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Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by strken »

pacman2 wrote: post #87
radus wrote: post #46

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Yes, please! Also curious about preferences for other related equipment - backpacks etc.

There is no best car, hence there is no best backpack. As a rule of thumb: It is easy to buy a backpack that is too big. It is nearly impossible to buy one that is too small. The experience of a traveler is in an anti-proportional relationship with the size of his or her backpack. This being said, the best back pack I ever had was from Burton. I and I am still heart-broken that it got stolen. It is not produced anymo…

Out of curiosity, do you mean too big as in capacity, or too big as in fit? I'm very tall and I've struggled with packs that don't rest properly on my hips, but I don't know if this was inexperience, or if there's some secret hack to adjust them.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by ghaff »

grzm wrote: post #109
ghaff wrote: post #107

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Even in the past 20 years or so. When I first started winter hiking the norm was full crampons and either Sorrels or full plastic boots--or nope. These days many of us use silicone-based microspikes with single-layer boots for a lot of purposes and they're fine.

Do you have some boot recommendations or reviews you’d recommend?

It depends on your needs. I still have some big plastics for step-in crampons so my single-layer winter boots are just some mild duty Merrell's (in maybe wide?--which is what I need in some circumstances). Just go to an REI or another more specialty store and try some on with winter-type socks.

Honestly not sure of the best recommendations these days. And depends if you go above treeline and/or do winter backpacks.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by rkk3 »

ghaff wrote: post #45
mikestew wrote: post #39

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One of the Hillebergs I have is four-season and weighs 3 lbs., including the poles. I can have it up in ten minutes, tops. The tent in the article might weigh 3 lbs., but that doesn't include the tree branches one is going to have to scrounge for to make tent poles. So if, as you mention, one is at 15K feet then snow accumulation is the least of one's worries if you can't find any tent poles above the tree line. :-)…

It's a little like igloos and snow caves. Fun to play around with once or twice but not really practical in general.

They are very practical in the extreme cold, they will keep you close to 0C/32F when its -30 outside.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by jacobsenscott »

I've never really had a problem staying warm winter camping - even around zero degrees. The key is a warm mummy sleeping bag and a small tent. The air in the tent is basically insulation, and in a small tent your body heat keeps it pretty warm. Use the mummy bag properly and you might even get too hot and need to unzip it a little.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by SamBam »

jupp0r wrote: post #83
Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #67

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Hilleberg tents do seem nice in terms of the fabrics they use and the design. However, as the long-haul cyclist community has found, the zippers give out appallingly early for such an expensive, artisanal product. (By the end of the Carretera Austral there seemed to be more Hilleberg owners with broken zippers than with working zippers.) I owned a Hilleberg Nallo GT-class tent that did seem like the five-star hotel o…

I wonder how much of the zipper failures are due to lack of maintenance. I use a tooth brush to clean them after each long trip and lubricate them with a little silicone grease. I bought my Jannu in 2007 and haven't had a problem with any of its zippers, ever. I've only had my Keron for 5 years so I can't attest to its longevity yet :)

I think very few people know to lubricate their zippers, however. Honestly, it's something I've never heard of.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by grzm »

ghaff wrote: post #112
grzm wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have some boot recommendations or reviews you’d recommend?

It depends on your needs. I still have some big plastics for step-in crampons so my single-layer winter boots are just some mild duty Merrell's (in maybe wide?--which is what I need in some circumstances). Just go to an REI or another more specialty store and try some on with winter-type socks. Honestly not sure of the best recommendations these days. And depends if you go above treeline and/or do winter backpacks.

Cheers. What I’d like to find is something that’s zero-lift, warm enough for zero-degree weather, and handles ice well (your mention of silicone-based nubbies is what caught my eye). Kind of a niche (maybe impossible?) product, but my sandals don’t do me so well in the snow :)

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by omilu »

eagsalazar2 wrote: post #40

Modern backpacking tents have achieved an exquisite pinnacle of engineering and usability perfection. I am a UX baby (constant whining about almost every tool/service/product I interact with, sorry to everyone who has to be around me) and I love my tent. It is magical the degree to which it has been thoughtfully optimized in so many little ways. DIY tents like this one are interesting and fun if you are into geeking…

What kind of tent is it?

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by pacman2 »

strken wrote: post #111
pacman2 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no best car, hence there is no best backpack. As a rule of thumb: It is easy to buy a backpack that is too big. It is nearly impossible to buy one that is too small. The experience of a traveler is in an anti-proportional relationship with the size of his or her backpack. This being said, the best back pack I ever had was from Burton. I and I am still heart-broken that it got stolen. It is not produced anymo…

Out of curiosity, do you mean too big as in capacity, or too big as in fit? I'm very tall and I've struggled with packs that don't rest properly on my hips, but I don't know if this was inexperience, or if there's some secret hack to adjust them.

Too big in capacity. My favorite backpack hat around 24l. I guess I could travel with this pack for 10 years. This gives you an Idea. (no tent of cause)

There was a EU based, tiny equipment manufacturer that actually produced backpacks for very tall people. I had some contacts in travel related business that could have brought it back on track. I asked if the owner is willing to let me buy into the business (I was interested in other niche products in his business) but he preferred to close it down.

Re: 21st Century Baker's Tent

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Post by dylan604 »

nate_meurer wrote: post #94
dylan604 wrote: post #71

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>They get warm, but what doesn't when you have a long fire in front of you. The shitty fireplace in my piss poor excuse of an 80s designed house. It's almost as if it was included as a check mark in a real estate listing rather than how to make it useful.

Yes. And a hole-in-the-wall fireplace will reliably cause a house to get colder in the winter, by sucking warm interior air up and out the chimney, to be replaced with cold outside air drafted in through leaks in the envelope and HVAC penetrations.

>cold outside air drafted in through leaks in the envelope

Oh, I have plenty of those too! Luckily, in my neck of the woods, winters are more of rare occurrence. We typically only have extra summer followed by late fall before spring arrives.

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