide as a standard sleeping ba... |
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downtek tested by backpacker mag Backpacker mag had the LL Bean jacket (850fp downtek) in it's winter test and it received high marks: "Wore it 3 days or rain fog and drizzle, shell-less in northern Scotland. My partne... |
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Sil-down so first we all grew to love sil-nlyon, making nylon stronger and waterproof, now we get sil-down doing the same for down ;-) |
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Are they the same length? Are they the same length and shape? Is one the Xtherm or womens(very faint swirly pattern)? I ordered a womens Xlite and got a 'regular' that was packaged in 'womens' packaging, ... |
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logistics and packraft/bike I will put logistics info on the route page on bikepacking.net , so it is more visible to others. The packraft idea sounds great, the Little Missouri river intersects the trail at the north en... |
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Maah Daah Hey My bike for a recent fal trip on the Maah Daah Hey: |
All Reader Reviews by Tjaard Breeuwer
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Enlightened Equipment Revelation X Quality: The sewing is very neatly done, I have not looked super close at the fabric but from a casual glance I don't see any blemishes. Nice soft hand. Fit: I have a 6'6&qu... |
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Golite Hex 3 I was surprised to see we fit comfortably with our family of 4, while using the nest. By hanging it from a line between two trees, we have room for a double bag in the center and no pole to be knocke... |
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L.L. Bean Ultralight 850 Down Jacket I returned the L tall I had ordered, as the sleeves were too short. I ended up with a Montbell in XL which had longer sleeves and was no more baggy than the L tall LL Bean. |
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Montbell Down inner pants As mentioned these are a nice and light pair of warm pants. Sorry for the exclamation marks but I have never found stock pants like this! The great news with these is that they fit very slim for... |
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mont-bell Thermawrap Parka & Pants I got the womens size S for my daughter, who wears size 6(yr old) kids clothes normally. The lightest hooded kids parka I could find was the Marmot Amadablam. This is lighter, longer in the waist ... |
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02 Rainwear Rain Suit The design is poor, with a crummy hood that doesn't cover my chin and no bill, short sleeves and body, wide opening at the waist and no articulation anywhere. Wimpy rainflap over a very porous zip... |
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Cioch Direct /Paramo custom I have a Cioch Direct Glamaigh and can only echo the previous comments: It is as breathable as an uncoated windshell,but the liner makes it as warm as a windshell with light fleece underneath. So ... |
