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Steven McAllister (brooklynkayak) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Steven McAllister
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Cuben is awesome Cuben has advantages other than weight when if comes to shelters. Many people have thru-hiked many long distance trails without issue and swear by it. If you are worried about durability, don&... |
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Permethrin I find it is worth the extra couple ounces to have the attached floor of other bugnets. There tends to be gaps on nets that just hang and tend to sag against your skin. |
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Classic User I am a big fan of the Classic because it uses AA batteries, cheaper, longer life and more common than the other types. The Classic works well with standard soda bottles, quick and easy, no pourin... |
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Warm when wet @Justin "Has anyone tried wearing a hooded windshirt with a wool or fleece layer underneath and doing the wet but warm thing?" I hike in the rain a lot, sometime days on end with rain... |
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Hot summer! It doesn't look like the kind of shelter I'd want to be in on a hot summer night. I'd want to take a knife to the netting so I could get the fly higher to get air flow. |
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Art Art doesn't have mean anti-UL. I enjoy bringing art when backpacking, but I limit it to Bauhaus and keep it multi-use:-) |
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8oz Peanut Butter Jar I use an 8oz peanut butter jar. Having a screw on lid makes it so it can be used to reconstitute dehydrated food while I hike and the lip means I can tie a line around it to lower into a water sour... |
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Knot Like David said, you can back up the gizmo with a knot, but that almost defeats the purpose of using line-locks in the first place. I can never decide, bypass the ease of re-adjustment from insi... |
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Cap/visor I wear the Melanzana or other hoody and use the hood a lot this time of year, but I do wear it over a baseball style cap and with the hood cinched tight. This creates a tight fit and no reductio... |
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Windproof fleece is not mu choice I am a big fan of the Melenzana design. It is not windproof, which I like. It breathes well and dries fast. If I need windproof I put a wind-layer over the top. The hood on the Melanzana is the... |
All Reader Reviews by Steven McAllister
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RailRiders Eco-Mesh Clothing I wear both the shirt and the pants when sun and/or bugs are an issue. They are light, well ventilated and flexible. Mesh ventilated sleeves on the shirt protects arms from bug and sun. Loose fi... |
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Melanzana micro grid hoody Grid fleece is more hydrophobic than standard fleece, but not quite as warm without a shell. Great for cool days. Put a wind shell over the top and you have a warm combination that breaths well and k... |
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Integral Designs Silcoat Cape The biggest complaint that people seem to have about this cape is that it doesn't extend below the knees. I personally prefer this as it works better when hiking in rough terrain or when wearing ... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Monk Tarp Spinnaker This makes a great summer or emergency ultralight shelter. Add a bivy and it could be used year round. I had problems with the durability of the spinnaker version. A couple tie-outs are starting to... |
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Six Moon Designs Serenity NetTent Although most people use this combined with the Gatewood Cape, I have used it many times under an Oware Alphamid and I'm sure it would work great under many other pyramid shelters. It is lighter... |
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Equinox 8 X 10 silnylon tarp Although it has grommets instead of tie-outs, the grommets are reinforced and can take abuse. It has mid-point tie-outs that help make it a more versatile shelter. A great step up from the stand... |
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Integral Designs Siltarp 2 A good all around tarp. It does not have any mid point tie-outs like Oware and others have. This limits your pitch options, but if all you use is an a-frame or flying diamond pich, this is perfe... |
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Oware Flat Tarp 2.5 You will not find a more flexible shelter. Square shape and multiple well placed tie-outs means more pitch options than most shelters. 9'x9' means big enough for a variety of conditions. ... |
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Gossamer Gear Spinshelter The GG Spinnshelter has much of the flexibility of a flat tarp, but easier pitch in a storm-proof mode. It sheds wind well and is fairly roomy when pitched high. You may not be able to fully sit ... |
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Gatorade Bottle On problem with sports drink(Gatorade) bottles is that the cap is made out of a different more brittle material. I have experienced the caps breaking many times from being dropped when full of water. ... |
