5 Biggest Problems with Backpacking Gear… SOLVED
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Years ago I spent maybe $10 to buy nylon washers and paracord, fashioned them into a rectangle the same size as my tent footprint and I use that to set up the fly first if it’s raining.
Genius!!!
For the sippy straw setup, don't plunge the straw all the way to the bottom of your bottle. I insert it about 2/3rds of the way down and so I know when I suck air, I'm low. I marked the straw with a sharpie/or tape.
By far the smart water sippy straw setup is my favorite.
This is a great trick, thanks.
Trail Flea
Not new tech, but new for me is a small solar panel. I never considered using one and always used a 10- or 20-k mAh bank -- until I had a recent hike with a long distance between "power stops". A solar panel seemed my only option. Went with a 3 oz 10W (more line 5W) and a 3 oz 5-k mAh bank. It ended up working surprisingly well - even with two straight days of constant drizzle and no sun. It kept my A6400, InReach, watch and headlamp fully charged -- and I ended the trip with a nearly fully charged battery bank. I now consider this my standard power source - and it saved about 6 oz over my previous electronics setup. I still plan to carry a wall charger on future trips for faster charging during resupplies - but I need more experience with the setup to evaluate if it is really needed.
I also concur about electrolytes - a great addition (but I use a different brand). I carry 20z on my shoulder strap and roughly alternate between that and my sip tube-to-smart-waterbottle while hiking on trail. I do feel better later in the day and I think it helps me drink more water overall.
Haha. Oh the spectacle, as my husband and I stand under our fly, like an elementary school parachute, while setting up our tent in the rain!
The Durston X Mid (Non Pros) also have a seperate inner tent and rainfly
Most Scandinavian and many German tents have fly and inner attached, and you can also pitch the outer tent independently. Usually they are not ultralight.
Most of my tents have that function. One eureka from the early 2000s, several chinesium clones (nature hike, 3f ul gear, flame’s creed), some decathlon heavies, hell, even my family size pumpable Karsten is single wall super thick cotton and isn’t inner-first.
You can get those designs in UL as well. Helsport superlight series for example.
The dual zipper door was the primary reason I made my first backpacking tent a Big Agnes (Salt Creek) Also the Durston X mid was sold out and on back order and that probably pushed me towards it too.
I love the side pockets on my Osprey Exos 38. I sit my small 1st aid kit in the pocket and then the water bottle.
Macpac (New Zealand brand) have had integrated tents for decades that allow the fly & inner to be erected simultaneously. When it is pouring rain or you have to pitch in the dark, it is brilliant.
Hilltop Fanny Pack carried up front for substantial carrying of snacks, etc. Converts to a town bag easily with the extra included strap. A game changer for easy access to items on the trail as you look straight down to see what you want. Plus no zipper to fuss with and many packs have rather small side pouches on the hip belt or they are really expensive add on's considering the small capacity. The roll top closure means the bag is very weather proof compared to a zipper but would still put a camera/electronics in a ziplock if in substantial rain. I find having one more buckle to deal with when getting into or out of the pack doesn't slow anything down in the scheme of things., especially if time is saved on the trail not having to hunt elsewhere on the pack for stuff.
The fanny pack is a good idea but I think just buying a pack with a running style harness would be better. Why any pack is made without pockets on the front straps is so crazy to me, but until they catch up the fanny pack is a good solution.
I like the hilltop Fanny pack, If I am grabbing snacks while I am walking, I can clip the snap on top so nothing falls out while walking and eating. Plus it can become bigger or smaller depending on what you are carrying.
Dutchware gear up chair quilt for winter. It doubles as a comfortable pillow and keeps my back warm using the chair zero. Adds virtually no additional weight because it replaces my pillow I was going to take anyways but it also doubles as a chair quilt insulation.
Great tips Justin! I've never thought of putting up your rain fly first to keep the inside of your tent dry. Mind Blown
I do coastal hikes. Tarp goes up first. Tent underneath… all dry.
Not sure if you've gone over this before but I'd LOVE to see you talk about a variety of trail shoes!
