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If I may offer a possible solution… go to the dollar store, sewing supplies and buy a plastic grommet, so cheap they’ll come in a bag.
Poke a hole in the bottom of your rain cover, affix said grommet to prevent the hole from becoming larger...
It baffles me that people go somewhere and then complain there are too many other people there - buddy this isn’t your movie, to to them you are other people
I'm not a fan for several reasons:
1) It is too short
2) In order to use it when it's raining you have to take off your pack, put it on, take it off, put it on as it starts/stops raining. With the ALTUS, it just hangs off my pack when don't need...
I admit it…I love my brilliant orange/red Decathlon poncho.
I suppose it’s’ our fate to always be muttering under our breath on Camino…whilst on trail “WHY did I bring XYZ, my pack would be so much lighter if I hadn’t “….then once in the...
I have a silk liner and a Sea to Summit Traveller down sleeping bag that can be opened into a blanket. A bit heavier that some mentioned about - 420 gr. But I love it.
Hi,
A peregrina turned me onto this SOL poncho awhile ago, wondering about Forum thoughts.
Only 2.7 ounces, 77 grams, it is robust, waterproof. I presume it is hot due to the reflective nature of it, but all ponchos are hot....
If not travelling...
No, I’ve not. TBH I got the hack ideas from an ultralight thoughhiker on YouTube and I haven’t tried it “in the wild” yet. I found that some of the albergues on the CF in mid October were cold as heck…and I had a lousy sleep, and felt brutal the...
No…and yes. Those mylar blankets are way too noisy (as noted elsewhere) and while they hold heat well, they also collect moisture so you wake up in the middle of the night dripping wet from your own condensation. However...
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