Camping and Backpacking GEAR thread

Any of you refill the isobutane canisters?

My plan is to refill the little 100g containers with just straight butane. Not too concerned with blending propane into the refills. I can always run my jetboil straight off propane if I need to.

I ordered up one of these pictured below. I ordered the one in the lower left corner, which is actually two products stacked together.

With my cost, I'll break even at 10 refills, and start saving after that.

 

With a straight butane fuel, you will have issues at colder temps. From what I've researched, straight butane will not work below 32 degrees F.

 

Not a problem for us. Don't cook / camp in that weather. I'm also more or less retired from backpacking and just into family truck camping. Having the truck at our disposal, I pack an adapter to run the jetboil from pure propane, which works well. Only downside with that, is it's a little cumbersome to use and we have to be careful to not use too much heat when boiling water.

 

I use a NEMO Tensor Insulated 25L Sleeping Pad and love it. It packs up incredibly small and weighs 1lb. I sleep well on it even on my side, which is where a lot of pads tend to fail.

 

Ive heard this from a few people now. just cant find one to try

 

Here's a good comparison article for you to check out : Linky

The writer of the article reviewed 127 sleeping pads and narrowed the best down to 12. When I was on the market for some new backpacking gear (sleeping pad, sleeping bag, and tent) I started a thread on that forum and he gave me suggestions to stay within my budget.

 

White Gas doesn't have a problem with cold I don't think.

 

Not unless it's really, REALLY cold. My white gas Coleman dual fuel functions perfectly even when it's -20 out.

 

when it's REALLY COLD you should be out anyway like below -20

 

Shrug. Winter camping. Coldest I've been out in has been about -25, without the windchill (which obviously doesn't affect the stove) and everything worked properly.

 

Yea me too but it was COLD. Stove worked though

 

Yep. Definitely need a GOOD insulating pad between your bag and the ground. And of the old-style foam design, not the inflatable stuff you see everywhere now.
I usually cheat and put one of those space blankets between my pad and the bottom of the tent, too.

 

I'm a side and/or stomach sleeper. Never had an issue.

It's all in how you hang.

 

A little to the left.

 

in a Hammock, perv

 

Took advantage of Suunto's sales this week and got a customized Traverse Sapphire. Had my Whitney summit date printed on the bottom, too. My little accomplishment trophy. Shipping direct from Finland and gets here Friday. I'm giddy.

 

as a school boy?

 

Been a while since anyone posted in here!

I got a few goodies today. A base layer shirt, neck gaiter, MH Merino beanie, and a MH Ghost Whisperer jacket, which I scored for about 39% of the retail price (Campsaver for the win!).

 

I'll be ordering some new inov-8 hiking boots in a week or so. Bought some Keens on Black Friday and they just aren't working out. Not sure why people love these so much. My old inov-8s are full of holes and still feel better.