I've found my "Made in China" all metal Sextant to be both accurate and easy to use.

If cellphone 3 times lighter than Bagnold, carry 3 cellphones. Or a phone and a printer ? The navigator yet not break The navigator must not break The navigator must not break But what about your water bottle and truck ? Do they never break either ?

If cellphone 3 times lighter than Bagnold, carry 3 cellphones. Or a phone and a printer ? The navigator yet not break The navigator must not break The navigator must not break But what about your water bottle and truck ? Do they never break either ?

If cellphone 3 times lighter than Bagnold, carry 3 cellphones. Or a phone and a printer ? The navigator yet not break The navigator must not break The navigator must not break But what about your water bottle and truck ? Do they never break either ?

Is this modification still working...I thought is might crack/break the plastic over time. Also, how much weight have you been carrying? Thanks.

Thank´s for sharing. Both packs looking good to me. By the color selection of the Rainier model, you can tell it´s an older model 🙂 But that´s not negative, I like those reminder of a good decade. Regards from Germany

Ok. I finally found someone else making use of the sun azimuth. That is where the similarity ends. I also use shadow stick approach to protect my eyes !!! I use both phone and a single map marker shaped cardboard cutout with the pointed end at 0 degrees of a 0 to 360 deg dial. This marker points in direction of travel. The shadow stays in "same place for about an hour". PHONE IS KEPT OFF (OR JUST SCREEN OFF) THEN PHONE RECALCULATES SHADOW AZIMUTH REQUIRED. I CORRECT TRAVEL DIRECTION IN THIS MANNER EVERY HOUR. THANKS DAVID CANTERBURY FOR WOODSMITH SIMPLE COMPASS ON KZbin. I use a hybrid approach in order to keep phone battery charged as long as possible. I live in the cell phone era. My education was electronics and I dont share Joe Soaps "BUT PHONES BREAK BATTERIES GO FLAT" worries. I buy cheap phones where batteries can be replaced. I buy more than 1 phone and multiple batteries. AND HEY, I AM PROBABLY OLDER THAN YOU THAT IS READING THIS ! I AM RETIRED. WHAT A GREAT TIME TO THINK AND CREATE !

I've had multiple molle 2 packs and they all had cracked frames. I ordered a brand new frame and it also arrived cracked. Sold them, and just keep running my old Alice pack because it just keeps working.

They're a great stove, good idea with the funnel to recover fuel. Thank you for sharing 👍

That bug net is a nightmare to figure out. I tied the foot end to the hammock. I still can't figure out the snaps on the head end. Directions would have been a nice addition. They also should have added a bar at the foot end to make it a true bridge hammock.

Hang your head end lower then the foot end and you won't slid down. That works with all hammocks. I got the bug net for this hammock . It is hard to figure out since there are no directions. But t works. Only con is that you can't add a ridge line.

The bug net should be completely detachable, no zipper, just drape. The telescope poles and base parachute cloth is good.

Agree the wedding is too long. I wouldn't complicate it, tho, just shorten. I might suggest that your tree choice was too young, too thin, too weak.

I like the eno sky lite, but I will cut the bug net out and cut the ridge line out.

Do you think the Filbe waist belt would work w molle or Alice frame?

thank you so much 🥰

thanks !!!!!!!!!

Testing and dialing in your equipment is so valuable. Thank you

Pro tip: wrinkle it all up and rubber band it like a tie dye shirt, then go for it. Looks wild. I do that with green and brown dye with the army UCP pattern and ABU tiger stripe air force stuff. Looks cool as hell.

Thanks for showing! Your result is well done. To me is the genuine Coyote color the best choice. Not for camo purpose, but the over all kinda neutral looks of the pack ;-) Regards from Germany! Torsten

Thanks for the video. If you like the becket hitch, you may be able to save even more weight by switching to the Dutchware spider web 1.5 straps. If you like to use the daisy chain strap, you could get 5, 6, or 7 foot spider web 1.5 tree huggers (loops on both ends) for the tree half of your suspension and connect those to your original daisy chain straps. This would be even lighter than an entire length of daisy chain straps and you don't really need the daisy chain portion for the tree. I'm doing this now, using a soft shackle instead of carabiner to connect the hammock to the daisy strap. No knots and no hardware, which I personally like.

Thanks for sharing from Germany! I`m glad that I don´t need such cleats anymore, bc winter is almost gone 🙂Torsten

Should be using rit dyemore, made for synthetics

The loop in the hydration pouch at 1:43 is to hook the top of the issued camelbak onto. Preventing it from slumping to the bottom of the pouch.

I started with a gathered end hammock but prefer to side sleep. My first suspension hammock was the Haven XL, which I like but I moved on to the Helsdon and like the most; for pretty much the reasons you listed. Your comaprisons I found were fair and, for the Helsdon, accurate. I don;t know the other two but I assume you are just as fair with them. Great video, subbed and liked.