The valve on sea to summit mats can also be flipped. When you are deflating the pad you can open both, dump a bunch of air, then rotate the in valve so it is now an out valve. That way as you roll it up you don't need to stop air coming back in
Pad valves: I don't quite get this one. I vastly prefer to have two separate valves so you don't accidentally dump the air when trying to just make a small adjustment, however at least with the EXPED you simply sleep with the valves at your feet if needed, and if you're worried about kicking them open (doubtful) you just flip the pad over; there's no top or bottom or front or back with the EXPED (and similarly designed ones). When you get onto the pad for the first time, do so with your head at the foot and you'll be able to tell just fine whether or not your pressure is correct.
5:23 I just bought a Gregory Baltoro 65 having a dedicated side pocket for a water bottle, on the frame near the hip belt, more over with a perfect angle: after comparing with many other backpacks, it's the best solution for water bottles (it also has an inner pocket for a 3L water bag+straw). It can also serve as a pocket for fast and comfortable access to some camera lens, along a good protection - with its frontal U-Ziper and super comfy harness, that backpack is perfect for carrying an insert with heavy photograph gear. Awesome. On my last pic-nic, I used that pocket for carrying a bottle of wine.
Nice video. Very informative. Thanks for pulling it together.
The REI Flash 45 and 55L packs both have easy to reach water bottle pockets. Last time I checked the 45L was not available. That's sad because it's the perfect weekend pack. I'm switching from Smartwater bottles to 1L bags and tube/bite valve setup. Got 2 bags with a Sawyer Squeeze filter. They will fit in the Flash pockets. I can easily check how much water remains. Thanks for another helpful video.
My biggest game changer was getting a 4 season tent for winter camping. It really does keep me warmer.
There are only three things I don't like about my Zpacks Duplex tent. 1. the way the rainbow door can flop outside into the mud - which is a problem when Mr. Dog is eager to get out of the rain. 2. the curved zipper that never does not bind at the top and leaves a opening. 3. the zipper almost always requires two hands to operate. One to hold the the mesh taught, and the other to operate the zipper. I also have a Lanshan 2 (mostly my winter tent now) and it is so much easier to operate the zippers in both the three and four season inners.
I just got an X-Mid 2 weeks ago, so stoked to use it!
The Durston XMid can also be pitched fly first, and taken down fly last if it's raining. The inner clips up to the peak with Fastex buckles. This tent has been a game changer over my single wall tent. It's a bit heavier than the single wall but still very light, with the ability to shake condensation or rain off the fly and pack it on the outside of your pack if it's still damp.
it can also be set up as an inner only with a set of clip in straps sold on their website, allowing you for 3 different tents in one. i love using my stargazer setup on nice nights. the xmid is probably the most versatile tent on the market.
The x-mid (not pro) can have the fly set up before the mesh as well.
I use the Kuiu Mountain star tent. You can set up just the fly or the whole tent already attached to the fly because the poles are on the outside. Works great when setting up and taking down in the rain.
For a semi free standing tent in the rain...I cover the interior with my tyvex ground cloth, set up the poles throw the rain fly on and attach it to the poles grab the tyvex and slide it under the tent then attach the interior. I'm soaked but inside is dry. I don't know if it would work with any other ground cloth and they tyvex needs to be stiff and crinkly
I got myself an Amok sleeping pad where the valve is on the top left corner of the pad. One valve, away from your face, perfect. And it comes with a pump bag. 3/4 pumps and it’s full
Wait what? Since when are the valves on the Helix pad on the "bottom"? I've been using the pad with the valves on top and I'm not clear on what the downside/difference is; other than the valves being accessible, the pad appears to me to be symmetrical on the top and bottom face.
Is there any reason you can't use the REI Helix pad upside down?
I’ve never had a problem using my Exped pad with the valves up. In fact, I always assumed that was the way it was designed!
@@daven.7685 Yeah I don't know what they were thinking putting the logos on the bottom
@@CombatBanana Must be a European thing - like left side jacket zippers!
The way the connections work, I find you lose a little bit of edge support putting it upsidedown.
