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Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
Sun 22 Mar, 2009 8:25 pm
Do yall think these would keep a sleeper warm enough in the winter?
http://www.hikelight.com.au/prod16.htm
Sun 22 Mar, 2009 9:47 pm
Yes why not and it is inexpensive however it may not be over comfortable in comparison to say a "prolite 4" but at half the price why not give it a go
c
Mon 23 Mar, 2009 6:18 am
Well, for the price of prolites- it's either the blow-up or the closed-cell foam blue mattress, which I think is actually colder/harder than the ground.....
Thanks Corvus!
Mon 23 Mar, 2009 9:40 am
I've got one of these, and I doubt it will be warm enough for winter by itself. I've been putting a piece of blue closed cell foam (which I like to have to sit on anyway) on top of the blow up matress, and it works a treat. Would probably work just as well underneath.
I have one of the old thermarests, and the blow up matches it for comfort.
Mon 23 Mar, 2009 12:40 pm
woka wrote:I've got one of these, and I doubt it will be warm enough for winter by itself. I've been putting a piece of blue closed cell foam (which I like to have to sit on anyway) on top of the blow up matress, and it works a treat. Would probably work just as well underneath.
I've got one as well. It was plenty warm enough in snow in WOJ in Dec/Jan. Similar idea to woka, I had a very thin layer of foam (bought from a hardware store), but did put it underneath for extra insulation. I don't know what the temperature was, but I assume since it was snowing (and felt cold outside) it must have been reasonably low. I think it is designated 3 season but up here should be OK for winter; Tassie winters dunno. Definitely much warmer than my Exped Simlight 2.5 though (standard type, not the downmat) and three times as comfortable. Hitting the ground when you roll over on a thinner mat doesn't do it for me. Also quite cheap, I think I paid about $63 including 15% discount.
Mon 23 Mar, 2009 4:18 pm
thanks guys!
Mon 23 Mar, 2009 7:14 pm
Ya can't take it with ya! Bite the bullet an get an Exped downmat 7 and you'll never look for anything better. Costly but fantastic.
Flyfisher
Tue 24 Mar, 2009 8:19 am
I have and use the previous version, very similar. It is comfortable/warm down to about 5c for me and just doable down to 0 but at that you will need a warmer sleeping bag than if you were using the Exped 7 .
Several US hikers use that or a similar Big Agnes version with a thin CCF mat. Most suggest to use the thinner mat on top.
A fuller inflation will insulate better but to me feels less comfortable so I compromise between the two.
Franco
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