Funny how different folks preferences are, I would list the squeeze as one of my best purchases.Originally Posted by RED-DOG
What went wrong with the Sawyer Squeeze?
ROFLMAO! did the same thing with a stainless thermos!.....live and learn!
seriously worst ... tech support.... was Delorme Inreach! great idea! poor packaging / advertising / disclosures.... if they had disclosed billing subscription rates I would still be a happy camper and supporter. their subscription rates are not to be found in any brochure or sales packaging... until you register the unit!!!
AM STILL BEING BILLED FOR SERVICES NOT RENDERED!
Collapsible coffee filter. I had this wild idea that I could grind home-roasted coffee and enjoy all the comforts of home right on the trail. Well, no matter how fine/course I ground the coffee the water would just sit in the filter and slowly dribble down into my cup. Problem was, by the time it was done dribbling my piping hot coffee was lukewarm.
2,000 miler. Still keepin' on keepin' on.
mrgadget921 So how much is the monitoring?
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
I'm guessing I am one of only a few that overestimated the bear threat to the point where I brought a gun with me on the trail - not your average Colt 45, nope, I brought the flare gun from my safe boater arsenal!!
By the time I reached Neil's Gap and haD the proverbial shakedown, it was on it's way back home....
Looking back on it, I probably would have come closer to setting the forest on fire than holding off a bear, glad it didn't come to that...
The worst items I ever bought were some nylon stuff sacks off of Ebay. They looked like military surplus, but were advertised as being "new and unused". The price was crazy cheap for a set of five or six of the bags. It turns out that they were some sort of Vietnam war era dry bags. They looked brand new and must have been stored in a warehouse somewhere for years and years. The only small issue was that they smelled like a mix of dog pee and rancid baby vomit. I washed them with baking soda, left them out in the sun to dry, tried everything I could think of. The smell made my wife want to throw up and I couldn't get rid of it, so I had to toss the bags. Much later, I figured out that the urethane coating on them must have been breaking down and causing the stink. Eh, well. Live and learn.
Gander Mountain brand clothing - I bought it because I started out being price conscious. Used it once and then bought better quality clothes and wear them ALL the time. You get what you pay for......should be tattooed on my forehead.
Everyone's first question:
"Wow - How tall are you?"
Answer: "I'm 6'6""
Ergo, my trail name: 'Six-Six'
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___29570Collapsible coffee filter. I had this wild idea that I could grind home-roasted coffee and enjoy all the comforts of home right on the trail. Well, no matter how fine/course I ground the coffee the water would just sit in the filter and slowly dribble down into my cup. Problem was, by the time it was done dribbling my piping hot coffee was lukewarm.
Farmerchef...you may be interested in the above, $2.99 for 40 filters that allow you to use whatever coffer you want. I tried lots of instants, even Starbucks, but it all tasted like instant, started using these filters and my regular coffee, works well.
Agreed. Carrying the elbow grease was a waste also. Once I started counting grams, though, I did become a fan of dehydrated water.
Can I quote you both on that and make it my personal signature?
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
A hammock......
Fear ridges that are depicted as flat lines on a profile map.
I had a Coleman small camp stove, a real good cooking stove but had trouble with fuel leaks. Just replaced with a MSR Whisperlite International hopefully this stove will be better.
I guess that's why 6" catholes are a thing of the past.
Everything is in Walking Distance
" I brought the flare gun from my safe boater arsenal!!"
By the time I reached Neil's Gap and haD the proverbial shakedown,.[/QUOTE] I recall that in 2002 there was a flare gun in the hiker box at Neels Gap. There were no flares so I presumed that the owner used them all. There was also a machete.
Everything is in Walking Distance
Worst Gear you ever bought - Informal Poll.
X-frame air mattress.
Wow Chin, there are only 11 acres left of "REAL prairie in Illinois- I have been there. - can't find two trees and give a "good ol boy try"?
After a few tries it beats tents hand's down... seriously!
Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.
Woo
A vargo titanium alcohol stove.
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
I can dig a proper cathole with my trekking pole tip, though it does take a bit of time. I would agree that anyone who uses a boot heel or a stick and thinks they are digging deep enough are probably kidding themselves.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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