changing of the guard
Hello, All!
Well, this is my last post as owner of this very excellent egroup.
The past 4 years have been a privilege and honor to have been the 4th owner...
tiredsole51 2012-12-29 18:52:51 #71609
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
I have used the Ursack for 10 years. No critter penetration and no mesh. Works great.
Josh
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JoshC 2012-12-29 18:51:44 #71608
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
outsak ultralight. the advantage over a plastic container being the storage size getting smaller as the food gets eaten. velcro closure will unfortunately...
Keith Peterson 2012-12-29 18:10:48 #71607
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
Just to add some metrics to the discussion, here are the weights and capacities of some of the items in my gear-cache from largest to smallest:
GrubPack "B"...
originalgiri 2012-12-29 17:19:38 #71606
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
I spent $5 at Target for a Taylor Mechanical Food Scale (capacity 1 lb.)
The benefit from having every item's accurate weight is that you wind up being much...
Andrew 2012-12-29 16:56:43 #71605
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
My ratsack, probably six years old or so now, is 308 gms, or 10.86 oz - it probably is the medium size but rolls up very nicely in your pack. It holds a lot...
dadphx 2012-12-29 16:42:07 #71604
Re: Food Storage and Gear reduction
I have an original 18"x14" Ratsack and it weighs 12 ounces, REI reports 6 ounces. Perhaps the new ones are re-designed, but the picture looks identical to my...
ned.bryant 2012-12-29 14:41:27 #71603
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