Hey buddy, the color comes from an anodized layer on the titanium which simply reflects light and gives it a colored hue based on the thickness of the anodized coating. It’s an oxide layer formed on the titanium with electrochemical processing in the factory. The coating is completely inert, meaning just as body-safe as titanium itself. The blotchiness is not color flaking off at all, rather it is oil or other contaminants simply smudging the oxide layer so light can’t reflect through as easily and affects how the blue hue looks - sort of like smudges on glass distorting a light source. Basically, It’s metal science and a colorful illusion to our eyes. If the cup isn’t sparkling clean, the hue will be inconsistent as you found out. But it’s impossible to consume the color into your body so you are totally safe!

Please check out the channel Outdoor Gear Review. Years ago he did a very interesting videos on both packs, then a head to head comparisons. I have several mountaineer packs, which I prefer. I have several of the FILBE and Mollie ii. I've modified each one for different varieties of tasked in the environment of Florida where I reside. I find that the Mollie ii is a bit more versatile for the tasks I conduct.

Almost bought one of these on EBay but I didn't know until now that the shades could be replaced. Ended up getting a used Davis Mk. 15 instead.

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Not a Svea fail......bad title....I use a Svea primarily as my deep winter stove.....

I had a bad experience with DAVIS. I bought a new M15 sextant (on eBay) and the lens came loose from the 3X telescope. There was no way to fix it. I sent an email to Davis, including photos, and got no response. I sent it again and was told that customer service would respond. The answer came after I insisted, once again, and was "we don't have stock of this part. I asked for more information and no answer. They totally ignored me. So, a serious company is one that cares about the customer and this was not the Davis case with me.

Thank you for showing me. I already know the principle of repair buckles, but not yet the idea of ​​a ladder buckle as a fastener for the hip belt. It's simple and good. Greetings Torsten

Hello, I don't know if the problem with the load lifters is still relevant for you, but I have a solution. It would probably help to attach the entire shoulder strap panel (the one that attaches to the frame, with the pads inside that rest against your back when you're carrying the backpack) a little lower on the frame. Placed one or two slots lower, it lifts the frame completely higher over your shoulder when carrying the backpack. This should then give the load lifters more chance to function. Greetings Torsten

Thanks for the video, good to know. I have the MOLLE II, never owned a FILBE. Hate that Coyote brown color. Might be good for the desert, but I don't want to look like a big turd! 😆 Merry Christmas to you. 👍

I had once mounted a large ALICE pack on a MOLLE II frame (with MOLLE shoulder straps + hip belt). By so, you can get the advantages of both worlds.

Thanks for showing!

Thanks for the comparison, never saw all 3 together side by side. Interesting to see....

Thank you for sharing! I`ve both packs too, in my opinion, the more "ergonomic" shape of the FILBE frame is more comfortable. Also it has more flex in it, another plus. The MOLLE II pack frame reminds me to a board strapped to my back, not comfortable.....

Nice one. I used a set of triglides on one set-up and a pair of ladderlocks on another, attached to a set of straps, to secure to the ladderllocks present on the shoulder harness in order to be able to make use of the load lifters on the MOLLE ii yoke. Also, it now stays nicely in place

There's 6 different manufacturers there's Rogers, there's common there's. Fiesta, I can't remember the other three, but it's the exact same stove. The mechanisms apart the gas gives the tanks the feed. Everything is exactly the same between these 6 different companies and Rogers is actually made of in the same factory. That coleman is same town

just put the lighter in a pocket or warm it with your hands. For priming keep the windshield on.

Just use your mouth to blow carefully to the flame to one side to prime the stove. suddenly you hear a sound, and the alcohol starts to evaporate, - and bang, there she goes into blooming!

The American Nautical Almanac's sight reduction procedure is so ugly that almost no one ever gets it figured out. It is disregarded even more than the US "Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation." "Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation" has been in favor since the 1950s. The earlier "Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth" are excellent--they just don't produce heights below 5°. The narrator of this video makes a valiant effort to demonstrate the Almanac's EZ Method, but what he has to work with would baffle Bowditch. Those who can't follow: don't give up. Just use the Almanac's daily pages, and its information about corrections for eye height, refraction, semidiameter, and parallax. I usually avoid tables that combine corrections.

I know I'm super late, but leaving this info anyway. The regular shoulder straps have the fasteners sewed in upside down, so that's the way you have to use them. On the LC2 improved straps they are mounted "right side up", since they are not sewn in and you CAN place them right side up to be able to pull on the protruding webbing to tighten them up while wearing the pack, and why wouldn't you mount it that way if you can? (Every youtube video I saw about them canonically has people speaking about how they are mounted "right side up" unlike all the other models as well..) That being said I eventually will mount mine upside down as well using my sewing machine to sew them in. I can always cut the seam to repair if needed anyways. After all I am very sceptical about that loop connection of the webbings. The reason to sew them upside down is because you have to fiddle the non-buckle part through the pack (and frame eventually) and it's more practical having that end loose while the fastener stays in place.

1:01 Although clarity is important, the writing in the Almanac is very poor so that it has to be deciphered.

Interesting video. Posted to my Community tab. 👍

I have one of these, the gels on mine look just like your old ones. Where did you get the new gels? I don't know where to look. I have tried replacement welding shade, awkwardly taped on...

Super lightweight cooking setup there👍🏽

Great idea with the extra ridgeline. That style of hammock is too good not to figure out ways to make it warmer.

Great video, 0% bullshit 100% informative