My Cuben Fiber Drybags and Titanium Ti-Eye tent stakes are back in stock, plus I have added quite a bit of other products as well.

Thanks,
Lawson

Mountainfitter.com

Website is looking good.

Thanks. Its been a learning process but I am starting to pick it up. Now if I could just figure out the whole SEO thing.

SEO - link to your site from here

When would those be available?

I have been using Lawson's bags on multiple trips since Thanksgiving and can say they are "bomber kit." His bags have helped me drop an entire pound of my base weight. Good stuff.

I would like to experiment with one of those cuben bags as a pillow. If the seams are air tight and the top can be rolled tightly it may be able to hold air all night.

Has anyone tried this? If so what size did you use? I carry a Montbell pillow now but this could save me a few ounces.

Lawson- were you going to be offering stake bags? "regular" size will work :)

thanks

Mike

i've had the same thoughts about the pillow. let me know what you decide to do!
thanks

Just pulled the trigger on a 12x20. Pillow or not, I can use it for my down quilt when the weather looks bad. I will try it as a pillow in the comfort of my bedroom and then report back here.

I've been using 2 of Lawson's drybags for my Palisade Quilt and Daybreak Jacket for my last 2 trips. They've both functioned perfectly including when my pack took an unexpected slide down an embankment into a creek.

Also, Lawson is a pleasure to do business with... I'd highly recommend him to anyone debating.

You'll want to put a T-Shirt over it otherwise you might sweat a ton. Also, if they hold water out, they better hold air out...

The drybags were not designed to work as a pillow. They will hold air for a while but they are by no means 100% airtight..Its part the material and part the rolltop type closure. A guy emailed me and asked this exact question a few weeks back. His concern was if they are not airtight then how are they watertight??? This has to do with the size of a water molecule vs. an air molecule. I am not sure exactly but a water molecule is something like 10,000 times bigger then an air molecule. This is the reason eVent and Gore Tex works..

Thanks,
Lawson

Edited by Mountainfitter on 02/24/2011 09:55:25 MST.

I picked up 3 sets of his package deal on these bags and love them.

I have no idea if they will hold air all night but I do know you have to be particular about how you roll your quilt in one to get all the air out as you compress it, or you will have a big balloon.

Hi Lawson, when will the Packliner available? I want to order it with other items

Edited by nicced on 02/24/2011 19:42:35 MST.

Actually, they work great as pillows! You just have to have something in them... ;-) But I really like the feel of cuben against the skin. It's actually kinda soft. Whenever I wear my cuben undershorts I feel like I'm eating a York Peppermint Pattie. Oooh, oooh.......

I've got a set of Lawsons dry bags, actually just made a video review of them that I'll be posting on YouTube.

Love the bags. Looking forward to the bag liner as well.

I just received the 7" Titanium Stakes. These are my first titanium stakes and they are shockingly light. They look great and will suit my needs perfectly.

Some observations:

The tip is conical--pointed like a pencil. I like this much better than the standard angle cut.

The average weight of each stake 7.04 grams.

The width of each stake measures exactly one eighth of an inch on my caliper (.125" or 3.18mm). A little wider than stated, but I view this as a bonus.

The length is measured at 7" from the tip to the top of the eyelet.

The eyelet was smaller than expected, I'm measuring it at .43" ID, perpendicular to the length of the stake. I can't think of any way that this is a bad thing, the eyelets are just smaller than I expected.

Lawson, thanks for making such a great product for such a good price!

I ordered Lawson's last two 8" stakes, and some of the 7" stakes.

I don't need many when using a method similar to the one Stephen described in his "Another method to secure a shelter," post (see Tents for tent platform (N.E.) camping).

Another Method

So far I always manage to dig up some kind of rocks, but sometimes it's not easy to find sticks. These stakes are light enough to carry a few without adding a lot of extra weight. The eyelet design is a big plus, too.

I also ordered the package deal for the drybags. Dug, will you post a link to your video when it's available?

edited to embed link

Edited by DianaV on 02/25/2011 12:08:53 MST.

I have some more drybags in stock. I have changed the sizes and prices around a bit but the construction is still the same. I have quite a bit of 8x16's and 12x24's ready to ship and I am finishing up more 6x12's and 10x20's today and tomorrow and they should be updated on my site when they are ready to go. I am working on keeping these in stock at all times but I will probably run out of stock one more time before this happens so those of you who have been waiting on them to come in stock please get them while you can.

Also I wanted to note order tracking on my website is now 99% completed but I still have one tiny link issue to sort out. In the mean time you can track your order by logging into your account, viewing your order and then copying and pasting the tracking number onto USPS.com website.

Thanks,
Lawson

Mountainfitter.com

Edited by Mountainfitter on 03/14/2011 11:13:09 MDT.