BPL Community Profile

mik matra (mikmik) - BPL Premium Member

My Locale Allways on the move
About Me Took me 5 or 6 trips to go from 20+ kilo baseweight to 6.7kg...finally I feel comfortable out in the country :).
CityBrisvegas
StateQueensland
CountryAustralia

You cannot send this user a personal message (PM) because they have not specified a PM email address yet.

All Forum Posts by mik matra

Showing 81 - 90 of 162 | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
 

Post

Forum » Thread
Re: Re: How should I carry water?
Regarding you not being near water source for a couple days; We headed up a mountain peak and was away from water as soon as the ground tilted up. Working hard going up and only having dry food tha...

In GEAR » How should I carry water?
September 28, 7:04pm
Re: How should I carry water?
The lightest thing I have found is the standard old plastic water bottle from any supermarket or service station. A 1.5L one is 35g (whatever that is in ounces). My ULA circuit is great for the acc...

In GEAR » How should I carry water?
September 28, 6:20pm
Re: Altimeters
We almost always go on walks to areas where a trail is grade 5. Here in Oz grade 5 means that the trail 'might not' be plain to see. I can vouch for this as most of the time (over 90%) ther...

In GEAR » Altimeters
September 27, 1:55pm
thank you
Thank you everybody for some great advice!! I ended up putting the bag through about 4 rinse cycles at home. I am going to take it to a laundromat for a dry cycle with the tennis balls.....and ...

In GEAR » question about a down bag that has been machine washed (without my consent)
September 27, 1:45pm
no appology
That's it Dale, I didn't give permission in fact told them they are not allowed to take it and they still did. It's frustrating as it was only used by myself once or twice and really li...

In GEAR » question about a down bag that has been machine washed (without my consent)
September 26, 8:05pm
Thank you for the replies
Okay I have a starting spot now so thank you for your responses. The down inside does not feel clumpy it just seems to have lost loft. Best way to describe it is like someone took out half the fill...

In GEAR » question about a down bag that has been machine washed (without my consent)
September 26, 5:10pm
question about a down bag that has been machine washed (without my consent)
A family member just took my down bag and after using decided to machine wash it. The bag is a Denali 300gram duck down filled bag and since the machine washing episode the loft on it seems to be w...

In GEAR » question about a down bag that has been machine washed (without my consent)
September 26, 2:00pm
Re: Re: please suggest to me a bag according to my needs listed
Thank you for your great responses!! I have read 'quilt' on BPL a few times but am not aware of their designs or anything about them. Are they lighter for the same temp rating? Any in...

In GEAR » please suggest to me a bag according to my needs listed
September 25, 2:06pm
PM sent
PM sent

In Gear Swap » FS: WM Megalite Long LZ
September 25, 1:55pm
Re: Price range?
At this point I am not worried about price range but want some bags you guys know so I can check them out please. Marmot Plasma looks nice!!

In GEAR » please suggest to me a bag according to my needs listed
September 25, 4:38am

All Reader Reviews by mik matra

mik matra has posted no reviews.