I love that type of videos, when a fellow youtuber is about the reinvent the industry. :)
1. SD tents in the 90s made fly first pitching possible w fly grommet attachments. Cool to see companies reintroducing that. Bidets are gsme changers as you know snd have noted. For me this year the Xlite NXT has been so quiet and comfy it is a great Thermarest Neoair game changer!!
The worst water bottle pockets I ever had were the all stretch mesh type. I was always fighting to get the bottles back in, and when the bottles were empty, the mesh would literally squeeze them out of the pocket! The best water bottle pockets I’ve ever had are on my Waymark EMBR. They are deep, gusseted Ecopak with and elastic top. It is so easy to get bottles in and out - and I have impingement and rotator cuff damage.
Biggest game changer for me was the convertube system. Connecting a water tube to my nalgene bottles is my perfect water solution. I can check how much water I used, the bottles are easy to clean and I have permanent, easy acces to water. I love it.
Tension bars by lawson equipment outdoor used on my tarp Ridge line and I also use on all my guy-lines
Also their smaller fish winder for storing cordage
Great Video Justin Indoors! If you stay indoors rain won't affect you!
I see lmnt sponsoring almost every outdoors video ive seen
Ya! It's great that they are putting money into the outdoor space and allowing for creators to make bigger and better content!
Nice video Justin, love your channel. But wow, $700 for a Telos nylon tent? If I'm paying $700 I want dyneema!
…and I’d want it to weight about 3 tons less!
Get a Hilleberg Namajt or Nallo. Brilliant, super strong, proven in Artic conditions.
We've been buying tents with the inner fixed to the outer for many years here in the UK. I've never understood why manufacturers make tents that need the inner pitched first? 🤷♂️ Silly idea...
I didn't understand either until I hiked the PCT this year. Those tents have a lot of space and in the desert for example Carlifornia and other hot weather parts those tents are amazing and the flaw of not being able to put up it up in one peice does not matter 99% of the time.
As a guy from sweden I had a similar view before. But not every place on earth are our rainy country's.
The design is awesome in other ways and that sea to summit tent fixes a lot of the problems with the design. So its on my list as my next tent to bye (I have 3 hillebergs and a Durston X-Mid PRO 2p)
Also from Europe and I've done the PCT and quite a few other hikes in the US. The weather in large parts of North America is just so much "nicer" that I understand why inner first tents are popular. I even bought one myself, but I'd never use it in Scandinavia or the UK. The opposite is also true to some extent. Used a typical Scandinavian design tent on part of my first thruhike. It was designed (like most are) for windy conditions and ventilation was just not good enough for fairly warm nights with little or no wind on the AT.
I have pitched my msr hubba hubba 3p fly first. Not sure if the msr was meant to be the example of the opposite.
Also, I really like the double vent in a pad. I get super frustrated with my rei helix when I got to adjust the pad in the dark and I pulled the deflate valve by accident. Whoops.
I have the MSR hubba NX 1 person and can set that up fly first. Easier with the footprint but you can do it without by pegging it out if necessary
Having a flashlight on my wrist is a game changer. Not only for the back country, but honesly everywhere.
Love your videos, fantastic information!
I can reach my water on the Kakwa 40 but my flash 55 is definitely easier to reach. I havent used the Flash since getting the Kakwa but i should switch it up.
The Gregory Baltoro has a great bottle pouch that hangs behind the hip belt and tucks away when not is use. Zero contortions!
The Nemo sleeping pads have a similar valve system!
"Here are 5 problems with backpacking that can't be solved by buying the newest gear or spending$1000 on gear."
Immediately recommends a new $700 tent, another $450 tent for the zipper configuration, 2 $200+ backpacks because of water bottle pockets, a $200 sleeping pad with valves on the top of the pad (just flip your current pad upside down and sleep on it that way), and a $1000 GPS watch for the flashlight on it. 🙄 Bruh...
EDC, I carry my phone/flashlight/GPS in my left pocket. When backpacking, it stays there, unlike a lot of people that switch it to a backpack shoulder strap pocket to then leave it somewhere in the tent when darkness falls.
I'm certain my old duolite could just have the fly pitched. Not exactly lightweight though 😅
I like your cherry colored rain jacket ♥️
Game changer? My daughter, getting me back out on the trail. We are going places, I haven’t been in 40 years.
