Thread: Gear for a few days.

K95 do u use the sea summit bag inside the Prima loft one?

Yep. If primaloft bag gets condensation not as bad as down getting wet. If everything gets wet the down layer is the only thing that will fail. I used the Katabatic 650gm quilt inside the primaloft bag over winter and was toasty on the tops under the tarp. Got the lighter down bag for the rest of the year.

Awesome thread guys!

Just a note on the wet wipes. Make sure that you try to by the ones that you can flush!

As these brake down over time. Anything else won't, just check out what there doing to the London sewer systems.
https://www.theguardian.com/sustaina...ties-flushable

One of the worse things you can come across imo is a load of old dug up dunny paper

What's wrongs with leaves and grass instead on toilet paper?

Originally Posted by MSL

What's wrongs with leaves and grass instead on toilet paper?

Nice soft bit of spaniard?

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Nice soft bit of spaniard?

Is that Spanish triple ply luxury?

I've upgraded from an outerlimits starlight 2 tent Outer Limits Starlight Tent - Hunting and Outdoor Supplies.

to a Marmot Tunsten 1P tent. https://marmot.com/products/details/tungsten-1p

The older one was pretty light and quick to put up but thin floored, didn't have a lot of space for more than a couple of nights (you couldn't bring a wet pack in, and not good to live in during prolonged wet weather because the opening is right over the sleeping area, so rain gets straight in.
Twinneedle made me an extra floor which was excellent and the total weight of the whole thing only came up to 1.7kg.

The Marmot comes in at the same weight, has a second floor too. But it has a vestibule and side entry so much better in the wet, and storage for the pack and boots. Got it from Cabelas sale for $140USD and $25NZ delivery via youshop.

Kuiu had a great stand, also really enjoyed chatting to the guys from Kiwi Composites

I know this is an old thread , but most of the contributors are still active here , so I was wondering what changes have been made to the gear/equipment over the last two years ?
Im going through setting up of gear/equipment phase at the moment and this has been a very intersting thread to read through .

Ken

Pack
Tent/ shelter
Sleep system (Sleeping bag and mat)

Are the big 3 where savings can be made

2 things i always take, roll of insulation tape and cable ties. its amazing what you can jury rig or repair with them. however someone said they always take vaseline.
dont unpack all 3 together or your hunting companion will run away

Update 10 years on- this us me for 1 to 3 nights- north island bush hunting, on my back, weather and season dependant

Just add more wipe-morer food- and Undies.

Btw- the stoney creek Stealth tarp I got In 2014 ish now has 10 years on it- it's been well utilized.
Tops in south , tops Kaweka and Kaimanawa- bush hunts all over.
In the howling rain- it worked as it should and actually far far exceeded my expectations.

Yes I could go to a far lighter sleep system, I prefer taking less risk with sleeping.Yes I could use a lighter pack, but, this one works awesome.

Add food- some electrolight, pass the fly the the other guy I'm with to carry, get the kurī to carry groundsheet and some bits- all set.






Winter quilt setup 1320
Sleep mat 550
Stealth fly-with pegs 700
Groundsheet 270
Raincoat 430
Undies therm top 300
Puffer 400
Orange bag-plb-gps-med-emerg biv-knife-hat-batteries-cords 1300
Cooker set-230gas 660
Pack with sit pad 2000

Total 7930