The Platypus GravityWorks hydration system uses gravity to filter water. It comes with 2 bags, one for dirty water (unfiltered) and one to hold the clean water that has passed through the filter. Fill the dirty bag from a river or lake, connect up the filter, hang the dirty bag well above the clean bag… Read More Platypus GravityWorks Hydration
The Saywer hydration system is a closed filter system for getting water on the trail. In this post we review the Saywer Mini, however, Sawyer offer a wide range of different filter systems. The Sawyer mini is a very flexible hydration system. It can be used as an inline filter for water bladders (adapter kit… Read More Saywer Hydration System
In this post we review the BeFree water filter from Katadyn (r). The BeFree hydration system has two components, a wide mouthed water bottle and a filter assembly including a sports style drinking nozzle. BeFree Water Bottle The bottle itself is made from a soft but strong and flexible feeling plastic and comes in a… Read More BeFree Water Filter
There are many ways of hanging a hammock, this post describes perhaps the easiest and fastest method to hang a hammock using a pair of rings and paracord. Other posts describe how to use a farrimond hitch and how to use whoppies. The first thing to do is to lash to the tree. Prefer thicker rope or webbing… Read More Hanging a Hammock – Pair of rings
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