What have you bought?

Peterbob67

Peterbob67

Trail Blazer
I'm hoping for a summit camp on Beinn Sgritheall, or something lower if the weather is crap, in my new bag a Katabatic Palisade 30ºF... time will tell if it as good as it is meant to be, but at 500g I'm not sure what I'm expecting!! It was a hard call as it is such a pricey item, so I hope it lives up top expectations.
 
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Ian Barton

Summit Camper
Gordon said:
Alpkit Elan arrived this morning. 922 grms. Very long. plenty of headroom and good long side zip. Only had it up in our bedroom, but, will try to get out in it for real soon. Alpkit even knocked £15 off as part of their recent discount promotion. Mainly intended for overnight trips when it looks like no rain.
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Reminds me of my Wintergear Kennel from 1981. Three hooped goretex tunnel tent. I have still got it. I must try pitching it to see if the fibreglass hoops are OK and the Goretex hasn't delaminated.
 
TinTin

TinTin

Thru Hiker
SafetyThird said:
A used Thorn Raven Tour. Just thrown my saddle on it, adjusted to fit and ridden up the drive and back. Bars are a bit low now but I have a new stem and some Jones Loop bar copies to put on which should fix that. A thing of beauty to me and my first Rohloff Hub bike which is something I've wanted for years.

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Very nice indeed. I thought I was going a bit left field when I bought my Genesis Croix de Fer but yours is on another left field level.
 
Enzo

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Was 7 quid postage, don't often see that on industrial machines...
1.30am they cancelled and refunded. A quick look at their feedback from their very few sales showed they have s habit of cancelling after sales. Odd as it was £50 buy it now.
 
Taz38

Taz38

Thru Hiker
Osprey Ace 50 backpack for my (not very enthusiastic) daughter after she "suffered" carrying my old pack.

The odd thing was Amazon had it for £60 (nice!) for a few days then when I decided to buy it increased to £131!
So I bought one off ebay secondhand.
Wasn't keen on the decathlon bags I saw online, though I'm sure they're very good.

Let's hope she likes it...
 
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Rmr

Section Hiker
Taz38 said:
Osprey Ace 50 backpack for my (not very enthusiastic) daughter after she "suffered" carrying my old pack.

The odd thing was Amazon had it for £60 (nice!) for a few days then when I decided to buy it increased to £131!
So I bought one off ebay secondhand.
Wasn't keen on the decathlon bags I saw online, though I'm sure they're very good.

Let's hope she likes it...
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It's a Osprey bag, nuff said, she will love it.
 
dovidola

dovidola

Thru Hiker
Charlie83

Charlie83

Thru Hiker
dovidola said:
Very nice @Charlie83 - have you tried the AliExpress 3F UL equivalent fly rods? I'm seriously pleased with mine, even though they only cost the equivalent of a Lanshan1 - I can particularly recommend this one for backpacking:
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Here's that rod with a Sage Click #4/5/6 (great backpacking reel) and obliging wild Welsh mountain trout attached:

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Rarely look on Ali tbh, but thats not a bad shout, I debated getting a tiny travel fly rod for the California sierras, might be worth a look and see if i can get a cheapie, no worries rod

Cracking wild broonie, huge heid on it it
 
dovidola

dovidola

Thru Hiker
@Charlie83 Your only other options afaik are:

Orvis Frequent Flyer (recently upgraded) which is part of their Clearwater series so medium priced and a pretty good travel rod (7-section rather than the more usual 6) - I have the 8'6" #5 and it's a good 'un for a medium/fast action;
Hardy Demon Smuggler (the priciest option) or its lesser sibling from the Greys GR80 lineup;
Wychwood Quest V2 (cheaper, I have one - not recommended);
Shakespeare Agility 2 Expedition - v cheap but not the worst.

I also have a March Brown Hidden Water 7-sect 9' 4# - beautifully crafted and something of a rarity from an elusive US maker.

There's also a chap called Simon Barnes of Simba Rods in Scotland who will build a travel rod (he calls it his Wee Loch Rod) to your specifications. I've met him and tried his rods - expensive but top-notch. Heirloom rods, if you know what I mean.

It's surprising that so few of the brands make a travel rod - perhaps it's insufficient demand, or perhaps it's because however well made, the action of a 6/7-section rod will never equal a 4-section rod of similar specification.
 
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guaruska

Backpacker
Fire-maple blade 2. For our Sarek trek. Was following the designer of fire-maple, the inventor i guess, when he started. Have the 117t, but cant get all the fuel out of the canister. The 117h is able to use canister upside-down. Now we're talkin'.
 
Charlie83

Charlie83

Thru Hiker
dovidola said:
@Charlie83 Your only other options afaik are:

Orvis Frequent Flyer (recently upgraded) which is part of their Clearwater series so medium priced and a pretty good travel rod (7-section rather than the more usual 6) - I have the 8'6" #5 and it's a good 'un for a medium/fast action;
Hardy Demon Smuggler (the priciest option) or its lesser sibling from the Greys GR80 lineup;
Wychwood Quest V2 (cheaper, I have one - not recommended);
Shakespeare Agility 2 Expedition - v cheap but not the worst.

I also have a March Brown Hidden Water 7-sect 9' 4# - beautifully crafted and something of a rarity from an elusive US maker.

There's also a chap called Simon Barnes of Simba Rods in Scotland who will build a travel rod (he calls it his Wee Loch Rod) to your specifications. I've met him and tried his rods - expensive but top-notch. Heirloom rods, if you know what I mean.

It's surprising that so few of the brands make a travel rod - perhaps it's insufficient demand, or perhaps it's because however well made, the action of a 6/7-section rod will never equal a 4-section rod of similar specification.
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I looked at Simba rods (Crieff area if I mind right) a few weeks back, I wasnt looking for a travel rod but I did have a wee swatch at the "wee loch rod" also another lad up here in glorious Aberdeenshire that does similar stuff.

I was very tempted to go down the made to order route for this rod but in the end it came down to a battle between the Loop and an Orvis Helios, I got to try the loop on a local water recently and really liked it, swapping to it from an Orvis Trident #7 that ive had for nigh on 20* years, like hiking ive come to appreciate lighter gear, a full day fishing with heavy gear fairly wears me down these days.



* My wife thinks ive had it 20 years, she hasn't realised that orvis swapped it a couple of years back under the no quibble 25 year guarantee:D

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Meant to add, I think its Tenkara (sp) or something like that who do a lot of travel/minimal rods
 
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