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All Forum Posts by kevin davidson
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op sak durability Durable compared to what? OP Saks are probably among the most durable of LW plastic bags. They are not as durable as a woven fiber sack---even the lightest spinnaker or sil-nylon would be more dur... |
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Akula/Torre I second your talking directly with Tom---the owner of Nunatak, who could really help fine-tune your product selection. There's a lot of info you aren't giving us for a considered answer to... |
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Quantum comfort Like wool, people will have varying degrees of comfort issues with Quantum. When warm, as in very aerobically active in a windshirt, it can feel to me somewhat "unnatural" but not really ... |
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SHR Solo A very nice gearlist. No ice axe---this is gonna be one of those Summers in which the climber's passes and snow patches are going to be pretty benign in late July---if you basically stick to t... |
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Wallet withering wonders If one of these fine folk introduce a Cuben 'Mid, it will be shockingly expensive. But dam-n the torpedos, full speed ahead, anyway. I'm going to bug the bejezus out them all after this s... |
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Down rules, except... I love down as an insulation, too. Nothing is as efficient on a loft/weight basis and it has a far longer service life than synthetic insulation. BUT---In a sleeping environment, I find that down p... |
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Cocoon Pants---part of the UL sleeping system. For most of us, the reason to have the Cocoon Pants is as part of the sleeping system. It supplements my quilt (along with a Cocoon top). Only secondarily is it used around camp on a frosting morni... |
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Firelite 500 New Stock Yes, the weight of the 500 is running below spec. (52 g.---1.84 oz.). The thinnest Ti-ware I've ever seen. Even so, it will be a lot more durable than a Foster's can/pot. |
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Indeed But in Hebrew, we have the precise, measured, agonized, argued over, annotated, venerable Talmudic answer: arba׳eem ush'tayeem. However, the Shell Answerman was on the right track. Lehitraot |
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Any Beduoin knows the answer... It's 42 and Douglas Adams (were he alive) can back me up on this. Back to your libations. |
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... |
