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Zip Pack---order to ship time I think it was something like 9 weeks. |
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Can you say Apple @ $130plus ? * As for Apple and IPhone scoffers----my Apple stock is laughing all the way to the bank. :-P Bill, not quite wilderness-ready--- either you need to pack in a solar recharger or wait for version 2... |
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re.UL Backpack for use with inflatable ground pad? Intriguing Avatar.... I would start by trying on the packs that you can in a brick and mortar store, such as the Vapor Trail and also possibly the Women's REI Quick UL 45 Pack. If you can fi... |
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Personal Messages are a great site feature Nevermind, I see you now allow PMs |
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how to extend OP Sak life >>Op Saks inside stuffsacks... Which is how I use my OP Sak odor barrier bags, specifically inside of an Ursack (where required) and inside a spin-nylon sack otherwise. The main thing to w... |
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Rab Summit height Judging from the photos of Doug in the BPL review (he is a little over 6'), the tent is higher than 70 cm and probably is the 89 cm (35") measured by Franco. However, that is still one sho... |
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BD--some fit, some ? 6' 2" and I fit in a Firstlight or I-tent on the diagonal and no problems with the Lighthouse and Eldorado. Haven't tried in the latest BD Superlight Tents, though---I wonder about th... |
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Zip Pack----My precious! and we wants it! And finally now we are going to gets it! Long, long, it was forged by the Appalachian Trail Elves of Roanoke, woven of purest sil-mithral... The Gear Lord, Ron-Bell of the ... |
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re.Uno's non-W/B canopy Sigh.... :-( |
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Digital compasses The Suunto X6 digital compass is much more reliable than the Vector's. St. Moritz has a very interesting alti-compass watch out in a metal case and a sapphire crystal! With a digital compass... |
All Reader Reviews by kevin davidson
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Mountain Laurel Designs Zip In the Sub one pound category of packs made specifically for backpacking, this is probably the finest blend of form and function---a "practical" SUL Pack that is still composed of lightweigh... |
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Backpacking Light Firelite SUL-500 Cookpot ...but I do actually own one of these puppies, so I'll chime in. It's thin, thin, thin and I could squeeze a significant dent into it, in my hand. You don't get this extreme level of light... |
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Playpus 2L Big Zip It's never leaked in it's 1 1/2 years of use and have come to trust it. I generally use this on group trips where it's nice to have larger volumes of purified water on hand in camp situati... |
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Platypus Platy Reservoir The dedicated hydration systems by Platypus are more reliable than the "retrofit" of the resevoir into one. The Big Zip is far better to the purpose. |
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BackpackingLight.com Very efficient and friendly CS from BPL. Addie (and Ryan---when A. is on vacation) runs a tight ship----my questions and requests have been handled very promptly and services like running down to the ... |
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BMW Cocoon Pro 60 Parka Another preliminary review focusing on fit, features and construction. Although many of you might be more attracted with the (on paper) 1 oz. savings of weight of the Cocoon Hooded Pullover, the Pr... |
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Patagonia Ready Mix Softshell Pants I got these to supplement my aging Golite Synergy pants---they have several things going for them. They are very light, very water resistant and have partial leg zips to ease putting on over shoes or ... |
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MiniBullDesigns SSBIT Another very fine MBD alcohol stove. This one is a pressurized top jet design that produces a flame narrow enough to use with Heine and Foster can/pots. It was ostensibly designed to retrofit Esbit s... |
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ULA Equipment Brian is not only a great designer of packs, but a great sewer, too, when the seamstress brigades of Logan, UT are fully engaged. He also has entertained us over the last few years with on-line diarie... |
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MiniBullDesigns Stealth (ver.1) This fierce but absurdly light (.23 oz.) little side-burner is great for boiling water in a Snow Peak 600 cup. Takes about 6 min. Burns for about 8 minutes or so on 1 oz. of fuel. This was an earli... |
