Interested in grabbing a dipole DW while they're on sale at $270, but wanted to do my due diligence. Folding struts and mesh interior much preferred, willing to pay near $270 shipped for good condition.
Like Jesus Christ how the fuck do people think this is real
I feel like there’s a bit of a weird price curve with backpacking. Entry-level gear is fairly cheap, but mainstream ‘fully featured’ gear gets expensive. Then you look at ultralight where stuff gets surprisingly cheap again so long as you’re not buying DCF.
Bought from /u/Japhy_R
Super straightforward, great communication, very prompt shipping. First used gear purchase and it went perfectly!
Shoutout to Michigan for taking the #1 spot. I think we were nearly 20 days without power last year, fuck DTE.
Worked on a farm for a couple of years. I’m all too familiar with the ‘everything but my livestock and crops is a pest and I will shoot it on sight’ mentality.
“I can’t tell if this animal is sleeping or dead. Better shoot it to make sure.”
Yes, though I should call out that I’m also considering environmental impact in the word ‘waste’. I’d rather have three wet wipes and a plastic bag in a landfill than a bunch of TP in seven cat holes after a one week trip. Landfills are engineered to centralize and contain garbage and it’s better to put trash in them than elsewhere.
I think your proposal is a valid option for many people. Unfortunately I have an extremely hairy ass lol.
I personally try to keep away from lines of thinking that permit greater waste because it’s only marginally worse than the alternative.
If it turns out a decade down the road that TP is a net zero, I’ll still be glad I skipped it. Less weight, a cleaner ass, and less trash is a win all around in my book.
Could unironically be viable if it were light enough haha. I use a lab irrigation bottle myself :)
If weight is of concern, the following items of yours are very heavy:
Pack
Fanny pack (I’d consider skipping this entirely
Footprint (consider ditching or using polycryo)
Tent (unless you’re sleeping with 2 other people?)
Sleeping bag
Pillow (alternative: use a jacket in a stuff sack or just buy a lighter pillow)
Pot set (get a titanium pot off aliexpress, will weigh like 5oz. You shouldn’t need to do much more than boil water)
Fuel (is this a liquid fuel stove?)
Toiletry bag (Use travel size everything)
Toilet paper is a tricky one as at the end of the day it’s pretty biodegradable. However, leaving a trace is leaving a trace and TP doesn’t break down that quickly — I’ve run into plenty of partially broken down TP, especially in comparatively high-traffic areas.
I think TP can take 1-3 YEARS to degrade in decent conditions. The LNT foundation recommends packing it out.
To that end, I moved to a bidet + 1/2 a wet wipe per day. Lighter and cleans me up better than TP.
Definitely on the spot unfortunately, so we’ve ended up ordering a size up to try out.
What really sucks is that this kind of behavior has become so much more common on Reddit in the last few years. The man vs. bear dialogue in particular has been pathetic.
Pack whisperers of ultralight: what’s your opinion on the angle of these load lifters ? The lifters attach underneath the horizontal webbing you can see partway down the strap.
My mom bought a Flash 55 at REI after being fitted there and I’m a little suspicious about the size S she ended up with. Loaded the pack up with maybe 20 pounds for a hike yesterday and she seemed to be able to transfer weight off her shoulders decently well, but her last pack was a 7lb generic 60L so I don’t think she’s even aware of how good a well-fitting pack can feel.
We can get take most of the load off her shoulders by loosening her shoulder straps and cranking the load lifters. Tempted to run with that but I’m just curious whether anyone would say the pack is clearly too small.
What the fuck is with this weird incel shit I keep seeing on Reddit?
Probably because subreddits are moderated by random, different volunteers…
Gotcha, ty for the feedback — I primarily bring up differential cut since Katabatic includes it in all their quilts and was curious whether the differential was uniquely important for their horizontal baffling — but it would seem the answer is probably no! I’m calculating 30% overstuff by taking my total estimated volume (e.g. total quilt area * 2.5) and multiplying by 1.3 to calculate my down needs. I started with 30% based on the forum posts I’ve found but am definitely wont to trust your word over that if it sounds too low. With that said — just read your ‘warmth metrics’ post. Reading between the lines, do you prefer to run a comparatively short baffle (e.g. 1.2in for 2.99in loft in your post) and lean on the 60% overstuff to lock down in place and achieve your desired loft?
Fair. Just torn between horizontal vs. blended baffles for my first down quilt project. Seems any discussion on the matter always has a few people talking about down settling overnight in their horizontal baffles.
wanting to know what a reasonably priced car would be for my situation
I’m not asking what the “smart” thing to do would be, because that would obviously just be buying a 5k car
I just don’t want to set myself up for financial ruin
So are you just asking for our blessing to make the dumb financial decision instead?
For MYOG down quilts -- are horizontal baffles really all that bad if I'm **not** using differential cut but am overstuffing by 30%? My suspicion is that 95% of overnight down movement is a result of looser or straight-up under fill.
Or let them do NOLs alone. All my siblings did it around that age and fell in love with backpacking.
Potential ideas for the weight conscious:
* GG thinlite as a sit/lay pad to replace a chair or add some comfort
* Tarp + Bivy to potentially try a lighter weight option?
* Maybe some kind of MYOG kit?
* EE Torrids are on sale right now for $180 if that's within budget
* Wind pants/shirt, sun hoody, sun gloves?
Learning to drive is the easy solution. It’s going to be very, very difficult to access worthwhile hikes without being able to drive.
How do you guys do it?
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