Here it is, hot off the presses! A hike on Pennsylvania's West Rim Trail, and a review of the Granite Gear Escape AC 60. (And I finally got the HD thing figured out, YAY!)
Showing posts with label gear reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gear reviews. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Trail Ready Episode 3
A review of some Sea2Summit products, and a modified way to pitch a tarp in the lean-to configuration.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
First Episode of Trail Ready
Well, here it is, the 1st episode of Trail Ready. I'm still trying to figure out why the intro is blurry so I can fix that on episode 2. It might have to do with the cartoon effect I used.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Gear Review: Headsweats Supervisor
In my early years of backpacking my standard piece of summer head wear was the simple, but versatile bandanna.
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It would keep the sweat out of my eyes (no easy task), as well as serving as a pot holder, wash cloth, water strainer, etc. Few pieces of gear can rival it's multi tasking capabilities. The bandanna still has a place in my kit, but I think it has finally been ousted by the Supervisor by Headsweats.
I've never been much of a visor kind of guy, prefering baseball caps for my ever thinning hair (I don't have a forehead, but a five head, if you will). Even so, I decided to give the Supervisor a try. After using the Supervisor on my last outing to the Adirondacks I'm here to say my trusty old bandanna has one less task to perform.
Being a heavy sweater I appreciated the open air feel of the visor. It fit well and felt quite natural. The Cool Max terry liner worked so well, not one drop of sweat rolled down my face during the entire trip. In fact, if I tilted my head down the sweat would drip off the tip of the brim, but never on me. Speaking of the brim, keeping the sun out of my eyes was greatly appreciated and would never have happened with a bandanna.
I'm sold on the Headsweats Supervisor, and highly recommend it for your warm season hikes.
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It would keep the sweat out of my eyes (no easy task), as well as serving as a pot holder, wash cloth, water strainer, etc. Few pieces of gear can rival it's multi tasking capabilities. The bandanna still has a place in my kit, but I think it has finally been ousted by the Supervisor by Headsweats.
I've never been much of a visor kind of guy, prefering baseball caps for my ever thinning hair (I don't have a forehead, but a five head, if you will). Even so, I decided to give the Supervisor a try. After using the Supervisor on my last outing to the Adirondacks I'm here to say my trusty old bandanna has one less task to perform.
Being a heavy sweater I appreciated the open air feel of the visor. It fit well and felt quite natural. The Cool Max terry liner worked so well, not one drop of sweat rolled down my face during the entire trip. In fact, if I tilted my head down the sweat would drip off the tip of the brim, but never on me. Speaking of the brim, keeping the sun out of my eyes was greatly appreciated and would never have happened with a bandanna.
I'm sold on the Headsweats Supervisor, and highly recommend it for your warm season hikes.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Evernew Titanium Alcohol Stove Review
Well, I finally put up a video review of the new Evernew titanium alcohol stove. Generally, I like the design, but can't wait to get the full DX set and see what it is capable of.
I apologize in advance for the poor quality video. I am so tech unsavvy, lol. I recently purchased a Canon Vixia HV30 HD camcorder and upgraded to Sony Vegas editing software, but after shooting the entire video I found out that my computer didn't have the capability for me to download my video. My backup was to shoot on my trusty Olympus 770SW, so I get what I get, I guess. The good news is that going forward we'll have my tech missteps fixed (let's hope).
I apologize in advance for the poor quality video. I am so tech unsavvy, lol. I recently purchased a Canon Vixia HV30 HD camcorder and upgraded to Sony Vegas editing software, but after shooting the entire video I found out that my computer didn't have the capability for me to download my video. My backup was to shoot on my trusty Olympus 770SW, so I get what I get, I guess. The good news is that going forward we'll have my tech missteps fixed (let's hope).
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