Have a look at campsites before you get there. I've always kept a journal of my camping trips.When cameras started taking reasonably good video, I switched to recording the sites where I stay. I decided to start editing and sharing the videos in case anyone else might find them interesting or helpful. These are just my observations and opinions, not guarantees or recommendations. If you've been to any of these sites and have different thoughts, share your observations in the comments.
I also include some experimentation with gear and odds and ends that might be interesting to some people. Hope you enjoy.
I bet that water is very refreshing towards late summer. Unfortunately, we dont swim in many lakes & ponds down here on the coast of NC. There are too many gators & water moccasins. Im a new subscriber to the channel. I look forward to catching up on some of your other videos.
@@lakeeffected I did realize that later after the comment when I watched a few other videos of yours. But yes down here, a wood pile is a sage haven for a copperhead.
I’ve heard of foxes, porcupines, and opossums running off with unsecured boots- probably for the salt. I’ve never had a rat or mouse issue. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen.
Nice. This answered my Question on your future video. Bravo.😝👊🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for this comprehensive test video.👏👏👏 i believe you can even use steric acid to harden your wax. Weather that might give even better results to a certain type. 🤔
Thats a great Test.❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯👏👏👏👏 Have you thought about beeswax? For straight out fire starter, i Think Dans work Well. The only draw back is the greasiness. Thats where the lamp oil mix wins out. Less greasy. And good old vasoline is a sure fire guarantee. All 3 are winners. Cheap and effective fire starters. Again realy well thought out and executed test.😊👍👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks so much for posting this informative video. I recently hiked the Cranberry Lake 50 and would like to return to the area to explore the Five Ponds Wilderness more. Knowing exactly what lean-tos in the area are like helps me out a lot!
Recipe i experimented with 1 pound gulf wax, 13 0z of petroleum jelly, and one cup of lamp oil. They light real easy with ferro rod, maleable but not super greasy on the fingers,easy to tear, last 5.5 minutes, waterproof, and you can't blow them out, all in all i like them. Great video!
Any chance you could demonstrate how you furl your fly up out of the way like that? I assume you've got it rigged for a quick release in case it starts to rain.
I’ll take an air pad with me if I’m not certain if there are trees at camp for me to hang. I can always go to the ground with my double layer Ridgerunner and an air pad. Otherwise, I almost always use the underquilt when I hang.
Maybe you have the wrong pad? My Windrest inflating sleeping pad has a built in pump, deflates in a couple of seconds, and rolls up and fits into the sack faster than putting on a glove.
Thanks for making all these. 27 and 30 have been our favorites over the years. Cranberry has been my family go to since I was 5 years old 25 years ago. Looking to explore different ones. 90% of the time we’ve ended up on dead creek flow but looking to check out east inlet this year.
Making my own fire starters used to be a hassle - so messy and time-consuming. Now, I use Black Beard Fire Starters. Very affordable and they are made in America!
Just came across this video and it's good info. I have the new HG hearth coming for my banyan bridge. My intention was to just cut the quilt suspension to length and hook them on the spreader bars. I will have to try your way!
Your math is totally useless😂since the tiny droplets will behave totally different. Great video though! Try to calculate the slope that gives maximum coverage for various wind speeds :) For 0 wind, 0 slope. For infinite speed, 90 degree slope etc
I think of the math as illustrative. The thing that got me thinking about it was being out in potent storms with the tarp in partial porch mode or with a small trap with the hammock's bottom below the bottom edge of the tarp with out getting wet. If the math is useless, is there a point in trying to calculate the optimum coverage? I thought about it and decided no, but it could be done.
@@lakeeffected I would be interested in seeing the difference between a square tarp in diamond shape and regular shape. I suspect that the diamond shape covers the hammock better. Do you have experience with that? Thanks
Very professionally arranged video! It lacks kit and polish ofc - but you've hit ALL the pro points with what you do have and use, impressive and inspiring Good information, very helpful, will definitely use this to help me make the emergency tinder I'll need for my mini ferro rods
I like to stuff jumbo straws with cotton, pour in a half/half mixture of lighter fluid and melted paraffin wax, dump the excess and pack it down tight and melt both ends shut. Waterproof, no mess, and store well a long time. Just cut open when needed, tease the end fibers loose, and they light first strike from ferro rod every time and burn several minutes.
@@lakeeffected I understand but the straw can still be cut completely open and the cotton removed and ignited separately if you don't wish to burn plastic. Works just as well. The straw just keeps the volatiles from evaporating.
Thank you for this review. I have made and used many with the Vaseline recipe. They are very difficult to light with a feral rod but easy with a match so that’s what I’ve used. I’m gonna spend this afternoon making some using the lamp oil recipe. It the two minutes it gives up and burn time it more than makes up for an ease of lighting. Depending on how motivated I am in a few hours I might give them a second light coating of straight paraffin. The idea being maybe a little more burn time, and maybe a little less likely to stick together in warm weather.
That site is known to many as McDonald's point. It is a great site but it is wide open. Expect to get beat up pretty bad during stormy weather. There are a lot of submerged tree stumps on both sides of the point. Power boaters must use extreme caution in this area. Bear proof canisters are recommended.
Regardless of content, the length of time these three units burned related pretty directly to the starting weight. Also, regardless of content, even the very oily ones, all the units can be sealed and have the same exterior with a quick dip in pure paraffin as the last step in creating them.
@@lakeeffected G’day, Lake. I camped in hammocks for years. Small tarps do an abysmal job of sheltering them. In a few or light rain that DROPS STRAIGHT DOWN IN NO WIND (REPEAT: NO WIND) conditions, a small tarp will do an almost OK job. Any wind (REPEAT: ANY WIND) will blow rain in under a small tarp and wet the hammock. Small tarps are for masochists and newbies. I’ve camped primitive style for nearly 70 years in the U.S, Canada, and Japan. Sierra Nevada, rivers and lakes, canoe, bicycle, and motorcycle. Too much experience to bother with a tarp of less than 10’X10’. My best to you. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
better off with a bigger tarp made with lighter fabrics. RAB tarps are my go to tarps. I'd go DCF but I can never justify the costs. I don't do hammock camps as well, tarp an bivi for me.occasional bivi tent.
It's hard to get much lighter than a Minifly with 20D sil-poly. DCF would be about the only thing lighter, but it does't pack down as small and as you say, it is comparatively expensive.
