Granite Gear White Lighting Tarp.
I really like the design but the cloud white color makes it highly visible and it's too bright to sleep under. Even on a dark night.
Nearly Normal
Granite Gear White Lighting Tarp.
I really like the design but the cloud white color makes it highly visible and it's too bright to sleep under. Even on a dark night.
Nearly Normal
I purchased the Big Agnes Air Core 3/4. It have me back and hip trouble from being over inflated. When I finally got the air just right the ground stabbed my hips and bony butt. I'm waiting for my newly ordered POE Uber-light slef inflating pad. I like my therma-rests growing up... I'm hoping this is the best of both worlds.
I am searching for the right backpack for hiking the AT in May 2008. I read that the MLD Revelation Pack was good. After researching I found that the maximum weight was only 14 lbs that it holds. Does anyone have any recommendations. I currently own a Camelback Hog. It is an internal pack and I have carried up to 30 lbs in it. I don't know if it would be the right one a long endurance hiking. Any suggestions?
Coghlan's C-Tech Time & Temp Digital Dangler from Campmor
Do not buy this POS! This thing never worked from day 1!
I would have returned it but it was 10 bucks and a drive over the George Washington bridge back to Campmor was like 7 bucks! AARRGH!!!!
Katadyn Microfilter Water Bottle. It was WAY too heavy, held little water, and drinking from it was akin to trying to suck a golf ball through a garden hose. I guess in a pinch it would be ok, but it was just not feasible to carry for any distance.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The two tone rainfly that came with the SD Electron tent doesn't dry.
Let 'em talk. Talk is cheap, and doesn't do anything to help you out.
I don't think I could go back to hiking without the Lekis. Mine have saved my buns a bunch of times just because I could catch myself and regain my balance before falling.
Your hiking poles don't have to say "LEKI" on them, in fact, you can use a single sturdy hiking staff. This weekend, I took a small group to Joyce Kilmer and hiked up the Naked Groud trail, and back down the Jenkins Meadow trail. One of the guys with me said that he didn't like having anything in his hands when he hiked. While we were up at the top, my son talked him into trying his hiking poles. When we got back down to the parking area, the guy said that he thought he'd have to eat his words about carrying something. The hiking poles made the hike out so much easier, he's looking to buy a set this week.
MSR MiniWorks. I've always used a filter and this one was replacing an old and kinda funky PUR Hiker. It's a great filter, seems to do a good job, it's easy to pump, it's easy to take apart and clean.
I bought it before I came across Townsend's "Advanced Backpacker," Mueser's "Long Distance Hiking," and all the other sources that point to a filter in the backcountry being a total waste of pack space.
Oh, and before I'd heard of AquaMira.
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"Strength is life; weakness is death."
--- Swami Vivekananda
candle laterns suck..........
Biggest disappointment re. new gear - I bought a Vargo alcohol stove at Trail Days '06 since alcohol seemed to be the rage. I learned soon enough first-hand that alcohol stoves do not meet my cooking needs/desires.
Nothing against Vargo in particular - I'm not just an alcoholic. I gave the stove away to a fellow WBer who's an alcohol enthusiast.
Last edited by Cookerhiker; 11-06-2007 at 19:28.
Now, now, Bill, I don't drink that much.
It's a cool little stove, takes a little fussing but oh so trick.