All this new equipment is overwhelming.
What pad R rating is recommended, for different temperatures, and setups?
That video is coming out this Friday :)
@@JustinOutdoors Great thanks, does it include, air under your butt? I have a Haven lay flat hammock. It's fun for short trips. The pad that form fits it, is reported to be R4. I'm hoping to do some winter trips with it. Below -10c I can pull out, the old style snowshoes. Above, boots and plastic snowshoes.
I would urge you to consider looking at the KUIU Mountain Star 2P tent, it’s far more innovative and has many advantages over the Sea to Summit. I’m terms of a double wall tent IMO there is nothing better on the market. I’m in Calgary I’d be happy to let you have a look at one and even their 4 season Storm Star. Happy to discuss this tent with ya. Cheers. 3:10
I've been interested in the KUIU tents but they never got back to me about testing one out. I really like the design and featured for winter use
@@JustinOutdoors yes they don’t really do that kind of thing unfortunately, there’s way to go about it- happy to shed insight. I have two of their tents and have many many years of experience with all their gear. I used to help Kuiu Canada out for 3 years working gear events they put on. I’d be happy to let you try mine out, and I think we could have great conversations about gear, lightweight options etc. that’s my jam. I build spread sheets too lol. Happy to help if you’d like
I saw you using the Exos Pro 55 backpack. How do you like it? Ive enjoyed using mine as long as my pack is under 35lbs. I was impressed with how water resistant the pack is for the material.
There are far lighter packs that can handle up to 35lb.
Oh for sure there are. This is the one that i found that check all the boxes at a good price point especially when on sale.
I cant afford the other, lighter options. I almost settled for hyperlite but water bottle access was difficult while wearing and it kept hurting my shoulder slightly despite trying different sizes and realigning the support stays.
I have a review of it on my Gear Priority review channel. Not impressed
@@JustinOutdoorsi’ll check it out! Thank you for videos. Keep up the good work!
have you ever thought of being a Boy Scout leader? I think you would be great and could pass on some of your knowledge and skills to young lads and introduce them to the great outdoors!
As I'm sure you know, the X-Mid also allows you to set up fly first without a footprint 👀
The tent zipper getting stuck is because you overstretched the front of the tent. The gigantic ripples in the fabric above Nemo were an indicator of this. Just pull one of the front corner stakes and pitch it properly. Then, no more tough zippers. Learned from experience.
I think it’s fair to point out that Dan Durston’s tents aren’t ‘just’ a one pitch solution. The outer can be deployed separately, I.e. the inner can be unclipped, so yes, the whole tent can be pitched in one move, or you can put up the outer, then get inside and clip in the inner. It’s a major point, cos if it’s lashing down when you pack up, you can unclip the inner, pack all your kit up and then drop the outer in about 20 seconds, leaving everything dry bar the fly, and then just stash the fly in a side pocket
Edit: just read the comments and seen everyone else’s comments - note to self : don’t be too quick to be a smart ass!
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I'm surprised you can blow more air into a mattress while your weight is on it. I'll have to try that.
Personally I've found LMT electrolytes super salty - wish they make smaller packets so the extra I keep for later doesn't go everywhere.
Purple pants
That’s all I think about when I watch these videos: What kind of pants does Justin wear that are so colourful?
MEC Rad pants I think. They have had them in some pretty wild colours! Bug proof, gussetted, big thigh pockets. @@AThirstyPhilosopher
@@checkerspotfarm3927Thanks!
I think that separate mesh side water-bottle pocket is a terrible idea - extra weight, and the material won’t last. I think the other solutions demonstrated are better for those who need a solution.
I wouldn’t say it adds extra weight, it’s just a pocket that’s stitched down the center, adding probably a gram or two in weight. And the material is the same as the bag, so why wouldn’t it last like any other side pocket?
I've used that backpack all this year for day hikes and backpacking trips up to one week long and I haven't had any problems with durability. It's great to have a separate water bottle pocket so I can use the side pockets for other things.
Been using this pack for four years now and no problems with the water bottle pockets ripping. I can't rave about this feature enough, it's the best!