Thread: Gear for a few days.

where is a good place to get foam from for a spotting seat/pad?

Originally Posted by LOC

where is a good place to get foam from for a spotting seat/pad?

I just bought a roll of it from the red shed and cut a bit off

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I just bought a roll of it from the red shed and cut a bit off

Para Rubber sell closed cell foam in various shapes and sizes. I currently use a bit cut off a sleeping mat from the red shed as my sit pad and the back to my day pack. I am going to upgrade it to a thicker bit for enhanced arse comfort when sitting on rocks. The other thing to use is a sit pad sized thermarest which has the advantage you can deflate and roll it up. Highly reccomended.

The bit of thin foam is great idea. I got the idea off some one else on here a while back. I've been using a bit for a while now, it's awesome for not getting a wet arse while sitting glassing or sore arse on the sharp rocks up the kawekas. Just cut to fit to slide down the back of pack.

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Originally Posted by GWH

The bit of thin foam is great idea. I got the idea off some one else on here a while back. I've been using a bit for a while now, it's awesome for not getting a wet arse while sitting glassing or sore arse on the sharp rocks up the kawekas. Just cut to fit to slide down the back of pack.

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yeap, im thinking with it folded in half it makes a good protective barrier for ipad or any other electronics in your pack also

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

yeap, im thinking with it folded in half it makes a good protective barrier for ipad or any other electronics in your pack also

I take my iPad and bits of paper for work to work every single day in my daypack.


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Originally Posted by sambnz

I take my iPad and bits of paper for work to work every single day in my daypack.


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I take my iPad to get rid of the pieces of paper

Originally Posted by kiwijames

I take my iPad to get rid of the pieces of paper

I used to carry a full sized 15 inch laptop with 2 hour battery and the full sized power supply for when that ran out. Now I take a Google Pixel C tablet with eight hours battery live that weighs a fraction of what the laptop did.

@K95 what do you think of those Montane pants? Im pretty tempted to try a pair

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@K95 what do you think of those Montane pants? Im pretty tempted to try a pair

Pretty good. Had them for a while now, maybe three years. They're thin so don't offer any warmth but they dry off fast which is why I use them seeing as there is no staying dry on the coast. I think there is an nz agent now, it'd be worth seeing them in the flesh before spending money.

Originally Posted by K95

Pretty good. Had them for a while now, maybe three years. They're thin so don't offer any warmth but they dry off fast which is why I use them seeing as there is no staying dry on the coast. I think there is an nz agent now, it'd be worth seeing them in the flesh before spending money.

Thanks, thats kinda what I was thinking as they look like they tick all the boxes but I would really like to see them in the flesh, theres an outfit from the UK thats been selling them here on tm for a while but I see there kust be a nz agent now as theres a few specialist outdoors places that stock them.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@K95 what do you think of those Montane pants? Im pretty tempted to try a pair

Get hold of this guy if you want to try some.

Montane Terra Pants

Awesome.

Details/link please

Sea to Summit Spark SPI- 350gms. Big Agnes Kings Canyon primaloft overbag/quilt 420gm. Puffy pants and jacket, more than warm enough under the tarp. Trying to get as compact a pack as I can for a two week solo trip in march. My 55L pack may be a bit tight but can definitely do two weeks out of my 65L.