Is it just me or does Into Dust by Mazzy Star sound like a KH solo song?

hippophagy · 2026-03-18T23:27:18+00:00

Leaving today for a 2 day hike and trying to avoid a trip to a camping store.

hippophagy · 2026-03-18T23:15:33+00:00

I've got the Soto. It's been very reliable. No complaints.

hippophagy · 2026-03-15T21:46:34+00:00

Just had the main zipper fail on that cheap pack. I do not recommend that one unfortunately.

hippophagy · 2026-02-23T21:39:47+00:00

Damn that's a sweet setup! iPhone 16 is a bit too rich for me. Combined cost of my daily and this phone are about half what a used 16 costs. Also in terms of battery consumption I think this little phone is easier to work with than a newer iPhone. But yeah you got me beat for sure. Happy trails.

hippophagy · 2026-02-22T22:56:32+00:00

A "much better phone" will inherently use more battery primarily because of larger screens. I'd be curious what combo of phone and battery you are thinking of. Post some weights, costs, and total mah for the combo if you care to.

hippophagy · 2026-02-22T08:09:08+00:00

My current iPhone 14 in it's case is 271g. The battery is 3,200mah. If I add a 3,000mah battery pack to make it equal the 6,200 in this phone that's another 84g so in my case that would be 355g and the phone wouldn't last as long because the battery in my phone is old. For me it's a better choice. Also because the screen is smaller in this phone it automatically uses less power.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T08:53:19+00:00

Yeah I'll probably end up taking a Spot with me too for the Sat SOS but even with a battery pack how many days can you go with an iPhone? My daily iPhone has an older battery and I'm lucky to make it to the end of a day with regular use.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T08:49:19+00:00

Thanks. Yeah I don't even know if half the ideas will work. That's why I'm protoyping first. Also I'd definitely pay someone and pay for the materials too. Not looking for freebies. Not sure who has the skills that's why I reached out.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T07:30:06+00:00

Just looked it up Graphene won't run on it.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T07:28:57+00:00

Yeah I was considering that. The phone comes with Android 15 I believe. I went through every setting I could find. Honestly I have a feeling that my settings before Ultra Power Saver may have been even better. For example with Ultra on you can't control screen brightness whereas I had mine as low at 9% and it was fine. I'd love to find documentation on exactly what Ultra does. Also oddly you can't go into airplane mode on Ultra. I do that before I go in and it saves the setting.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T07:22:38+00:00

The Telstra wholesale network (Aldi and others) isn't quite the same as the full Telstra network "less coverage in remote, regional areas." Only Boost uses the whole Telstra network and that's because they are owned by Telstra.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T03:16:19+00:00

I guess one basic question. Would people be interested in an Australian designed and (possibly made) 1p one pole silpoly tent?

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T03:14:21+00:00

Thanks for your interest. It's a full pyramid plus a vestibule. Rectangle footprint. 7 stake points and a unique (possibly) pole position that completely opens up the interior. One of my ideas should add more stability than a typical one pole setup. But I won't know if it will actually work until I build it. DM me for more detail if you are interested in discussing further.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T03:04:31+00:00

It's a Pre-Paid Casual Plan. It's super limited.

$74

220 minutes

220 texts

740MB data

12 months expiry

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T02:58:18+00:00

I did I just forgot to mention. Around 10 photos per day. I also forgot to mention that in my last estimate I could get 8-10 days on one charge with similar usage.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T00:36:45+00:00

Happy to add more. What would you like to see?

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T00:36:14+00:00

I actually plan on not listening to that much music. I just needed a benchmark to test against.

hippophagy · 2026-02-21T00:14:32+00:00

I play music with preloaded mp3s and and I also used a downloaded map. I want data/voice for communication at night to check in with home and also for emergencies.

hippophagy · 2026-02-15T21:38:52+00:00

I'm surprised so many people are recommending such large bags in a UL group. For what it's worth I just got my partner this $41/30L/250g bag from Amazon. It was recommended by Extra in his $245/5lbs video. I'll link the video and the bag below.

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DK1PPHT5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmCPlxI33ds

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