Love it! Im considering the Plex Solo Lite for thru hiking in buggy areas. Watched your video on it (Plex Solo standard version) to evaluate stormworthiness - wind in particular, can see you always utilized natural barriers during setup. Any additional info would be helpful to me. Thoughts? Thanks Roadrunner.
@tonymallia5142 no bug protection. I did have zpacks rain pants that I wore 5 or 6 times for rain ,snow and warmth. I somehow edited them out of the video. I wrote in the description.
I plan on brining a 10k amp battery .. but I listen to music and audio books ALL DAY when I hike with wired headphones I haven't had to deal with a multi-week hike yet, so I am wondering if you used your phone (airplane mode .. no bluetooth .. dark mode light) as much what was the drain on the battery pack, or perhaps the question is what was the conservative extent for the 10k battery with alot of listening to stuff all day (?)
I only take pictures and video with my phone. It's always on airplane mode and i have power save on.. My phone typically last 3 whole days. I only had to use my charging brick a handful of times to keep my phone charge the day I was getting to town.
I don’t know if you know, you didn’t mention it, that darn tough will replace the socks for free , take your wore out socks to that sells darn tough socks.
It's the Evolved Supply Co. RANGER and weight is 1 Lb. I'll have a full review on it soon. There is one good review by Coyote on the tuberuclips.net/video/QtZaffkGmFs/видео.htmlsi=kGVH8dzAFGKi6ujg
SOCKS .. I just hate bringing extra socks and .. the whole idea of rinsing them out , and hanging them dangling on my backpack to wear the other pair , then switch every day. Is it a bad idea to just wear the one pair, and plan on swapping them out after about 200 miles with a new pair (?)
So no pants? not even rain or wind pants, i quess it's a question of nice-to-have vs need-to-have, it is nice on cold mornings to wear a pair of wind pants, but i never wore long pants during the day. i'm doing the CDT (sobo) next year, would you recomend the same gear or add something specific for that trail?
@@JakobAbildholt i somehow edited out my rain pants. I wrote in the description . Zpacks vertice, Life saver in the rain and snow. Wore them 5 times for rain/snow and once on a cold morning. I carried the same gear on the CDT! Worth carrying for the the few times they are needed.
I'm impressed that you have so many miles on your Plex Solo and you're still very happy with it. What has it been like for you in the rain? And in windy conditions have you ever experienced sand or dirt blowing in through the mesh around the bathtub?
It's been great in the rain although it's only really seen rain 20ish times. I think I've only closed the storm doors 3 or 4 times and only closed the screen door a couple times for bugs. So I typically use it like a tarp. It's just nice to have the option to close her up for stormy conditions. For the times when it's needed it's worth the couple extra ounces.
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Congrats Roadrunner! Great bumping into you at Thunder Island before PCT Days!
Great meeting you also. Thanks brotha.
I'll be making a video going over the Ranger soon! Perfect Pack,loved it!
Congrats on your Finish, Brother!
Thanks, brother!
Thanks for sharing your post through hike gear list, I really enjoyed your content! Congratulations on the success on an another through hike.👑👑👑✅
@@expatadventureturkey9324 thanks you!!
Love it! Im considering the Plex Solo Lite for thru hiking in buggy areas. Watched your video on it (Plex Solo standard version) to evaluate stormworthiness - wind in particular, can see you always utilized natural barriers during setup. Any additional info would be helpful to me. Thoughts? Thanks Roadrunner.
Great vid , was wondering if you brought any type of bug protection or leggings for rain or warmth?
@tonymallia5142 no bug protection.
I did have zpacks rain pants that I wore 5 or 6 times for rain ,snow and warmth. I somehow edited them out of the video. I wrote in the description.
I plan on brining a 10k amp battery .. but I listen to music and audio books ALL DAY when I hike with wired headphones
I haven't had to deal with a multi-week hike yet, so I am wondering if you used your phone (airplane mode .. no bluetooth .. dark mode light) as much
what was the drain on the battery pack, or perhaps the question is what was the conservative extent for the 10k battery with alot of listening to stuff all day (?)
I only take pictures and video with my phone. It's always on airplane mode and i have power save on.. My phone typically last 3 whole days.
I only had to use my charging brick a handful of times to keep my phone charge the day I was getting to town.
I don’t know if you know, you didn’t mention it, that darn tough will replace the socks for free , take your wore out socks to that sells darn tough socks.
I couldn’t quite get the pack brand or pack name. Could you give that and the specs please? TIA
It's the Evolved Supply Co. RANGER and weight is 1 Lb. I'll have a full review on it soon.
There is one good review by Coyote on the tuberuclips.net/video/QtZaffkGmFs/видео.htmlsi=kGVH8dzAFGKi6ujg
SOCKS .. I just hate bringing extra socks and .. the whole idea of rinsing them out , and hanging them dangling on my backpack to wear the other pair , then switch every day.
Is it a bad idea to just wear the one pair, and plan on swapping them out after about 200 miles with a new pair (?)
I wear the same pair till I get to town then put the clean ones on and hand wash the ones i wore on trail. I dry them on the hotel heater.
So no pants? not even rain or wind pants, i quess it's a question of nice-to-have vs need-to-have, it is nice on cold mornings to wear a pair of wind pants, but i never wore long pants during the day. i'm doing the CDT (sobo) next year, would you recomend the same gear or add something specific for that trail?
@@JakobAbildholt i somehow edited out my rain pants. I wrote in the description . Zpacks vertice, Life saver in the rain and snow. Wore them 5 times for rain/snow and once on a cold morning.
I carried the same gear on the CDT! Worth carrying for the the few times they are needed.
I'm impressed that you have so many miles on your Plex Solo and you're still very happy with it. What has it been like for you in the rain? And in windy conditions have you ever experienced sand or dirt blowing in through the mesh around the bathtub?
It's been great in the rain although it's only really seen rain 20ish times.
I think I've only closed the storm doors 3 or 4 times and only closed the screen door a couple times for bugs.
So I typically use it like a tarp. It's just nice to have the option to close her up for stormy conditions. For the times when it's needed it's worth the couple extra ounces.
lets see the bear can packing video Roadrunner!
@marshalldrake should have time next week end!
Q1: At the start of your SOBO PCT did you feel more like you were racing wildfires or snow fall?
@@Saguache definitely fires. Had to do 2 rerouted and 3 loooong road walks. I started on August 1st because I didn't want to deal with snow.
Sorry but you lost me about a quarter into the video. You say more uhm uhm uhm than anything else.
Just to pitch in here - I didn't notice and watched the whole vid :)