[MikeD]

While we are getting all nerdy does anyone have experience carrying an SLR with a full size pack? I want to be able to have access to my camera without removing my pack. I can put my SLR case on my daypack hip strap with no problems but the suspension on my full pack pushes it forward and it gets in the way of my arms.

When you're wearing the pack, the only accessible real estate you have free is on your chest or on the hip belt...

Maybe you could sling a holster-style camera case between your pack straps? Sounds both awkward and geeky, but it's really all I can think of. Or you could wear the camera on a strap cross-body under one arm and use a bungee, strap, or some other method to keep the camera held closely to the waist belt until you needed it.

It would match my leather zip-off assless chaps.

All chaps are assless. That's part of what makes them chaps.

You should make some Cordura trail chaps that start out as pants, then zip out the ass and crotch. And they could be tear-away, like stripper pants.

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> And they could be tear-away, like stripper pants.

Goddammit! Must spread rep...

 

[H8R]

While we are getting all nerdy does anyone have experience carrying an SLR with a full size pack? I want to be able to have access to my camera without removing my pack. I can put my SLR case on my daypack hip strap with no problems but the suspension on my full pack pushes it forward and it gets in the way of my arms.

Something like this...

http://products.lowepro.com/product/Topload-Zoom-Chest-Harness,2054,32.htm

 

[Westy]

Something like this...

http://products.lowepro.com/product/Topload-Zoom-Chest-Harness,2054,32.htm

Interesting. I think I might try to make something similar, use velcro on one side to make taking the pack off easier.

Thanks.

 

[MikeD]

That's exactly the kind of arrangement I was thinking of...

 

[woodsguy]

The Sierra Zip stove doesn't require you carry fuel. I've been using it for years. Works awesome on a few sticks.

 

[Da Peach]

Interesting. I think I might try to make something similar, use velcro on one side to make taking the pack off easier.

Thanks.

And when not toting a camera, you can use it to cradle your little ferret buddy along with you on walks.

 

[Lowlight7]

Lowepro Toploader with chest harness. You wear it underneath the pack so, if you do need to take off the pack your camera stays with you.

 

[H8R]

Interesting. I think I might try to make something similar, use velcro on one side to make taking the pack off easier.

Thanks.

Basically clipping a top-loader to the d-rings on the shoulder straps above the sternum strap.

Or just feed the sternum strap through the top-loader's belt loop.

Or just use a camera strap?

 

[MikeD]

And when not toting a camera, you can use it to cradle your little ferret buddy along with you on walks.

He's got another special place to keep his ferret.

 

[H8R]

BTW -

This is my next stove:
http://www.csun.edu/~mjurey/penny.html

 

[MikeD]

BTW -

This is my next stove:
http://www.csun.edu/~mjurey/penny.html

I'd been looking at this one, which I suppose is the same idea-- http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___67127

Ed: Never mind, yours is way cooler.

That sierra stove looks cool, too, as long as you're not in the desert (or at least in a protected part of the desert...)

 

[Wumpus]

2) Campstove--thanks for the advice earlier. Need to secure the bottle with a bungee, as well, so it doesn't slip out should I take a real tumble. Two more questions-- a) does a small spurt/trickle of fuel when detaching the fuel canister mean you've overpressurized it, or is it normal/unavoidable? b) Is it OK to carry the canister pressurized? I've been releasing it after use/cooldown as the directions say, but if you're planning on using it again soon, is it all right to leave it pumped?

tip -- I cut the top off of a water bottle, and it fits perfectly over the the top of my fuel canister(MSR). Poked a small in the bottom of the water bottle to make it easier to slip on. Protects the pump from snagging and other accidents.

 

[MikeD]

tip -- I cut the top off of a water bottle, and it fits perfectly over the the top of my fuel canister(MSR). Poked a small in the bottom of the water bottle to make it easier to slip on. Protects the pump from snagging and other accidents.

Way to like, bring us back on topic with, like, useful advice.

 

[Lowlight7]

Sorry, I thought the fuel bottle issue was handled with a little "Suck it up, princess."

 

[MikeD]

Suck it up, princess

Ah, huffing. A favored Manasshole pastime.

 

[H8R]

I'd been looking at this one, which I suppose is the same idea-- http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___67127

Ed: Never mind, yours is way cooler.

I had a mini Trangia alcohol stove years ago. I lost it at some point. It boiled water faster than any other stove I've used. No moving parts either, I like that.

 

[buildyourown]

Just got my first non-canister-fueled campstove, an MSR Dragonfly. (Gasoline or diesel may be my only source of fuel overseas, so I wanted a stove that didn't rely on a gas mix/disposable canister.) It runs fine on unleaded...however, since you can smell the gas and the fuel bottle isn't some sealed factory unit, I really don't feel comfortable carrying it in my pack (not to mention stench contamination...)

MD

This is why we use white gas. It won't linger like gas or diesel. If spilled, it will evaporate and not ruin what it was spilled on (in most cases)
I used it last weekend for cleaning pitch off of my hand while camping and you couldn't smell it on my skin afterwards.

 

[H8R]

This is why we use white gas. It won't linger like gas or diesel. If spilled, it will evaporate and not ruin what it was spilled on (in most cases)
I used it last weekend for cleaning pitch off of my hand while camping and you couldn't smell it on my skin afterwards.

Same thing with denatured alcohol.

 

[Lowlight7]

Ah, huffing. A favored Manasshole pastime.

Our favorite pastimes right now are building strip malls and playing futbol.

Useful advice:

Don't buy white gas in Africa. What we call white gas in the states (coleman fuel) and what they call white gas aren't necessarily the same. Stick with the kero or unleaded. It smells worse and it will clog your jet more, but it won't jam up the stove. Download all the files off zenstoves.net for when you get bored and want to build your own.

The pump is fragile, keep it in the fuel bottle you're using. Besides, one bottle is good for like 6 meals or more. I don't keep mine pressurized during travel anymore, if a seal breaks it will spray fuel all over vs. just spilling a bit. Rare, yes, but once is enough to swear me off for life. Be judicious in the pump cup cleaning - these go bad easily and are a stupid reason to need a new pump.

The GSI Dualist cookset looks very cool. Affordable, too. I dig the Snowpeak Trek 700 as well.

I'm sure I'll think of something else when I get back from the store...

 

[DRB]

IF you bring your fuel bottle back in your plane luggage, empty it, rinse it as best you can and then fill it about a 1/4 full with cheap a$$ liquor. Even if it smells of gasoline, they'll just think you are drinking horrid liquor and let it go.

 

[skinny mike]

That sierra stove looks cool, too, as long as you're not in the desert (or at least in a protected part of the desert...)

or as long as you're not mountaineering.