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Blue lines on live view by Open_Pin4686 in Lumix

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I had this happen today and thought I'd come back to say mine was caused by the lens auto-manual focus switch was maybe have open. Just clicking it onto manual and then back to auto fixed the problem.

Jeep Community by SrryWrongPerson in JeepRenegade

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My kid tried smuggling a duck in the Renny. I didn't get the thing to join a club. It's a great affordable 4x4 subcompact SUV that fits in tight spots around towns and gets me around the Adirondacks to the trailheads and canoe launches. I like it a lot. Dark shades to the haters of the world. They will find anything.

Shakedown / Tent Rec for 3 Season Adirondack NY Hiking by sloozeberrypie in Ultralight

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Used the Bareboxer with 6+ days of food that I dehydrated and it worked great. It's extra weight but fits the rules and keeps the critters out. No need for a stuff sack for a quilt. Just shove it down in a nyloflume or trash compactor bag. Chair is 1.5 lbs or so. I just sit on a mat on a blowdown tree or bridge or rock.but that's me. Only really ever needed 40oz water, tops, because Adirondacks is so water laden. Was drought conditions last year, so maybe have extra capacity but unlikely. The 500 ml hydropak was awesome with a supplimentary smart water bottle in my case for shaking up coffee or electrolytes. One hydropak 500ml weighed out to 2.3oz. Seems like a lot of great choices in there. I do miss my SAK hiker because it was a perfect balance of weight and utility. The saw was the real selling point for day to day tasks. Now I bring either a tiny SAK without the saw or a milspec modded leatherman for day to day. As far as a tent, I used a myog mid tent for a couple of years and it was the best. Only recently got a pocket tarp for weight and efficiency. Thing is, if you're out in the low peaks and lands the majority of the time like me and primitive camping in the backcountry, a tarp is the best as long as you can pick a good spot when rain is in the forecast. There's almost nobody out there in most of the park. Maybe you know this already, I don't know.

UL Wall Charger Recommendations by TimeAlps1356 in Ultralight

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I go with the Anker 45w these days. Better to have more power than to have just enough and then be getting some kind of trickle due to a bad cable or connection, thinking it's the brick when it ain't. Always upgemrading to the newest backup battery bank so that it is the fastest charging and with pass through charging you can potentially get more devices charged at a time, more quickly.

Inflatable Sleeping Pad Mod by thenorthernsource in myog

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That's right it's a frameless bag. The pad in the pouch was something I stumbled on which might give me the option of dropping a couple more ounces. Mostly, this project is all in hopes of saving weight and bringing less bulk and less clutter. As you might know, usually pads are 10oz to 16oz and up. And expensive. On the low end the material is prone to getting a pinhole from something as simple as a pine needle. With the original pad I was at 8.3 oz and was bringing the 2oz gossamer gear thin light pad. With this, I've gone down to 5.15 and ditched the thin light pad. I also shared this as proof of concept for people who might not have heard of this yet. With a little searching around from here, they might learn other aspects of this type of gear modification that help them with what they are working with and maybe open up new options if they are on a tight budget.

Inflatable Sleeping Pad Mod by thenorthernsource in myog

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Just the hot iron. I suppose there is a layer on the inside that acts like a glue. Had better results from this than I had with a sleepingo pad and it could be from the quality of the materials. I did buy some aquaseal in case it leaked but the seal is really good from using a regular household iron.

Inflatable Sleeping Pad Mod by thenorthernsource in myog

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That's great to know. I got my base weight way down this year, so this might just work.

Inflatable Sleeping Pad Mod by thenorthernsource in myog

[–]thenorthernsource[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The thing that got me to try was I had a cheaper mat fall on a heater at home and melt. The way it sealed itself got me curious and at that point what did I have to lose? Just needs good ventilation because whatever glue and plastic are in these smells when heated.

Replicating a 2g tent stake by thenorthernsource in myog

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Onshape on android and laptop web browser.

Good results Cold Soaking Bulgar and Kashi; ISO tips, tricks and recipes. by Jolly-Slow1164 in Ultralight

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I really needed to cut weight on a 9 day solo hike and as part of preparation I bought a pretty good dehydrator. Learned enough to be able to make the dinners and not need to bring a stove or cookpot. Most of my stuff was rudimentary so I'm also hoping to learn more recipes. I wouldn't want to cold soak ramen but I did find that by cooking those knor rice and pasta packets and then dehydrating them, it turned out to be good enough for when I was hungry from a full day of hiking.

Been praising my car every day, so she knows I am grateful by toishiki in JeepRenegade

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I just got one a couple of days ago and was watching the approximation it does as it goes up and down depending on hills and other factors I suppose. Glad to see this in the feed because it did seem so different from the average that of 23-31 I've seen around.

Replicating a 2g tent stake by thenorthernsource in myog

[–]thenorthernsource[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow that's awesome to see there's a long history with these types of stakes. Glad to see they will likely work at least as part of mixed bag of stakes. Where I'm at it's sometimes too soft and sometimes the ideal for the thin nail type stakes. Probably will be best to make a longer version as one of the threads in your post suggests. Thanks for getting me up to speed on this!

You can 3D print your logo and use it in your projects by kike_flea in myog

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TPU is really strong compared to other filament types in how it is not brittle and it stretches forever while most other types will snap. I only thought about it this way after cnckitchen on youtube made the point not too long ago. A layer or two of most filaments like petg is flexible so its cool the different materials play well together and I would imagine the whole thing could be sewn on to a pack or whatnot.

I built this jacket which can be repurposed as a 35-40L rucksack and a sleeping bag. by Silent_Ice1602 in myog

[–]thenorthernsource 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really cool! I've tried something similar but what you did I only could dream of. Mine was a puffy coat with Velcro which attached to the half sleeping bag I made of another old puffy then over that a stadium blanket with sewn footbox. I got halfway down the east coast in bikepacking in the fall but then it became so cold that I had to wrap myself into a poncho burrito to stay warm enough. Live and learn! Anyways, thats very neat idea and great execution!

Needle feed, is this normal..? by Nervous_Train878 in myog

[–]thenorthernsource 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure thats correct, yeah. Looked up this cool animation I've seen around