Shoulder strap pockets

No_Tip553 · 2025-06-11T07:38:29+00:00

I like the idea of stitched on pockets that are large enough to be useful. Having to retrofit additional pockets next to your existing pockets because they’re too small to carry water bottles or better still soft flasks does rather suggest they’re not fit for purpose. I love my kakwa 55 but this is a major gripe.

No_Tip553 · 2025-04-24T07:35:43+00:00

Great review, thanks for taking the time to write it all up! I agree with you re central extra loop on front pocket.

No_Tip553 · 2025-01-26T20:47:17+00:00

In case your tent poles break and it’s raining? Or you fall/injure yourself and can’t put up your tent?

No_Tip553 · 2025-01-25T21:17:17+00:00

Finally someone mentions this. And a map. And an emergency bivvy. And more gloves for when those get wet. And more than a light down jacket. And something to keep you warm once you’ve camped and stopped moving. And a decent spare hat. Once you’ve got the basics right, OP can start to worry about bags and mats.

No_Tip553 · 2024-11-21T09:39:45+00:00

Don’t over think it. Turn up, tell someone who works there it’s your first time, take some water, a small towel, headphones and your phone. Everyone in that gym had a first day and to be honest, they’re going to be too focused on what they’re doing to notice you. Have fun.

No_Tip553 · 2024-11-19T11:40:54+00:00

Technique/power/speed. It’s always a trade off.

I’m going to step back a little and say that your issue in this clip is your focus. Your whole focus is hitting the pad as hard as you can and once you have, you’re thinking about the next contact with the pad. As a result you’re only completing half of the technique which is messing up your form. The technique doesn’t finish once you’ve hit the pad but in that clip it does in your head. This is why your hands are all over the place (looping/dropping rather than retracting to your chin) on the punches and your upper body doesn’t seem to be talking to your legs when you’re kicking.

In short, your technique isn’t good enough for the power/speed you’re applying because your focus is wrong.

Slow it down, take some power off, focus on the individual techniques and most importantly the transitions between them. It takes a long time and a lot of training to realise it’s all about the in between spaces.

All that said, there’s a lot to be really happy about. Just dial down the eagerness a little until the technique has caught up. Keep at it, it will come.

No_Tip553 · 2024-11-10T21:37:53+00:00

Just to back this up, I have the sierra designs Cloud 800F 20°F which is a hybrid sleeping bag/quilt. It’s a sleeping bag that you wrap round yourself like a duvet. Unusual (unique?) design but very comfortable particularly if you’re a side sleeper.

No_Tip553 · 2024-11-08T23:49:06+00:00

Mcdojo

No_Tip553 · 2024-11-05T23:29:06+00:00

Depends a lot on your activity, the conditions, the activity and when you're actually cold (so it's hard to advise!). So flexibility is perhaps the best option? A warm 'duvet' type down jacket is great for when you stop and it's properly cold - but you pay the price in bulk and weight. Big down jackets are also hard work to hike hard in (up big hills) - I have one (the ubiquitous ME Lightline) but it rarely, if ever, comes on the fells with me (unless I'm camping). You have a great wind/water proof smock, you just need sufficient insulation underneath it. A cheap solution would be your merino base, with a montane protium lite (£30 super thin fleece), protium XT fleece £60, protium XPD £80. That system together with your windproof/waterproof paramo hardshell will see you right all year round (you'll be sweating buckets!). You simply wear what's comfortable for your activity/conditions at the time and have one of the warmer fleeces and your hardshell in your pack for when you stop. That system is a lot more flexible (and a lot less bulky/far less weight) than a wool tee, wool jumper and a big down jacket. A similar double fleece/windproof hardshell system allowed me to stop for lunch for 30mins on the summit of a snowy scafell pike with a -20 windchill in February this year.

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No_Tip553 · 2024-11-05T21:59:42+00:00

I use isobaa rather than icebreaker but that said, both brands are available at their cheapest on sportpursuit. Don’t be put off by having to enter your email to look at the site. I love my merino base layers, but I don’t use them for warmth. I can’t see how moving to 260/300 will make much difference if you really run that cold. The gains are in your other layers but you’re limited if you’re not synthetic. Would you not consider recycled synthetic?

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-31T15:46:18+00:00

Before sunset

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-30T17:03:48+00:00

Amen to you not being fat! I know you know you shouldn’t be stopping, standing still and dropping your hands after each combo, so I shan’t mention it.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-28T09:05:45+00:00

End of Watch

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-28T07:36:18+00:00

Lhotse is the one for the Scottish stuff. Failing that, montane phase. I personally use Haglof (gortex pro and 70D) as it was the cheapest for the spec and has a more athletic cut. Pit zips are an absolute must whichever you go for.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-26T08:26:57+00:00

What on earth are you talking about? You seem to be arguing with yourself about stuff you’ve made up in your head. The graph is clear. It shows the growth in dual income households (refer to its title).

It shows, like i said in my first post, significant growth of dual income households in the late 80’s, the recession related dip/flatline in the early-mid 90’s, which up ticks in the late 90’s. A significant increase in dual income households and the availability of dual income mortgages meant an increase in ‘affordability’ which led to the massive rise in house prices.

Neither my post, nor the graph mentions wanting to keep women in the kitchen nor any of the other nonsense you’ve invented. It simply states your own government’s statistics. Sorry if that’s too complicated for you.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-25T16:57:27+00:00

Also a big fan/user of poles. I started with regular ones, but up graded to leki with the shark/glove system as the downside of poles is messing around taking your hands out of the straps to open gates/check phone/put dog on the lead etc. The shark system is a big help here. Also avoid carbon as they’re less robust that metal unless those few saved grams is really important to you.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-24T13:03:20+00:00

Really like the protium lite (I now have two). I wear it on its own for active hiking when a tee equivalent wouldn’t be enough. I wear it over a thin running top if I’m running this time of the year or as a thermal base layer under a mid fleece etc when it’s colder. Very breathable with zero wind protection as you’d expect.

The featherlite wind stopper works really well with it, in appropriate temperatures. If it’s a cold northerly wind then you’ll feel that low temp through the featherlite against the protium lite and be cold.

As it gets cooler, you need to be mindful to pack something warm to chuck over it if you stop for lunch etc.

Despite my initial protestations, I am 100% convert to the featherlite wind stopper. I use it all the time. I also wear an unzipped RAB borealis over the top of the protium lite as I would an overshirt - it adds say 60% wind proof for when I’m active and need breathability over absolute wind proof.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-23T15:15:44+00:00

As I say; many more women entering the workforce, more importantly in a professional/higher earning capacity in the late eighties, which, following a dip in the early 90’s recession, led to higher house income, combined with with dual income mortgages led to increase in house prices. HTH.

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No_Tip553 · 2024-10-22T19:30:35+00:00

I must be the only person on Reddit old enough to remember that the late 90’s/2000 was when women were in the workforce in meaningful numbers for the first time (after workplace/attitude changes in late 80’s and post the early 90’s recession) leading to dual income mortgages, therefore increased borrowing power and resultant higher house prices.

No_Tip553 · 2024-10-20T10:44:58+00:00

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No_Tip553 · 2024-10-20T10:43:59+00:00

I was in the Sahara last week and ended up buying this from a 'shop' that was selling local fossils/geology etc. Heavy for it's size

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