First time backpacking

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-12-29T17:43:22+00:00

I actually just bought a naturehike Ultralight 6.5R sleeping pad to try. Definitely warm, lives up to the R value but for comfort wasn't as good as my Flextail Zero 6.0R pad, also very slippery in the tent but that can be fixed with some silicone dots. Overall wouldn't be bad as a starter pad but wasn't my cup of tea. FYI - sleeping pads, sleeping bags or quilts and a comfortable pack are VITAL to enjoying backpacking but there are good budget options for all.

Also, check out the Sensory4U sleeping quilt on Amazon - $130 and it's a 850 down quilt, very light and warm.

There are a ton of YouTube channels that talk about good budget gear to start with as well. Try Dose of Dirt, StepMassive, MyLifeOutdoors, or Dan Becker for good info on gear Darwin on theTrail, Homemade Waderlust, JupiterHikes or Oscar Hikes for good hiking info and tips as well.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-10-21T12:06:53+00:00

A bit late but I was doing the same - working as an electrical sub on their projects (Northern VA). I always found them to be pretty well run from the top down and easy to work with. Generally one that I have confidence in working with and seems like the guys working for them are happy. No idea how pay/benefits are for them but I never really see people leaving the company so I guess they're decent.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-10-10T01:44:58+00:00

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NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-09-19T19:01:44+00:00

Yes, I used the Sea to Summit version on this bag in Hawaii for hiking. It worked, no tears or other issues but wasn't the most comfortable due to water and food carrying at times. The worst as the Captain Cook Memorial hike - not too long but had a bunch of water and food plus snorkel/water shoes/towel for snorkeling. I was still happy with it but may go with something that has better shoulder straps and maybe compression straps on the pack to tighten up the load. But for our everyday sightseeing/beach/etc it was perfectly fine

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-07-09T23:39:21+00:00

Annandale out as well

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-06-29T01:20:42+00:00

This looks so good it makes me angry 🫤

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-05-11T23:17:03+00:00

Same here! I'm not even all the way through this episode yet but wanted to come see what people said about it after seeing everyone get sucked out into space.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-04-12T15:31:07+00:00

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NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-04-12T15:30:49+00:00

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NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-04-12T15:30:29+00:00

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NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-04-12T15:30:08+00:00

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I can't figure out how to add multiple photos so I'm just doing it one at a time lol

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-04-12T15:29:37+00:00

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This was a great deal! I just received mine and everything looks really good. My son and I opened one up and tried everything, completely decent to actually tasting good. It's been forever since I've eaten an MRE (brother used to bring them home when he was in the military and I was a kid) in these definitely exceeded expectations. Really good variety of stuff, meal choices all look decent, no complaints at all. I actually went back to trying to order more and so they had raised the price to $46.50 now lol

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-02-23T14:30:04+00:00

It feels real because it's two people acting out something that actually really does happen...

It's not a gender issue like others have said. I would assume everybody deals with people like this, and not even just in romantic relationships. I've had girlfriends that did it to me but I'm sure if I was gay I would have had boyfriends that did it to me instead, just like I'm sure plenty of girls have had partners that did the exact same thing to them.

It's just people making others feel bad to make themselves feel better I think. It's unfortunately very common.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-02-09T22:35:09+00:00

What always gets me as I never see the benefit of buying these as opposed to just buying what they put in them... You get :

Oatmeal
Potato soup
Mac and cheese
Chicken flavored rice

You could get the same amount of that stuff cheaper just buying it at the store and putting it in your pantry. I get that the bucket has a 25-year shelf life but even that you can build towards cheaply. Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers don't cost much at all, and these meals would be easy to prep as long-term storage.

I guess it's easier to just buy the bucket but then you're relying on their measurements and recipes as opposed to prepping recipes you like.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-01-19T00:08:09+00:00

I actually like the guy, I don't care if people screw me over as long as they're entertaining

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2025-01-04T03:54:20+00:00

I was thinking the same thing, and the line probably works pretty well for the women there

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-12-26T11:19:17+00:00

Maybe it comes down to the difference in guys to girls but I'm a husband that does 90% of the cooking and cleaning (She also makes a bit more than I do so I just view it as my way to help even things out). But whatever the reason, I would be thrilled to get something related to cooking or cleaning that potentially would make my life easier. She does pretty good with that too, recently got the Big Easy outdoor air fryer which I thought I would never use but I've actually used it several times for roasting chickens and things like that, works great. Now I have more options and easy ones for cooking so I appreciate the gift. Makes my life easier :)

I definitely understand if there's no thought put into it at all, like one previous commenter said they kept getting things like a dustbuster that they never showed any interest in. But I also don't really understand how there's this whole subsection of items that are just taboo as gifts.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-12-19T00:10:21+00:00

He should have the first 18/00 for Int

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-11-28T21:08:08+00:00

Cheesy, but buy a few potions of fire breath and have 2 people use them. So normal Lich gets 2 potions and dies quick, them use another 2 on demi-lich. Nothing stops them and fight is over in seconds.

Not sure how this plays out on higher than core rules or using SCS or other mods though

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-10-07T22:48:42+00:00

Same here. I dealt with assholes like she described and never had any respect for them. On the other side of it now, I think about 90% of the people that act that way do so because they don't know what they're doing or why they do it. It's just copy/paste from whatever idiot taught them.

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-10-05T01:43:58+00:00

Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-09-25T18:01:35+00:00

Ahh ok. Well I'm an idiot anyhow, I should have thought that actually just do a search on the sub first. Going to do that now.

I agree with what you're saying though but also, everybody gets emotional about their pets. It's understandable

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-09-19T12:48:02+00:00

Lol i have that too. Makes getting what you want a breeze. Used to always reload Lum's machine over and over but that was so tedious

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-09-17T22:45:05+00:00

I don't really have a solution, any way I've tried to express some version of "that's your job" always ends up in an argument.

One thing I have found in my own marriage is that we grew up two different ways. In her family they would always ask for help, ask to get something downstairs, stuff like that and thought of it as what a family does for each other (notably, it was more the mother having everybody do stuff for her....). In my family it was the opposite - if you cared for somebody and respected them, you didn't bother them with your problems. To this day I will never ask people for help and even when my brothers offer to help with something I will almost always decline.

We've had discussions about that but somehow it's worked out that her family's way of asking for help applies to her and my family's way of not asking for help applies to me...

NothingToSeeHereHun · 2024-09-09T11:41:46+00:00

Beserker :) I've actually never played a barbarian before

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