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Esbit or Alcohol Stove?
nm There are plenty of threads in this forum re: pros and cons of Esbit versus alcohol. I think the best thing is to try both methods and see what suits you...
Question for Aussies – water.
I hike mainly on the Great Dividing Range (Blue Mtns, Snowy Mtns etc) and various areas along east coast NSW. For drinking water I have an MSR Sweetwater mini filter (currently weighs...
solo winter tent
I'm looking for a good solo winter tent/shelter (preferably free-standing). My stomping grounds include PA/NJ AT up to the Daks and White Mnts so I would like something that handles cold rainy...
Using Your Snow Peak 600 Mug as a Pot
For a while, I have been using the Snow Peak Trek 700 as my solo pot and mug. I can fit my Snow Peak stove and a small fuel canister inside. While...
Esbit fuel tabs
Obviously, you can cook with them (best for solo, boil only meals). I'd been carrying around fire starters of one sort or another for years. After trying Esbit and adopting it as...
Smartwater bottle parka
Anyone familiar with bottle parkas? e.g. Outdoor research e.g. HMG For the uninitiated, these are like an insulating jacket you seal your water bottle in mostly on cold missions IME to keep...
MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe Issues
Hello, I searched the forums and interwebs, and didn't find answers to my questions, so... 1. The pot supports are loose, and slip down as I try to set my pot on...
Question re: powdered milk
I stopped using Nido and started using Medellion Milk powder. It is 100% milk and nothing else. I buy the whole milk powder then add extra water to make something like 1-2%...
Feedback on new UL W.P. fabric that may rival & even exceed DCF in some areas?
No, this is not a late April fool's prank. Will talk about it in detail in the next post. Doesn't seem to be much interest, so never mind. Nm Who...
The dangers of licorice
low sodium is easy if you make your own food I think low sodium is important for some people. Other people not a big deal. It's easier to just tell everyone to...
What is the material used in this GossamerGear equipment?
Does anyone know what material is used as the 'insulator' in the bottom of the sack in the gossamer gear warm-sacks? Has anyone got any experience with it? It seems to me that...
Esbit burner testing
Wealthy from selling little alky stoves? Problem there ... Cheers That depends on one’s definition of wealth. I know I am wealthy when polyhedral arrays reveal their mysteries to me, when my...
Another Look at Dry Baking
I've had a Flat Cat Gear Epicurean Titanium UL15 Stove for almost a year an just now have gotten around to seeing what I can do with it. My regular kit is...
SHT Castle Danger to Lutsen 7/29-8/3/2014
Wednesday July 29 8:30pm—Sunday August 3 1:40pm Castle Danger to Lutsen tl;dr: SHT is great. Long days on weak feet requires tape. I still have a few things to learn. In the...
Cooking Efficiency: Leave the lid at home, bring oil
We bring lids because we know heat is lost in evaporation. But the following research article seems to explain using a thin layer of oil on the water is more efficient than...
Gear to protect against THE most deadly backcountry beastie...
That's interesting Mina--i'm also curious about sulfur as i have sulfur powder that's just sitting around. Also what could "possibly" work is diatamaceous earth (i'm not saying for people to go out...
Backpacking Patches?
I would like to find some embroidered backpacking patches to give to members of our group, to commemorate our trip this year. I have looked on EBay, etc and the prices are...
Life expectancy of down sleeping bags
During several long trips I have had my sleeping bags in constant use. Overall I have slept in each my WM Ultralight and Summerlight at least 360 days in a row. Both...
Fire Maple Pressure Cooker
That's funny, gemini's two choices are both wrong. I told gemini that it's wrong, it's 6600 feet and then it gave 5 choices all close to 6600 A.I. lies. Google steals information,...
Does a lid reduce fuel use and how to tell if water is pasturized
Actually, once Oedipus understood that his wife was his mother, he blinded himself. Not the same thing as carrying on as before. He was blind to his offence, and when saw,...
