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Jul 18, 2009 at 9:48 am #1237845
I currently have my deet, soap, sanitizer, and sunscreen in BPL droppers. I'm only doing one resupply on the JMT, so I'm a little concerned I may run out. Any opinions?
Jul 18, 2009 at 11:06 am #1514798If you are only taking one dropper bottle of each, yeah, you will likely run out. Probably the one that will go first will be the hand sanitizer. I used a one ounce HDPE Nalgene bottle for mine and ran out a day before reaching Guitar Lake on my final leg after a MTR resupply. I resupplied at Tuolumne Meadows and Red's Meadow on the first half and was fine with full dropper bottles. My DEET was in a BPL dropper bottle, my sunscreen was in a larger version of the dropper bottle. Of course, I went after mosquito season so used hardly any DEET.
Jul 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm #1514814How have you found the droppers to work with more viscous liquids like sunscreen? Are they hard to dispense?
Jul 18, 2009 at 1:21 pm #1514823"Are they hard to dispense?"
In a nutshell, Yes! But, you can open up the nozzle using a heated needle.Jul 21, 2009 at 5:33 pm #1515540I've successfully increased nozzle flow to my liking for various substances with a drill bit.
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