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  • #2048901
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    Thanks Gary.

    I'll set up a bending jig, get a couple of rods and give it a try.

    #2048903
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Here's the link to the BPL post about the Jam mods. Read through it, Greg, as there are lots of good ideas and replies. Might give you some ideas…

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=64923

    #2048905
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    molte grazie.

    #2048931
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Migliori auguri, Greg.

    #2048938
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    Mamma mia! Voi Due!

    #2048946
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    You too, Ide-monster. Happy Thankgiving, buddy!

    #2048951
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Bob, sorry to have neglected your question about the DayLite's final volume. The GoLite specs say it is 1525 cu. in". The GL Ion specs are 1600 cu. in. for size large. Both of these modified packs will hold the same gear, packed to the max. But this also includes the rather spacious mesh pockets that I've added to each of them. So I'm assuming that the DayLite is also about 1600 cu. in., but without using Greg's styrofoam peanut collection, I can't really say for sure. If I had a gun pointed at my head, demanding a decent guess, I'd say that the DayLite carries about 1600-1650 cu. in. now, the same as my de-ionized Ion.

    Why did I recycle all those packing peanuts that Harmony House sent me with my dehydrated fruit?

    #2048953
    Bob Gross
    BPL Member

    @b-g-2-2

    Locale: Silicon Valley

    Yes, I will need to start collecting styrofoam peanuts myself.

    It seems as though some manufacturers quote the pack volume as being the total volume of the main bag plus the sum of all mesh pockets. That's kind of rough to me, because most mesh pockets have so much stretch that their volume can vary a lot. I wish there were a more clean-cut standard. I had thought of replacing a backpack with a new one of equal volume and three ounces lighter at the scale, but I don't know exactly how each was measured.

    Maybe I could mail order buy a package of new styrofoam peanuts and hope that they pack it in styrofoam peanuts.

    –B.G.–

    #2048960
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    I went to a local "packing and mailing" store and asked them who donated/recycled peanuts. Turns out it was a local bike shop. Gave them two large trash bags and a couple of weeks later I had my supply.

    #2048995
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Man, I went to bed early last night, and when I woke up early this morning, I saw where you two have totally rearranged the theme of this thread (as if I hadn't done enough of that myself). But hey, Bob, if you cut all the tags off that box of peanuts that you're going to buy, maybe we'll be OK. You've got no way out, Greg, since you scored your peanuts by dumpster-diving.

    I'm off to find yet another tag to trim off something, to try to appease the thread angels.

    Edit-spelling

    #2049014
    Bill Segraves
    BPL Member

    @sbill9000-2

    Calorie cost for 0.5 oz seemed high. When I plug the same numbers into Hiking Science calculator, I get ~12 calories (dietary) per thousand miles. Did I make error, or is something else amiss?

    Best

    Bill S.

    #2049029
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    OK, I'll blame B.G. and Greg for this post. I found that I actually did have some styrofoam peanuts tucked away. There weren't enough of them to fill up the DayLite, but I found a couple of those 6-7" mini basketballs that they sell during the Final Four tournament. I lined the pack with a Force Flex trash bag to contain the curiously magnetic peanuts, added the balls and peanuts, shook things up like Greg does, and I was thrilled to find that the volume of peanuts/balls exactly filled up the pack. Then I checked out my cardboard box collection and found one that looked about right. And it was a bulls-eye! The peanuts and balls exactly filled up the 10" x 10" x 15.5" box. So the pack volume looks to be about 1550 cu. in. The large mesh front pocket probably adds another 200 cu.in. of capacity, so the finished product looks to be over 1700 cu. in. + the volume of the side mesh bottle pockets.

    There you have it, BG. Or, for you Brits, "Bob's your uncle."

    #2049190
    Mike Clelland
    Member

    @mikeclelland

    Locale: The Tetons (via Idaho)

    Gary,

    I got that same pack from GoLite, and i also cut a bunch of stuff off, but not as much as you did…

    I am shamed!

    #2049299
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    No shame at all, Mike. After all, you are the one that made me get serious on all this hack stuff. Your book is my bible:

    Tip #5–It's OK to be nerdy (that would be me)
    Tip #9–Cut stuff off your gear (what this thread is all about)

    And then there's Tip #72–Napping is a skill (this validated my occasional mid-day habit of self-indulgence)

    My favorite is Tip #114–Coiling the bear hang cord (it solved my tangled cord problem)

    So you are the true winner here, Mike. I'm just a wannabe…

    #2049510
    michael levi
    Member

    @m-l

    Locale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles

    Tags have no purpose for me, they add weight, get in the way, and therefore bug me. I know how to wash clothes, it's not like I'm cutting the tags of a mink fur coat!

    #2050579
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    This is one of the best articles/posts ever on BPL. I enjoyed it immensely.

    Ranks right up there with Which Pencil for the JMT?

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