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Devin Montgomery (dsmontgomery) - BPL Lifetime Member
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All Forum Posts by Devin Montgomery
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Re: 2nd explanation of alternative construction for manufacture: lost under debate Sorry again, Alan! I think I do understand what you're saying, but deep drawing a non-cylindrical part like that would still cost a lot more until volume got up to the level of, well, soda c... |
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Re: Double walled mini volcano kettle Alan - sorry about missing that post. If I'm understanding what you're describing in the first part, it would actually be a lot more expensive to manufacture. I'd love to see the second... |
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Re: Kettles Hi Josh, Well, that's not exactly the thing I would have learned from all of this. But good luck with it, anyway. |
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Titanium Goat are good people Hi All, First of all, I really appreciate all this support. The guy making this knock-off was really banking on the fact that nobody would notice. Boy has he been proven wrong. But as far as I c... |
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Re: guilty as charged Thanks, Franco. I hope the article is interesting. It started as an email, but also provides a more coherent history than leafing through forum threads. Though they remain the primary sources. :) ... |
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Re: function may dictate entire form Hi Alan, The guy who runs Mkettle was having some contraption brazed together out of copper before he came across mine, and took every single identifiable feature except for not making it as lig... |
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Re: Re: weights Well, I was going to recommend a platinum-iridium cylinder, but it sounds like a silicon sphere may be more accurate. Overkill? |
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Waterproof/Breathable Cuben Fiber Jacket Cool! Going directly. |
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Re: MYOG: 3mm Plastic Tarps I think the title should read "MYOG: 3mil Plastic Tarps." 3mm would be heavy duty indeed. :) +1 on using mason's line for guy lines. I started with this stuff because I just had so... |
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Re: re - double walled mini volcano kettle Hi Terry, Well, I retract my earlier statement that you are "as interested as I am" in these kettles. Clearly you are more interested. :) I would love to read more of what you've c... |
All Reader Reviews by Devin Montgomery
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Ultralight Designs Blue Mini This is aluminum bottle based alcohol stove similar to the "gram weenie" by Whitebox. I bought the stove because of its simplicity and because I could quickly get it for a hike I was taking ... |
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Potable Aqua Iodine Drinking Water Germicidal Tablets These have been around forever, and I think just about everyone has used them at one time or another. If you're an absolute novice, use them once: chugging the resulting antiseptic rinse is a rig... |
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Micropur MP 1 Chlorine Dioxide Water Purifier Tablet My rating of five here is for the Chlorine Dioxide method of treatment, this is just the brand I happened to use. Ultra lightweight, kills most wee-beasties in 20 min, with 4 hrs kills the few ... |
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MSR Whisperlight / Internationale For years, this was the Model T of backpacking stoves, and for good reason. Runs on almost any fuel, easy and reliable to use in all conditions, "light" for traditional packing. Can accomo... |
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Marmot Precip Jacket Mens After having my last rain jacket stolen out of my car right before a long river trip, I picked up a Precip on sale at the local outfitter. It was a good brand, waterproof, breathable, lightweight, and... |
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Snow Peak Trek 700 This was the first bit of gear that I bought in my lightweight conversion. Just under $30, plenty of capacity for solo camping (I never could finish a meal that filled it up),includes a lid that drai... |
