Making an ultralight priming pan for your alcohol stove
Today I’ll show you how to make an ultralight alcohol stove priming tray for your alcohol stove. Certain types of alcohol backpacking stoves need priming, in this case, I’m using a penny stove that I...
View ArticleSimple Modifications for Sawyer Squeeze Filter – Prefilter, hose adapter,...
The Sawyer Point One Squeeze filter (0.1 micron version) has grown to be one of my favorite pieces of gear. There are two pages of modifications: Simple Modifications for Sawyer Squeeze Filter (this...
View ArticleSawyer Squeeze Filter Modifications Part 2 – Cleaning Syringes and Storage Bag
The Sawyer Point One Squeeze filter (0.1 micron version) has grown to be one of my favorite pieces of gear. There are two pages of modifications: Simple Modifications for Sawyer Squeeze Filter Sawyer...
View ArticleAlcohol fuel efficiency for backpacking stoves – ethanol vs methanol
I’ve been working on the problem of alcohol stove efficiency in my spare time, as a hobby, to relax from more pressing regular work matters, and I finally realized, the information on the internet is...
View ArticleMake your own Ion Alcohol Fuel Stove – Half Ounce SLX 2 cups of water boil
This is the setup I am using for these tests, screen, 2″ pot stand, 1.25″ tall stove, 4″ wind / heat screen, and a 900 ml Snowpeak titanium tall pot. I have also tested on a 600 ml stainless steel pot...
View ArticleFuel Consumption and Pack Weight for Alcohol – Esbit – Canister – White Gas...
There’s a lot of myths about fuel/stove weight for trip lengths of various days. This page compares consumption weights between several types of setups, over different time frames, using an easy to...
View ArticleMaking a Simple Lightweight Backpacking Alcohol Stove Wind-Heat Screen out of...
This article is part of a related series of fuel/stove articles: Making your own Ion Stove Making a Pot Stand Reflectix Pot Cozy – coming Aluminum Flashing Wind/Heat Screen Fuel consumption for...
View ArticleProtecting silnylon against misting in heavy driven rains
I came across this very good explanation of how to add a bit more silicone to your silnylon tent/tarp to protect against heavy driven rain, which causes inner misting. I was not completely sure that...
View ArticleTitanium Grades (for your ultralight projects)
Ok, ok, I know, you are saying, who cares? But I was curious about titanium wire grades (for my ultralight titanium pot stands) so I found this chart here. Element Composition,% Grade1 Grade2 Grade3...
View ArticlePolycryo ground sheets – cross linked polyolefin
I'd noticed the difference between different heat shrink film (aka, polycryo) a while back while cutting out ground sheets for two tents, one was using Gossamer Gear ground sheet, which was slightly...
View ArticleSilpoly / PU Coatings
Here is an interesting discussion on BackpackingLight.com on Silpoly durability and PU coating types: Geoff Caplan on backpackinglite. Some things tend to get lost in backpackinglight from the endless...
View ArticleState of the Electric World
Every so often I’ll post a quick review of current green (sic) technolgies. These items are sourced from a variety of places, including some of the better youtubers, along with more standard web...
View ArticleUnderstanding Thread Types and Thicknesses
This convenient listing of the types of thread is at hammockforums.net but I’m preserving it here as well in case it goes away, and because I need this information myself for sewing projects, and...
View ArticleOrinda Acupuncture: High Quality Acupuncture to Recover from Long Standing...
Over the years, I’ve collected more than my fair share of very hard to correct ligament and joint issues while hiking and backpacking, and realized that many or even most people might not be aware that...
View ArticleTreat Chronic Lyme Disease Symptoms: San Francisco / East Bay Orinda Acupuncture
Title: Treat Chronic Lyme Disease Symptoms: San Francisco / East Bay Orinda Acupuncture Content: Since you may not feel like reading a lot, first, the short version. You have chronic Lyme disease,...
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