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Dan Durston (dandydan) - BPL Premium Member
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All Forum Posts by Dan Durston
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Q Core "looking at how the tape curves around, I'd call that 18" tops." Yup - it looks like it goes from 1.5" to 19" = 17.5" effective width. I don't have the ans... |
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Nice Henry needs to get some modern Thermarests :) The new tents look nice. |
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Sealing Do you remove the masking tape when it's all dry? Or right away when you're done applying the sealant? I wonder if the masking tape might get stuck there if there's a lot of seam grip a... |
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Geko I think the 201 gained better reception and then the 301 improved quite a bit on battery life. I'm using the latter. |
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Geko "If I were you, I think some of the UL GPS units would be nice. Those without map, compass etc... Just show your coordinates. " +1. Grab a Garmin Geko (used on eBay, they stopped makin... |
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Hybrid Cuben ULA packs I got a sample of the green cuben hybrid from Chris. It's hard to explain but essentially it's dark "ULA green" cuben on the inside and the outer polyester is still white. The dar... |
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CC & Star Nice to hear this is working for people. I still love the simple elegance of this system. FWIW, I prefer the regular Starlyte (faster) but both work well. |
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Hybrid Cuben CDT Very nice. What do you have planned for the dual side straps? I've got a hybrid cuben ULA pack on the way as well. It's a Catalyst for longer packrafting trips. Uses green cuben/hybrid f... |
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Zipper I presume the grosgrain ribbon prevents it from snagging on the 7D fabric - which would eventually be cut open (my wife had this on one bag). They likely need a stiffer stiffener to both protect th... |
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Hybrid cubens Both Zpacks and HMG are using 1.43oz/yd cuben on the inside of their hybrid fabrics. Zpacks has added 1.5oz/yd polyester to the outside, while HMG has added 1.9oz/yd, so obviously the HMG should be... |
All Reader Reviews by Dan Durston
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Spark-Lite Fire Starter (Survival Gear - BPL Gear Shop) I have this kit and the FireLite Mini kit. This sparker is a bit lighter than the FireLite Mini but I don't trust this sparker 100% like I do the FireLite. This sparker doesn't work well wh... |
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BPL FireLite Firestarter I love this FireLite Mini. It's the only thing that I 100% trust to start a fire. With a mini Bic you can run out of gas, be at too high of an altitude, get it wet or get it oily. Matches can ... |
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Hyperlight Mtn Gear Echo I I wasn't sure where to put this review as the Echo I can be used as either a tarp or a double wall tent. OVERVIEW I've given the Echo I five stars because it's quality construct... |
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Golite 2006 Reed Pants I've got the original Reed pants (4oz in a size medium) and they are prefect rain pants for UL hiking. They've been adequately durable, totally waterproof and light. I don't want ankle zip... |
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Marmot Essence I'll be the first one to give this jacket 5 stars. Marmot has made a number of changes to this jacket over the years so criticisms of the earlier models are no longer relevant. My Essence is t... |
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Baladeo 22 Grams Knife This knife is a brilliant design. Every part of it is functional and the result is a lot of knife for just 22g (or 24.3g as mine as actually weighs). When I opened the (very nice) box and first played... |
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Nite ize S-Biner After using another small biner that failed due to a poor design, I switched the Nite Ize Size 1 biner for bear bagging this summer. I use one of these to clip to my 1.4mm spectra cord to my food sack... |
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Mountain Laurel Designs Revelation I really like my 2009 MLD Revelation pack. The 1.5oz cuben is great. I think it will last a very long time provided I don't take any good falls on rocky slopes. With some bungie cordage, MLD s... |
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Granite Gear Uberlight CTF3 Drysack I bought two of these Uberlight drysacks, a green 7L one for my GoLite Ultra 20 quilt and a orange 10L one for my wife's 15F rated 800FP MEC Merlin sleeping bag. The claimed weights for these d... |
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Petzl e+LITE I really like the e+Lite. It's surprisingly bright and I appreciate the red light functionality in the tent. On high, this light is nearly as bright as my Tikka yet it weighs 1/3rd and has additio... |
