What have you bought?
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tom
Thru Hiker
@Chiseller - I use them on packs and shelters, incredibly useful and more practical than mitten hooks for many applications. There's a couple of ali suppliers, I only tried the Coolbigo brand:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/lL9kkvIu
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https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/BYKONiiG
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/lL9kkvIu
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https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/BYKONiiG
EM-Chiseller
Thru Hiker
SafetyThird
Section Hiker
ah dammit, brain not working again. Will move it.Taz, Safety... this is the "What have you bought?" thread.
Edit: apparently can't do that.
Balagan
Thru Hiker
My pair of £30 Skogstad Lifjell Primaloft Shorts from Sportpursuit have arrived. They are what it says on the tin: knee-length insulated liners with full-length side zips. The Primaloft Silver Insulation Eco 25g isn't extra warm but this makes them useful for some active use in varying weather conditions. Weight is 230 gr in size XL (which is a snug XL, surprisingly for a Scandinavian company), roughly comparable to full length Power Dry long johns (but quite a bit warmer, I'd wager).
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ElteeOberonus
Backpacker
A Cumulus Primelite Pullover, Treadlite Gear Large Cuben Stuffsack, Treadlite Gear roll top dry bag and Treadlite Gear Dump Lite Spinnaker toilet bag. Dumbly forgetting 10% Treadlite Discount. All in all should knock a further 250g off of my current base weight.
Clare
Thru Hiker
What tent is that in your profile pic? Is it a dirigo ?
ElteeOberonus
Backpacker
It's the Tarptent Stratospire 1 with SMD Lunar Solo in the background.
Toby
Summit Camper
Havn't really given it a proper test so far, just a few intense showers while biking to uni but so far I'm pretty impressed!
I hope it will work well as it was quite expensive with the customer taxes to France 
Balagan
Thru Hiker
I am weak... But now, I am the second owner of this pristine Bernina Record 530-1. The original owner paid 122.500 francs in March 1959 or roughly two grand in today's money. I paid slightly less than half the price of the piece of plastic currently sold by Lidl...
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Michael_x
Section Hiker
That is crazy light (in a good way). Knew I'd seen that axeje before https://andy-kirkpatrick.com/blog/view/arrested/
The Cumbrian
Section Hiker
Nitecore NU32 550 head torch.
Winter is coming.
Winter is coming.
tom
Thru Hiker
The Petzl Ride is a replacement for my Petzl Literide, not the Suluk Tika. The Tika is more of a minimalist summer ice tool and only very limited use for self-belay. Wheteas the Petzl covers alpine spring seasons, belaying a mate, summit routes, and the kind rough use (hacking into anything that might give a hold) one normally expects an axe to cope with.
It was an unexpected surprise find with the grip as a bonus (3 layers of gloves don't give a secure-feeling hold on an ice axe shaft
). But I'll keeping my Suluk tika....
Michael_x
Section Hiker
Belaying? Is this axe T rated, pick and shaft? If so my son may be getting a DMM Cirque for xmas (hardly used, well mebe a little)The Petzl Ride is a replacement for my Petzl Literide, not the Suluk Tika. The Tika is more of a minimalist summer ice tool and only very limited use for self-belay. Wheteas the Petzl covers alpine spring seasons, belaying a mate, summit routes, and the kind rough use (hacking into anything that might give a hold) one normally expects an axe to cope with.
It was an unexpected surprise find with the grip as a bonus (3 layers of gloves don't give a secure-feeling hold on an ice axe shaft
tom
Thru Hiker
@Michael_x - I don't know actually - can't see anything - but I'd assume a 'B'. In any case, I wouldn't take the Ride on a route where I'd expect to need belay. But ok catering for unexpected situations. Materials and joints are the same as Petzl Literide or Glacier - solid but not designed for high performance use and big wall stuff...
Balagan
Thru Hiker
Easton stakes from V&P are set to become the new Ron Hill tracksters: dead giveaways of British hikers across Europe.
