Gear report good and bad
Posted: Fri 04 Jan, 2013 12:11 amHi All
Just back from Mt feathertop after a first time overnighter for my youngest daughter Suzy together with her older sister
Fails = My x' s Macpac backpack, admittedly its about fifteen years old hasn't had much use but the plastic on the back of the shoulder straps disintegrated my fault for not checking
my Sea to summit spoon ( Lexan I think) broke on the first morning. The Vango Banshee tent that I purchased for 99.00 pounds from Craigdon in Scotland about a year ago is a very well made tent it was tested with some extreme winds over night did not move a speck on the down side the size of the tent must be intended for hobbits at about 6Ft it was a wee bit cramppy for me but my daughter, the 14 year old found it just right. The Katmandu tent ( a copy of a northface mountain 25) is bulletproof, 3.5Kg but bulletproof. Really big tick to the Montane Prism Primaloft Jacket from Backpaking light in Melbourne it was a big winner, I have used it endlessly around town because it packs down to nothing and it was even better in the mountains forget the fleece and go for a prism. Purchase a new Exped Synmat Ul big tick worked perfectly, a bit noisy but very comfortably from Bogong in Melbourne, big tick for the black wolf blow up pillow from Anaconda that also worked perfectly just like sleeping in my bed at home. Oh MSR whisperlite international stoves are idiot proof, I have had a whisperlight for years but just replaced it with the international first morning pumped it up turned on to let a small amount of fuel in to the priming cup then thought i turned it off, WRONG turned it on flat chat, one meter flame for a few seconds then it kicked into gear started running like a charm ( not the recommended way to light the thing even doing it 100 percent wrong it did not fail) last by not least was a new OR hat Sunshower Sombrero from Bogong Melbourne worked well. Note to daughter listen to dad when it comes to the choice of footwear so you don,t get blisters
You will note I don't work in the industry but support any and all of the shops in Melbourne or on the net depending on what takes my fancy
Climbingone
Just back from Mt feathertop after a first time overnighter for my youngest daughter Suzy together with her older sister
Fails = My x' s Macpac backpack, admittedly its about fifteen years old hasn't had much use but the plastic on the back of the shoulder straps disintegrated my fault for not checking
my Sea to summit spoon ( Lexan I think) broke on the first morning. The Vango Banshee tent that I purchased for 99.00 pounds from Craigdon in Scotland about a year ago is a very well made tent it was tested with some extreme winds over night did not move a speck on the down side the size of the tent must be intended for hobbits at about 6Ft it was a wee bit cramppy for me but my daughter, the 14 year old found it just right. The Katmandu tent ( a copy of a northface mountain 25) is bulletproof, 3.5Kg but bulletproof. Really big tick to the Montane Prism Primaloft Jacket from Backpaking light in Melbourne it was a big winner, I have used it endlessly around town because it packs down to nothing and it was even better in the mountains forget the fleece and go for a prism. Purchase a new Exped Synmat Ul big tick worked perfectly, a bit noisy but very comfortably from Bogong in Melbourne, big tick for the black wolf blow up pillow from Anaconda that also worked perfectly just like sleeping in my bed at home. Oh MSR whisperlite international stoves are idiot proof, I have had a whisperlight for years but just replaced it with the international first morning pumped it up turned on to let a small amount of fuel in to the priming cup then thought i turned it off, WRONG turned it on flat chat, one meter flame for a few seconds then it kicked into gear started running like a charm ( not the recommended way to light the thing even doing it 100 percent wrong it did not fail) last by not least was a new OR hat Sunshower Sombrero from Bogong Melbourne worked well. Note to daughter listen to dad when it comes to the choice of footwear so you don,t get blisters
You will note I don't work in the industry but support any and all of the shops in Melbourne or on the net depending on what takes my fancy
Climbingone
