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    A Lowe Alpine camera/fanny pack with 2 bottle holders , needless to say with an old 35mm camera w/ 200mm lens and two full water bottles it weighed about 10 lbs and rode well below my butt.
    I have since attached suspenders to it and it is now a comfortable small haul master.

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    worst thing i ever bought was a dogpack!

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    My worst purchase ever was right after the Rambo movies came out - I needed to carry a "Survival knife" in my backpack. Weighed about 3 lbs. Of course at that time I was in my teens so common sense didn't enter into my thoughts.

    Another prize was the "Outback Oven". Besides it's size and weight, the food I brought (to bake) was bulkier and I had to go with bottled gas to fine tune the heat, so my stove (MSR Rapidfire) was heavier than needed for most trips. It was nice for car camping or hiking a couple hundred yards and setting up base camp, but not even close to being practical for backpacking. The plus side is that it came with a heating blanket that traps heat that is light and nice. I still use that on colder trips to trap in heat.
    “Well, I'm walkin' down the line.
    I'm walkin' down the line!
    An' I'm walkin' down the line,
    my feet'll be a-flyin',
    to tell about my troubled mind.”
    - Bob Dylan

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    Water bag. Used once between Springer and Damascus; mailed it home. Threw it away later.

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    Spork and a Sierra Cup
    RLC_GA
    GAME->89

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    Gaiters. Used once. Never again.

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    pervy_sage, +1+1+1+1 (MSR stoves, each one will be better)

    Feral Bill, I had the folding oven. Absolutely useless.

    coach lou, We have a box/ shelf/ area, marked *NON-ESSENTIAL CAMPING GEAR*
    kayak karl, LOL i got the same box. it has a Sterno stove my Dad bought in '55, plastic thing to hold dozen eggs, a few Barlow pen knives, plastic tent stakes (w/plastic hammer), belt with WW I ammo pouches, Colman lantern wicks, etc...................
    I have two that hold two eggs each, in my non-essentials box.

    I have a collection of these items I have never used once, not once.

    I have almost eliminated this kind of spending, but I did purchase a Light My Fire thingy for cooking hotdogs or marshmallows on a stick, the pointy ends squeeze inside a plastic holder. I don't know why I did that? I have never used it.

    Resistance is futile?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrumbSnatcher View Post
    worst thing i ever bought was a dogpack!
    LMAO HeHeHe

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    bought an EMS hat last year, breathable and waterproof. no and no.
    went to EMS and REI last night with money to spendon who knows what, couldnt find anything i needed to talk myself into buying.
    maybe if i visit them on facebook?
    i continue to resist.

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    I consider all of these purchases as wasted money.

    Eliminated

    hatchet
    sven bow saw
    rambo knife
    binoculars
    hand crank weather radio
    GPS
    cell phone
    watch
    camp shoes
    water bladder and hose
    trowel
    coffee press
    mug, insulated
    w/p container & strike anywhere matches
    emergency space blanket
    lantern, battery operated
    pen and journal

    Replaced with lighter gear

    nalgene 1 liter bottles
    white gas stove
    AL pot with lid [and pot holder]
    lexan spork
    squishy bowl
    multitool
    head lamp
    tooth brush & paste

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    Sigg water bottles, nearly as heavy as a Nalgene, but with a tiny opening and as an added bonus metallic taste in your water.

    Magnesium fire starter, a 2 oz rock in your pack when you have a working lighter.

    Candle lantern, another useless purchase.

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    A stainless steel cook pot and long heavy weight wool socks...nuff said

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    Golite jam 2, size medium, I needed a large. So uncomfortable after 1 day of hiking I texted my wife and asked her to fedex my Nimbus Ozone to Neels Gap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flemdawg1 View Post
    Sigg water bottles, nearly as heavy as a Nalgene, but with a tiny opening and as an added bonus metallic taste in your water.

    Magnesium fire starter, a 2 oz rock in your pack when you have a working lighter.

    Candle lantern, another useless purchase.
    Come on now, before headlamps, that candle was state-of-the-art!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by flemdawg1 View Post

    Candle lantern, another useless purchase.
    That was my second worst purchase. I actually used it for about a month before I passed it on free of charge to some unsuspecting soul.

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    Quote Originally Posted by atmilkman View Post
    .... The 2nd time I set foot on the AT was in 1973. I carried a Coleman 2 burner stove like a suitcase. ....
    Seriously?

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    The worst for me was my Steripen, which I found to be, not only expensive, but useless. The second would have to be the Golight pack I tried to carry in 2005, before I switched to my Osprey Atmos, before I switched to ULA packs.

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    On my first forays on the AT (SNP) with the Boy Scouts ca. 1958 we all carried glass bottles of "6-12" insect repellent. It was a clear liquid about the consistency of cooking oil. After slathering it on, eveything you touched became greasy. And what was worst of all was that it repelled nothing.

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    Wow that's what I am looking for Tom nails it!
    Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.

    Woo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Surplusman View Post
    On my first forays on the AT (SNP) with the Boy Scouts ca. 1958 we all carried glass bottles of "6-12" insect repellent. It was a clear liquid about the consistency of cooking oil. After slathering it on, eveything you touched became greasy. And what was worst of all was that it repelled nothing.
    hmmm Penny oil - I think I still have that in a spray can in the basement.... found DDT last month in the same closet!
    Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.

    Woo

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