Thank you for the tip on water crossings. I never would have thought about the panic that would set in if I fell in raging water and wouldn’t be able to undo my pack. Thank you!!
I use wet wipes, but i take them out of the package and dry them out to make them lighter and when i need to use one i just wet them with a little water and they still work great
You can also strap your light/phone to a waterbottle to diffuse the light. This will give you lava lamp vibes inside your tent! Even cooler if it's tea.
taking something flavored and scented like tea into your tent isnt a good idea.. food scents in your tent is a good way to invite bears, rodents etc inside
Good Stuff Matty!! I like your lamp hack for your tent. I do the same with my ridge line organizer on my hammock. Good advice on undoing hip belts on river crossings. I’ve never seen anyone fall in personally but it can and does happen
Great tips. I bought the dyne a stove sack because it is slightly bigger than the orange sack that my toaks came in as I added a cup and when stacking them all, the orange sack wasn’t quite big enough. Now I have another use. Thanks.
@@MattyOutdoors very true and I completely understand, but some of us have forty years on you, have still mighty but short feline legs that make crinkling noises at the knee, and we do appreciate those remaining years. Here's to wings at your heels. :D
Just my opinion - unhooking sternum and hip belts for water crossings makes total sense for a heavy pack, which could potentially take you under if you slip. If you're going with an UL loadout, I personally think keeping everything cinched up works better. Keeps you better balanced not having your pack flopping around, and less likely to slip/trip. Sort of a trade-off of prevention vs mitigation. Also, while I've never actually tried, for a
To new backpackers that don’t have much money…. Don’t buy dyneema stuff sacks. They aren’t durable enough for the price. I use one for a food bag. Consider buying synthetic instead of down. Synthetic is more durable, much cheaper, keeps you warm when wet, and is much easier to clean. If you use a laundromat, just one washing of a down bag costs lots of 💰 in dryer fees. I think I spent $10 on the dryer last time. If you are made out of money, for sure get dyneema stuff sacks and down sleeping bags or quilts. Just buy new gear to replace it when needed.
if Synthetic sleeping bags were superior, the vast majority of backpackers wouldn't be using down. They aren't more durable, thats completely bogus. They are cheaper, sure. But they're also significantly heavier, and dont compress down nearly as small. Modern down with dwr coatings will keep you just as warm as synthetics when they're wet as well. This has been tested and proven
You are both right. While I now have and LOVE my down under quilts and top quilts ,it was a lot of years of using a foam pad and a synthetic bag before I was able to spend hundreds ( and MANY MANY) hundreds on cottage industry quality gear. Those days back then made me more self reliant and a inventive outdoorsman. All the gear I have nowadays is super lightweight but they still seems like luxury items for this old guy !!!
@@MattyOutdoors Synthetic gets better every year. Yes, the majority of backpackers use down at the moment. At some point, synthetic will be a much better choice than down. When this happens, the majority of backpackers will still have down bags. So, the majority isnt ALWAYS right. In fact, these days, the majority is often wrong. Another real drag with down is ‘down migration’. This happens after repeated washings. The down shifts around inside the tubes and creates uneven insulation. This doesn’t happen with synthetic.
@E_Clampus_Vitus Even after one year of frequent use, the current best synthetic insulations (ie apex) doesn't loft as much as it used to. Its lofting ability and warmth deteriorates significantly after 5+ years. Down loft doesn't deteriorate noticeably in just 5 years. Down is better value in the long term, IMO. Not to mention its superior warmth/loft to weight ratio.
@@jays7318 What about ‘down migration’? This doesn’t happen with synthetics. It gets hard to quantify durability. I would say my current down quilt has lost some insulative property over the years due to down migration. A synthetic will lose loft, as you point out, over time. Which one results in colder sleep? It’s hard to assess honestly. My point is, synthetic gets better every year. It’s less expensive. At some point, it will be worth considering as a replacement to down.
I got a better diffuser, buy one or 2 of those little battery powered tealight candles. They weigh nothing and you get a romantic candle flicker as you lay there questioning your life choices
Put your feet and comforter/sleeping bag in your liner and you will have a soaked bag in the morning. Your bodies moisture and perspiration will not evaporate and just condense , and saturate your comforter.
Interesting, but I'd skip the cost of a dyneema pot sack as it saves less than half an ounce, waterproof material is not needed, and I never needed a light diffuser. I'd go for a dyneema food bag though, because for that, weight savings is a little more significant, and the additional waterproofness and strength (over silnylon) of dyneema is helpful.
Thank you for the tip on water crossings. I never would have thought about the panic that would set in if I fell in raging water and wouldn’t be able to undo my pack. Thank you!!
Can definitely save a life
I use wet wipes, but i take them out of the package and dry them out to make them lighter and when i need to use one i just wet them with a little water and they still work great
You can also strap your light/phone to a waterbottle to diffuse the light. This will give you lava lamp vibes inside your tent! Even cooler if it's tea.
taking something flavored and scented like tea into your tent isnt a good idea.. food scents in your tent is a good way to invite bears, rodents etc inside
@@MattyOutdoorsseriously dude tea
Good Stuff Matty!! I like your lamp hack for your tent. I do the same with my ridge line organizer on my hammock. Good advice on undoing hip belts on river crossings. I’ve never seen anyone fall in personally but it can and does happen
ive seen people fall in.. not a fun thing to watch/ be a part of
Nice tip about the Dynema Diffuser! I bet that would help take the harshness down of filming in-tent/hammock before dawn and after dusk.
it definitely helps!
