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  1. David

    Walking with a messenger bag rather than a backpack

    Have you seen this Camino designed cross over bag by Shelltoucher? Looks like a very good design to me. https://shelltoucher.com/products/the-shell-toucher-all-weather-camino-sling-bag-your-best-friend-on-the-trail-unisex?_pos=2&_sid=3a05ec3af&_ss=r
  2. David

    Shampoo and Condition bars, scent preference

    Interesting results - apart from the fresh zingy clean scent of it, isn't citrus repellent to mosquitos too? I would love to know what the 'other' votes were for .. I see unscented in the posts ... but the rest? who knows. for me - I don't use shampoo but if I did it would be unscented for...
  3. David

    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    The whole trick with the Altus or Decathlon poncho - and sure, is actually a long raincoat with space for a rucksack - is in hot weather to not use the sleeves, which makes it into a cape (hands stay dry too) ... the Decathlon does have long armpit zips which makes that design better. As for...
  4. David

    To those who brought a tent: How do I keep the total weight down?

    I have seen quite a few tenters but most of them had dogs - so I guess that makes it easier to guarantee a bed each night as most refugios don't allow them but there would probably have been others that I didn't see or notice, they would have just looked like large rucksack carrying pilgrims...
  5. David

    To those who brought a tent: How do I keep the total weight down?

    It is a problem. Even a lightweight tent has weight but also, one is then into comfortable sleeping mat, possibly a better sleeping bag, a lamp for the evenings ... then the temptation to make your own hot drinks, so stove etc ... Maybe a way forward - work out by trial and error the maximum...
  6. David

    The Shell Toucher hat

    Good question. The tropical pith helmet, still used by police and military in many hot countries is a brilliant and time tested hot weather hat. No longer made of pith but now Japanese Toya straw, made rigid with resin. I wear one, and absolutely love it!! though I do get a lot of stares...
  7. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    Yes, I was being Anlgo-centric. Rather than the rings we have in the UK in Spain they wire independent radials to the main fuse board. So in theory each socket has their own cable and own fuse. Cabling is the same - 2.5mm - the fuse on the fuse board should be 16amps. 13amps drawn on a socket is...
  8. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    Photos seem to show that his cpap machine is mains plug, which is separate from USB circuits in those adapters.
  9. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    13 amps at 240 volts is indeed 3120w - my only defense here is I must have been tired when I wrote mine!! Will edit it.
  10. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    I didn't find that at all, not for a EU plug adapter with a foreign socket to plug into. In those shops there were plenty of adapters to use outside Spain but none for foreign use inside Spain - eventually I found one in a huge Al Campo hypermarket. A simple EU plug with usb sockets is another...
  11. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    A CE mark merely shows that the device is to EU standards and therefore can be sold in the EU. One can buy adapters in any hypermarket - the problem I once had in buying in Spain is that they were almost exclusively EU adapters to use abroad, so you may need to bring one with you. Don't get...
  12. David

    Is this powered USB hub setup safe?

    Any plug, whether it is a simple plug that attaches to a device cable (think table lamp) or one that can be plugged into a foreign socket and then allows your own plug to be plugged in is a simple thing. Take it apart and you will see that it is merely some pieces of solid copper or brass, which...
  13. David

    Camino banner map - where to buy?

    I used to sell these but sold out. I will be restocking but they won't be available for about seven days. CaminoStore
  14. David

    Camino banner map - where to buy?

    This online map shop sells wonderful 3D plastic Camino maps - https://shop.all3dform.com/2-inicio?q=Categor%C3%ADas-Camino+de+Santiago
  15. David

    How to order from Decathlon Spain if in Canada/USA.

    UK is outside the EU so you might have better with Decathlon luck there though their delivery info only mentions our Royal Mail - but I agree with Peter, above, better to try them on before buying.
  16. David

    For Sale/Wanted E - Mountain bike for sale April 2024

    Sounds good - would help those interested I think, if you said what model it is - Trek are great bikes. What is a medium frame? As in, how tall are you? Is that a 400W battery - as in, 16.6AmpH battery or 400W motor? Buen Camino!
  17. David

    1,000 Miles in a Lumbar Pack: Ultralight Camino de Santiago Packing List

    Wow! Will you look at that!! Outstanding! .. and I can see that there is still room to carry, say, a long sleeved thermal vest or even a compression bag packed light down jacket (chilly nights) and lunch, couple of filled bocadillos. And, Paul, I see that with water you use the concept of fill...
  18. David

    1,000 Miles in a Lumbar Pack: Ultralight Camino de Santiago Packing List

    I posted it as I really like the concept. Though is probably too minimalist for me. I like to carry food, a proper waterproof poncho, a down jacket, etc. and he wore that shirt for 56 days without washing it, so carried no spare. Thing is, to travel so light means that water isn't a problem...
  19. David

    1,000 Miles in a Lumbar Pack: Ultralight Camino de Santiago Packing List

    Hi. Shawn and Lainey are a lovely couple - so positive! - who now live in Galicia and have a Youtube presence "Days we Spend" with plenty of excellent and informative Camino videos - they are Camino veterans. This is Shawn's lumbar pack list, fully explained - why and what .. is fascinating...
  20. David

    Need help deciding to bring or not to bring

    Hi Nina. These are my personal views - not fact, not necessarily right or correct, just from my viewpoint. Sleeping liner: - ? something to sleep in - liner, lightweight bag (you don't say when you are going so don't know climate for you). In the UK Trail do a fleece envelope liner that opens...

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