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Make Your Own Gear (MYOG)

General instructional techniques that can be applied across a broad scope of project types; also specific projects using lightweight materials and designs, from start to finish. Projects include plans and patterns, step by step instructions, detailed photographs and/or diagrams throughout the process, and a discussion of design principles and applicability of the item in a lightweight kit. Projects usually include detailed instructions for sourcing, manufacturing, and finishing homemade backpacking gear.

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How Can Cheap Butane Canisters be Modified to Work With Canister Stoves?

Jan 22, 2021 by Roger Caffin

Roger Caffin discusses how you can modify and use cheap butane canisters with canister stoves in this MYOG article.

butane, cooking, fuel, gear modification, liquid fuel stoves, MYOG, roger caffin, three-season stove, upright canister stoves

Ultralight, Ultradurable, Ultracheap: A Backpack Made From Car Airbags

Jan 4, 2021 by Greg Pehrson

Greg Perhson details the process of creating your own, lightweight (19.5 oz), MYOG backpack from vehicle airbags!

Backpack, DIY / MYOG, MYOG

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DIY Ultralight Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stove – Version 4, Part 2

May 12, 2020 by Roger Caffin

This article describes the development of my DIY 4th generation of Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stoves.

canister stoves, cooking systems, diy, MYOG, stove systems, stoves, winter backpacking

DIY Ultralight Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stove – Version 4, Part 1

May 5, 2020 by Roger Caffin

This article describes the development of my 4th generation of Remote Inverted-Canister Winter Stoves.

canister stoves, cooking systems, diy, MYOG, stove systems, stoves, winter backpacking

MYOG Ultralight Fastpacking ‘Tivy’

Mar 3, 2019 by Ellen J

Step by step instructions on how to construct my MYOG tivy model and videos and pictures of it in use.

bivy sacks, DIY / MYOG, MYOG

MYOG: Seam Construction and Taping of New Dimension-Polyant Fabrics

Jul 1, 2018 by Roger Caffin

This article presents the results of some cursory material construction tests using the newer Dimension-Polyant (DP) fabrics from the LS, VX, and WX families, as well as seam-taping using DP-supplied seam tapes. The context here is MYOG/DIY backpack construction.

backpacks, dimension-polyant, DIY / MYOG, MYOG

MYOG Synthetic Fill Vest (Make Your Own Gear)

Jul 9, 2017 by Jerry Adams

Step by step guide on how to MYOG synthetic fill vest. This is an easy first project if you are interested in making synthetic clothing.

DIY / MYOG, insulated clothing, MYOG, Sythetic Vest

Vacuum-Sealed Recycled Mylar Bags for Backpacking Food Packaging: Better than ZipLocs

Jan 10, 2017 by Rosaleen Sullivan

Mylar bags for backpacking food keep food fresh and protected from moisture. How about vacuum sealing reusable (e.g., snack chip) bags?

Backpacking Food, food packaging

DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 5: Pot Support)

Jul 29, 2016 by Roger Caffin

In part 5, Roger Caffin shares his design for a pot support for the vortex burner as a solution for an ultralight winter DIY backpacking stove system.

canister stoves, vortex burner, winter backpacking

DIY Backpacking Stove: An Ultralight Vortex Burner (Part 4: Lab & Field Testing)

Jul 22, 2016 by Roger Caffin

In part 4, Roger Caffin tests the vortex burner in the lab and in the field as a solution for an ultralight winter DIY backpacking stove system.

canister stoves, vortex burner, winter backpacking

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