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Nitecore NB10000 Review
Companion forum thread to: Nitecore NB10000 ReviewThe Nitecore NB10000 is a simple portable battery charger built around a carbon-fiber platform for maximum weight savings. I have 2 of these and also had...
Power Bank Below Feezing
I'm preparing for a winter trip where I want to use my phone to take videos regularly. In anticipation of burning through my phone battery, I'm curious about a specific product: the...
Help Me Find a USB Rechargeable LED Flashlight
I am looking for a compact, lightweight LED flashlight or headlamp that can be recharged via USB. Serving double duty as an external power bank or anything else is optional. The EasyAcc®...
Photography
I would like to start to "document" my journey. I'd rather not take the girlfriends $700 DSLR. What do you take out onto the trail with you? I would like something that...
LightBench: A Laboratory Testing Procotol for Comparing the Performance of Flashlights and Headlamps
Companion forum thread to: LightBench: A Laboratory Testing Procotol for Comparing the Performance of Flashlights and HeadlampsIn this technical brief, we quantitatively evaluate the performance of lights considering brightness, battery life, and...
42g Cell Phone
I thought this was pretty neat for ultralight backpackers who feel a need to carry a phone along: http://www.elari.net/cardphone_eng/ It's basic and doesn't have the best battery life in the world,...
2025 Nitecore lightweight NB Air power bank
Nitecore has officially unveiled the new NB Air power bank at IWA 2025 in Germany. The gadget is particularly small and light as it weighs just 3.2oz but features a carbon fiber...
Backpacking Phone Questions
I currently carry a cheap $20 Nokia 2760 flip phone for my backpacking trips and it works okay for trips about 24 days long---with an easily removable battery and a spare battery...
Ultralight, Ultra-Performance Backcountry Electronics for 2018
Friesen Gear sells a 3D-printed cap for the NB-10000 that prevents accidental button-pressing in the pack. Seal a meal cap. I just pressed and held the button on my Gen 3...
This Motorized Backpack Eases the Burden for Hikers
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/this-motorized-backpack-eases-the-burden-for-hikers Fairyland by non-walkers (aka hopeless academics). They aim to reduce the load on your back by adding a whole lot of extra weight. Yeah, right. Cheers what Richard said. Maybe when...
Headlamps : LedLenser SEO7R or Petzl Reactik or Coast FL75R
Hi! I am looking below headlamps and i wonder if anyone did comparison or maybe try them on field? What do you recommend in therms of handling and battery life? LedLenser SEO7R...
Rechargeable Headlamps and Excess Power Bank Drain?
Hello! Looking into purchasing a Nitecore NU25 for PCT thru hike and I came across some posts suggesting that the Nitecore (or perhaps USB headlamps in general) sucks up more than its...
iPhone 7 vs. compact enthusiast camera?
Does anyone have thoughts on the new iPhone 7 / 7+ vs. compact enthusiast cameras with 1" sensors such as the Canon G9x ii or the RX100 series? Â I have an old...
Would you add ~1 oz to a sleeping pad for a built-in pump?
Hi Folks, I've been thinking about this idea quite a lot recently and wanted to see how people here would react to it. Just for transparency, I work for an outdoor gear...
Need help! my Cannon drowned
I was hiking this weekend, and my new Cannon Elph 300 HS fell out of my pocket and into the river. I didn't even relize it had happen until I went to...
Power on the trail
Hope this is okay. Please delete if it's not appropriate to ask this here. Looking for suggested alternatives to my current power setup, last used in Norway. Looking at whether I can...
Simple Gear Tests and USB Recharging
Companion forum thread to: Simple Gear Tests and USB RechargingIn his new column, Simple Gear Tests, Backpacking Light author Rex Sanders provides suggestions for at-home gear tests you can do with minimal...
Another Headlamp thread...
I am currently in the market for a new headlamp, as my Princeton Tec Byte has "bit the dust" like others have experienced and will be returned to REI. On my last...
BatteryBench Tests of Nitecore and Anker Portable Battery Chargers
You can get one of those USB meters like Rex as mentioned e.g. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FMQZVW2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 That will display watt hours Or just run something that has constant drain, like a fan or light...
charging phone to 80% prolongs battery life
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/12/apple-ios-13-will-improve-battery-life-with-optimized-battery-charging.html Apple has a new feature that will charge phone to 80%, wait until just before it predicts you're going to start using phone, then charge up the rest of the way. ...
