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Post by downriver on Mar 25, 2024 12:36:02 GMT -8
$57.50. We don't have an REI credit card, so there must have been some shopping last year. added to the 20% coupon currently online, a pair of patagonia hiking pants (quandaray) went from $99 to $26. excellent. Those are good pants. I have two pairs, too. REI does not allow price matching, btw. www.rei.com/help?a=Price-Matching---id--dEt-_zDURQW0H_iyi8QYugEnjoy you Patagonia pants, hiker…! Regards, DR
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Post by driftwoody on Mar 25, 2024 16:52:28 GMT -8
Yesterday I used the 20% off and applied my $9.31 to a pair of Merrell Speed Eco waterproof hiking shoes. I'll use them as all around footwear, like walking the dog in damp conditions and probably some light hiking. I've never liked wet socks.
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Post by trinity on Mar 25, 2024 17:01:29 GMT -8
I have a Copper Spur HV UL1 that I am really enjoying. Great tent, small footprint, but lots of interior volume. I really don't need any new gear, but my old bones are starting to object to the Neoair X-lite I've been sleeping on for the past decade, so I used my $30 dividend and 20% discount on a BA Rapide SL. I bought a regular wide. It will be relatively heavy and bulky, but I'm looking forward to a more comfortable night's sleep. Now I just need the time away to go backpacking and try it out....
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Post by driftwoody on Mar 25, 2024 17:21:24 GMT -8
my old bones are starting to object to the Neoair X-lite I've been sleeping on for the past decade, so I used my $30 dividend and 20% discount on a BA Rapide SL. I bought a regular wide. It will be relatively heavy and bulky, but I'm looking forward to a more comfortable night's sleep. I kept moving to thicker pads for more comfort. After the Exped Downmat 9, my next move was into a hammock.
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Post by trinity on Mar 25, 2024 17:49:40 GMT -8
I kept moving to thicker pads for more comfort. After the Exped Downmat 9, my next move was into a hammock. I love my hammock setup. Unfortunately, living in central Texas, tents are usually a more practical option. My last trip was to Big Bend, where hammocks aren't allowed at all in the back country.
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Post by driftwoody on Mar 25, 2024 18:30:34 GMT -8
I kept moving to thicker pads for more comfort. After the Exped Downmat 9, my next move was into a hammock. I love my hammock setup. Unfortunately, living in central Texas, tents are usually a more practical option. My last trip was to Big Bend, where hammocks aren't allowed at all in the back country. Did you use your hammock when you visitied the Porkies in Upper Michigan?
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Post by trinity on Mar 25, 2024 18:55:13 GMT -8
Did you use your hammock when you visitied the Porkies in Upper Michigan? That was a car camping trip, so we slept in a tent. I'd love to go on a back country trip there some day, preferably not during mosquito season. I did set up my hammock at our campsite, and a rodent chewed holes in it, obliging me to buy a new one. I've developed a dislike for rodents when camping.
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Post by driftwoody on Mar 25, 2024 19:09:18 GMT -8
Yikes! In all my years I've never had gear damaged by rodents, though in Kentucky several years ago I was rudely awakened in my hammock at 4am by rodents of an unusually large size (feral pigs). They make an awful noise.
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Post by bluefish on Mar 25, 2024 23:44:39 GMT -8
I have a Copper Spur HV UL1 that I am really enjoying. Great tent, small footprint, but lots of interior volume. I really don't need any new gear, but my old bones are starting to object to the Neoair X-lite I've been sleeping on for the past decade, so I used my $30 dividend and 20% discount on a BA Rapide SL. I bought a regular wide. It will be relatively heavy and bulky, but I'm looking forward to a more comfortable night's sleep. Now I just need the time away to go backpacking and try it out.... Glad to hear you like your Copper Spur. Can't wait to use it. We're patiently waiting my wife's shoulder to heal. Our Neo-Airs, so far, have given us incredible usage. Car Camping , we went to An Exped Megamat Duo. Serta, Simmons et al, have not a thing on it. We put our pads together (I get a little extra space, as my wife is thin and I'm not) and have grown princess -and- the -pea -fussy -over how much we inflate them. It may be time to look for a little more comfort. I hope you do a review of the BA Rapide, it sounds like a nice step up without a huge jump in carry-ability.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 26, 2024 6:35:48 GMT -8
I use an older Copper Spur 1 (I’m thinking 2016?) some when car camping or if conditions really call for a free-standing tent, or a double-wall tent (i..e., I’m going to basecamp and hike a lot or it’s going to rain like crazy, or there will be no way to put in spikes to hold up the Protrail, which wins really only on weight). The Copper Spur is a nice tent—I have the 2P as well, and like both.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 26, 2024 6:39:31 GMT -8
As for sleeping comfort, if i’m not carrying it, I have a luxurious extra-wide Nemo something or other that is super comfy at 25” wide and 4” thick, but weighs about 2 lbs so doesn’t carry. Backpacking my favorite is an extra-large Neo-Air that has been cut down to be my length, thus offsetting the width and keeping the weight down and comfort up. I con’t know why Thermarest hasn’t taken to making options like that. The “coffin cut” pads are impossible for side sleepers.
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Post by Westy on Mar 26, 2024 7:07:39 GMT -8
Dividend $54.45 was applied to an $84.20 purchase of freeze-dried dinners.
Talk about price gouging! Inflation my _ _ _ !
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Post by cweston on Mar 26, 2024 8:48:01 GMT -8
I got about $29. I did make one major purchase at REI (Garmon GPS watch) in 2023, but it was on sale, so no dividend.
I used that and the 20% coupon to mostly fund the Soto Windmaster stove I just bought.
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Post by leadbelly on Mar 26, 2024 9:54:45 GMT -8
I have a Copper Spur HV UL1 that I am really enjoying. Great tent, small footprint, but lots of interior volume. I really don't need any new gear, but my old bones are starting to object to the Neoair X-lite I've been sleeping on for the past decade, so I used my $30 dividend and 20% discount on a BA Rapide SL. I bought a regular wide. It will be relatively heavy and bulky, but I'm looking forward to a more comfortable night's sleep. Now I just need the time away to go backpacking and try it out.... i like the xlite, though my version is a bit crinkly/noisy - took some time to get used to that. i read somewhere they're not as noisy now. the key to sleeping happiness for me was moving from a fleece rolled up in a stuff bag as a pillow to an inflatable pillow. never had rodents chew a hammock, but I had something knaw through a Gregory backpack hip belt pocket to get to the energy bar I accidentally left in there. i sent gregory a photo asking to buy a new hip belt pad/pocket, and they apparently found it sufficiently entertaining that they sent me the replacement part free of charge.
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