The cheapest piece of equipment I use hiking is the plastic clips that come with bread to keep the bag closed. They make very good clothes pins.
What is your favorite "cheep" of free equipment ?
thom
The cheapest piece of equipment I use hiking is the plastic clips that come with bread to keep the bag closed. They make very good clothes pins.
What is your favorite "cheep" of free equipment ?
thom
Bubble wrap mailers for insulating my Gatorade bottles when it's cold. I've doubled them up and they've worked well in sub-zero temps.
Single-edged razor blade knife. Cheap enough to throw away when carrying your bag on a plane.
Not carrying a stove, but when I did my pepsi can stove was better than free--took stuff out of the waste stream.
Same with reused one-liter soda bottles or Gatorade bottles--other people's trash.
Bread bag vapor barriers for feet and hands.
Homemade silnylon rain gear.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
Plastic mesh onion bags. Perfect for wet gear drying on the back of the pack, as a stuff sack for separation of gear, and other such things.
Condiment packs from fast food places
"That's the thing about possum innards - they's just as good the second day." - Jed Clampett
I carry A $.99 dish sponge, a small plastic "to go" cup and an ounce of dr bronners. I use this to take a quick wash each night and it has saved me a lot of money by keeping clean and reducing the urge to pull into town for an otherwise unneeded motel stop.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Umbrella bags for knee high crick crossin'
My Smart Water bottles and alcohol stove...not very unusual though
$1 lexan spoon from REI
$4 piece of polycryo as groundsheet
Prob 20 cent trash compactor bag
$1.50 smart water bottles
$10 Gerber ultralight lst
$1 mini-bic
Ziplocks for waterproofing stuff
Ul gear need not be expensive
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Cut the bottom off of a 1 liter water bottle 4-5 years ago and have been using the same piece for my spring water dip cup.
Large rubber bands and small binder clips. Yes, I work in an office.
76 HawkMtn w/Rangers
14 LHHT
15 Girard/Quebec/LostTurkey/Saylor/Tuscarora/BlackForest
16 Kennerdell/Cranberry-Otter/DollyS/WRim-NCT
17 BearR
18-19,22 AT NOBO 1562.2
22 Hadrian's Wall
23 Cotswold Way
Hair ties / pony tail holders for bottle carrier attached to shoulder strap.
" Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. "
Tossing a meah bag over a tree limb seems like a recipe for getting it hung up on branches. Have you had that happen?
I sew my own UL stuff sacks from Tyvek 1443R. Its not quite dirt cheap, but its very cheap compared to buying a ZPacks cuben fiber sack or Sea To Summit Ultra-Sil sack in the same size. I have a larger one sewn using Tyvek Homewrap that I use for hanging food and trash on the bear-bag line. All of the Tyvek is scrap material from other projects, so it is essentially free.
My two hardened aluminum IMUSA mugs with handles cut off. The .75 quart weighs 2.4 oz and 1.25 quart weighs 3.1 oz. They cost $3-4 a piece. If I found a significant lighter weight titanium pot, I might change but still waiting.
Two balloons inside a stuff sack make a great pillow. It totally works!
The super ultralite version of this cheap hack: two balloons inside an onion mesh sack(commonly known as The Kardashian)
The spoon that comes with the starkist tuna snack pack. Foam cups that instant noodles come in, can go a week or more, with care.