Mattys 2020 gear reveals coming up
what's going on guys and gals welcome back my name is Matt this channels all
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subscribe button over there but like I said at the start we're doing gear
reveals today you guys may have seen I did a video recently well actually a
couple months ago about gear that I was done with after 2019 so going into 2020
obviously I had some gear changes I was making today that's what we're talking
about and if you guys stick around to the end we're also going to talk about
some gear changes that Wanda is making for this year the first piece of gear
we're gonna talk about is something I didn't actually talk about in my gear
that I'm ditching for 2019 video because I didn't really have any intentions on
switching it but I've been having a lot of issues with my Joby Gorillapod
primarily this the legs popping off all the time seems to be a pretty common
issue with these things so I'm moving away from the Joby Gorillapod because
I'm tired of having to walk back on the trail and costing me kilometers picking
up the legs on these things or my friends hiking behind me picking up the
legs and I go and reach into my pocket to pull my tripod out and I'm missing
legs on it half the legs on this one here alone are
glued in place and I can't even move them anymore so I'm switching away from
the Joby Gorillapod boom with this guy here
this is the PETCO ultra pod grip we're gonna do this cool little velcro strap
on the side here it opens up you get a cool little tripod it's got the same
kind of swivel ball mount on the top that my Joby had the cool part about
this little velcro strap here though then you've got the legs mounted in it's
got this little d-ring on the side I don't plan on strapping this to my arm
obviously but if you can picture a tree limb or a branch in here that's kind of
the plan for using this thing I love the Joby Gorillapod because you could wrap
the legs around trees and branches and stuff like that but this is gonna be a
lot more stable I do believe and I know a lot of friends that are using these
things so decided to make the switch to the Petco elasaur pod this also saves me
some weight this is a full ounce and a half lighter than my Joby Gorillapod
coming in at 104 grams or three and five-eighths of an ounce so a piece of
gear that you guys are probably never gonna see besides this video but the
Petco ultra pod grip is what I'm going with for all my filming on the trail
going forward next new piece of gear for 2020 that we're gonna talk about
something you guys may be aware of already because I've mentioned it a
couple times on the channel going with the earth stack major XL for my food
storage this year a lot of those times I'm camping up in the Alpine and there's
not a whole lot of trees to hang my food from this comes in handy and it's just a
convenient thing for me as well my mom picked this up for me for Christmas this
year so I'm super stoked to use it it's just a Kevlar bag stuff your food inside
tied at the top there's a little special knot that you tie with it right here on
the tag shows you the knot to tie at the top tie it around your tree you're good
to go yeah we're going with the earth sack major XL for my food storage this
year this guy comes in two 220 grams or eight ounces the weight savings on this
from the dry bag I was using before saves me a full ounce and a half so I'm
pretty stoked to be getting out with the earth sack this year so in 2019 I was a
big fan of the trichology 2.0 pillow but then in a huge u-turn for my gear that I
was ditching after 2019 I just the trichology two-pointer pillow because I
had some major failures with it going into 2020 in my hammock I'm gonna be
sticking with my hand like your down field pillow as I mentioned in that
video but for the couple trips that I have this year where I'm not gonna be
able to use my hammock I'm gonna be ground camping I'm gonna be going with
this guy here this is the outdoor vitals ultralight inflatable pillow
the reason I'm pretty stoked about the outdoor vitals pillow is on my
trichology pillow the valve system is what failed and inside the valve on this
guy is just a rubber flap and it's pretty simple on the trichology pill
there's this little clicker and what I was having issues with is the clicker
wouldn't fully seal so I'm pretty stoked about this ultra vitals pillow to be
using for some ground camping trips this year so that's what we're going with
I'm sticking with ground Kathy I am gonna be getting a new 10 to 20 20 it is
on the way I don't have it yet so I'm not gonna do a big reveal on the
tent but stay tuned for that one I think you guys are gonna like it so for
anybody who's looking for like a semi ultra light budget tent option stay
tuned for that I think you guys are gonna really like what we got coming for
a new tent in 2020 sticking with shelter options you guys know I'm looking for a
new hammock going into 2020 I wanted something a little bit lighter than my
little shop a hammocks warrior to save me a little bit of weight and I didn't
necessarily need the integrated bug net all the time for my backpacking trips
because I primarily take Wanda or Remmy out with me and I'm sleeping in the pet
so I don't need my own integrative bug net here it is guys the big reveal the
piece of gear that I am personally the most stoked about going into 2020 we got
a dream hammock Raven now I'm not gonna do a huge big reveal and show you guys
the Raven just yet we're gonna have a bunch of videos on this thing coming out
but I'm gonna tell you guys right now going with the Raven hammock this is
dropping me almost a full 10 ounce as a weight out of my backpacking kit I am
beyond excited for this hammock right here hope you guys are just as stoked
for this guy right here as I am I wanted to dream hammock for a long time so huge
thank you to Randy Indiana for working with me building this Raven hammock for
me super stoked to check this thing out bring it to you guys so you guys all
about this hammock more videos obviously on the dream hammock Raven coming up you
guys are stoked for that smash the thumbs up drop some comments down below
if you guys are jacked for that one the next piece of here we're gonna talk
about is actually not even something I was thinking about switching going into
2020 switching off from my lik SATA 650ml titanium pot that I've been using
for the last couple years and we are going with a tokes titanium 550 mil this
is actually the topes 550 light coming in at 91 grams or three and a quarter
ounce that's with the included orange toke stuff stack is what we're going
with for the backpacking trips coming up I just I generally don't boil any more
than two cups of water so tokes 550 pot that's what we're going with for our new
cook pot going into 2020 now we're gonna talk about the real reason you guys are
here to talk about Wanda's new gear for 2020 not a whole lot of gear changes for
this girl here but we do have a new pack for her coming we've been talking to a
gear manufacturer about a new pack for Wanda and we do have one on the way it's
not here yet so we're not gonna do a big reveal on
Wanda's pack but I know you guys absolutely love seeing her I love
getting her on camera I love getting her out here for you guys so she wanted to
come on have a little chat about her gear show you guys how excited she is
obviously she wants a belly rubs this real reason she's here but yeah we do
have a new pack coming from Wanda so hope you guys are just as stoked
that's her and I for that one I what I'm going to do for you guys I'm gonna pop
up in the cards here my gear that I'm done with in
19 just in case you guys haven't seen that one so go over watch that one if
you guys are wondering what all these gear changes are about and as always
guys I am Maddie thank you guys so dang much for watching
and I will see you guys on the next one