Great tips. I bought the dyne a stove sack because it is slightly bigger than the orange sack that my toaks came in as I added a cup and when stacking them all, the orange sack wasn’t quite big enough. Now I have another use. Thanks.
its a really cool little extra bonus feature!
Another helpful video. I particularly like #1. Thanks, Matty.
glad you enjoyed and found it useful!
Try buying those tiny battery opperated tealight candles, they work a treat
If coming to a stream crossing thats raging in the afternoon, it will often freeze up above in the night and be much quieter early in the morning.
This is definitely useful if your plans allow you to stop and camp there. Thats not always the case, and sometimes you just gotta go through
@@MattyOutdoors very true and I completely understand, but some of us have forty years on you, have still mighty but short feline legs that make crinkling noises at the knee, and we do appreciate those remaining years. Here's to wings at your heels. :D
@@janefreeman995 if you're out crushing trails at 80, kudos to you!
@MattyOutdoors oh... good for you :), I assumed that you are in you're twenties ;)
@@janefreeman995 nope, im actually almost 40
Just my opinion - unhooking sternum and hip belts for water crossings makes total sense for a heavy pack, which could potentially take you under if you slip. If you're going with an UL loadout, I personally think keeping everything cinched up works better. Keeps you better balanced not having your pack flopping around, and less likely to slip/trip. Sort of a trade-off of prevention vs mitigation. Also, while I've never actually tried, for a
personally, if im going down in a river, I'd rather have nothing on my back vs having even 15lbs on my back
Light difuser. Great idea!
i agree
Was that tent the Lanshan?
youll have to stay tuned to find out what tent it is
@@MattyOutdoors SUCH A TEASE MATTY!!!
GOOD TO KNOW…Thanks for sharing.
glad you enjoyed
Your friend most be a lucky guy to borrow a brand new tent!
im actually the lucky guy to have good friends like that.
I prefer the white trash compactor bags... for the same reason as you buy white dynema... its so much easier to see inside of.
I have some clear ones I'm going to try out, they're quite a bit lighter then my black one.
To new backpackers that don’t have much money….
Don’t buy dyneema stuff sacks. They aren’t durable enough for the price. I use one for a food bag.
Consider buying synthetic instead of down. Synthetic is more durable, much cheaper, keeps you warm when wet, and is much easier to clean. If you use a laundromat, just one washing of a down bag costs lots of 💰 in dryer fees. I think I spent $10 on the dryer last time.
If you are made out of money, for sure get dyneema stuff sacks and down sleeping bags or quilts. Just buy new gear to replace it when needed.
if Synthetic sleeping bags were superior, the vast majority of backpackers wouldn't be using down. They aren't more durable, thats completely bogus. They are cheaper, sure. But they're also significantly heavier, and dont compress down nearly as small.
Modern down with dwr coatings will keep you just as warm as synthetics when they're wet as well. This has been tested and proven
You are both right. While I now have and LOVE my down under quilts and top quilts ,it was a lot of years of using a foam pad and a synthetic bag before I was able to spend hundreds ( and MANY MANY) hundreds on cottage industry quality gear. Those days back then made me more self reliant and a inventive outdoorsman. All the gear I have nowadays is super lightweight but they still seems like luxury items for this old guy !!!
@@MattyOutdoors Synthetic gets better every year. Yes, the majority of backpackers use down at the moment. At some point, synthetic will be a much better choice than down. When this happens, the majority of backpackers will still have down bags. So, the majority isnt ALWAYS right. In fact, these days, the majority is often wrong.
Another real drag with down is ‘down migration’. This happens after repeated washings. The down shifts around inside the tubes and creates uneven insulation. This doesn’t happen with synthetic.
@E_Clampus_Vitus Even after one year of frequent use, the current best synthetic insulations (ie apex) doesn't loft as much as it used to. Its lofting ability and warmth deteriorates significantly after 5+ years. Down loft doesn't deteriorate noticeably in just 5 years. Down is better value in the long term, IMO. Not to mention its superior warmth/loft to weight ratio.
@@jays7318 What about ‘down migration’? This doesn’t happen with synthetics. It gets hard to quantify durability. I would say my current down quilt has lost some insulative property over the years due to down migration.
A synthetic will lose loft, as you point out, over time. Which one results in colder sleep? It’s hard to assess honestly.
My point is, synthetic gets better every year. It’s less expensive. At some point, it will be worth considering as a replacement to down.
I got a better diffuser, buy one or 2 of those little battery powered tealight candles. They weigh nothing and you get a romantic candle flicker as you lay there questioning your life choices
they definitely dont "weigh nothing". probably heavier then my stuffsack.
@@MattyOutdoors 35g 😂 almost nothing
Put your feet and comforter/sleeping bag in your liner and you will have a soaked bag in the morning. Your bodies moisture and perspiration will not evaporate and just condense , and saturate your comforter.
ive done this many times, no moisture.
a grand total of zero times actually. hopefully you didn't bet too much, gambling can become a real problem.
@@MattyOutdoors 🤣
Interesting, but I'd skip the cost of a dyneema pot sack as it saves less than half an ounce, waterproof material is not needed, and I never needed a light diffuser. I'd go for a dyneema food bag though, because for that, weight savings is a little more significant, and the additional waterproofness and strength (over silnylon) of dyneema is helpful.
the little toaks pot sacks kinda suck. all mine have been shredded after a season of use
@@MattyOutdoors Ya, they tend to snag on things
Geek ? Much ?
your insults suck, try harder.
Thanks for your time! 👴
My pleasure!