what are my favorite pieces of gear from 2019? Oh that Wanda she's so freakin cute
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favorite pieces of gear that I went with in 2019 if you guys stick around to the
end I'm gonna tell you guys my absolute favorite piece of gear that I went with
in 2019 let's start out with some sock changes I made I went from darn tough
socks before to this year I'm changing over to the end gingy toe socks
I suffer from blister issues between my toes and the and gingi toe socks were
perfect I can't say enough good things I don't know it's we're not but yeah I'm a
toe socks guy when it comes to backpacking and sticking with the lower
half of my body because it is pretty bangin I went with Columbia silver ridge
pants this year I've always carried a pair of shorts with me because I've
never been able to find a pair of zip off pants where the zipper didn't just
completely blow out maybe it's just my body type but I always found like
literally every pair of zip off pants I found the zipper was right at my knee
and it was just at that high stress point with your knee flexing the zipper
would break the zipper sits up my thigh with these columbia pants so it takes a
zipper away from that high stress point and they can't say enough good things
about these pants i got a video on these i'll put a link up on the cars for you
guys if you wanna check that out but yeah columbia Silver's pants i do
recommend them they're fantastic carter 2019 I was using a gravity system for my
water filter this year I made the change at the katadyn be free absolutely love
this insanely fast ridiculously easy to use I don't understand I don't know why
I don't know how to talk right now apparently I know it gets mixed reviews
from a lot of people and I've heard people saying they have issues with the
bags on these things breaking or myself I have had zero issues with it nothing
but positive experiences most of my friends are actually switching over
these now no I guess I'm winning people over on the katadyn but yeah I mean I
made the switch to the katadyn be free in 2019 I'm pretty sure this is gonna be
my filter in 2020 as well I have you'll love this little thing it's like
two and a half ounces and insanely fast I love the be free not directly related
in my water filter but kinda is with a GSI Java drip in 2019 works perfectly
with your GSI backpacker mug these three little legs here they clip onto your mug
and you put your coffee in here you just pour the water on top to me it is
totally worth the weight of packing out wet coffee grinds to have a nice
delicious fresh cup of coffee in the morning
none of that powder junk I know a lot of people say the powdered coffees taste
good but personally in my experience I can't find one that tastes good they're
all absolutely disgusting so you know I've been bringing fresh Tim Hortons
coffee with me on all my backpacking trips to the GSI Java drip but yeah I
absolutely love this little thing my favorite ass pad my thermos CeCe pick
this up to replace my little blue foam pad that blew across a lake in a
windstorm and I lost it so I wonder the therm resi seat this thing has been
awesome you use it fold it in half kind of like this doubles it up I don't know
I'm pretty skinny guy I got a pretty skinny little narrow butt so you know my
butt fits perfectly on there I use this in my hammock as well I put it inside my
top coat and my feet lay on top of it because I use a partial underquilt time
I stop for a break I just pull it off the bottom of my pack sit it down sit my
ass on it keeps me off the ground keeps me cushion keeps me a little warmth on
my bum I love it you don't have an ass pad you need one get the thurber SZ seat
this is the best a spat out there how can we talk about my favorite year 2019
without talking about my favorite pillow from 2019 the trichology pillow it was
never a fan of inflatable pillows until my buddies Justin and Jesse got me on
this trichology pillow here love that just got the strap that I can strap to
my head and take my pillow anywhere with me that's a joke by the way the strap is
actually seeking put it on your sleeping pad but yeah I'm more primarily hammock
camper so I actually don't really use this strap but I just I like putting it
on my head I think it looks funny on video so he was ridiculously cheap
ridiculously comfortable works really well in the hammock too I do have a
video about that if you guys want to check that out I'll link that in the
cards for you actually got videos on most of this gear I'll put links down in
the description for you guys if you guys want to check out
the videos to the gear I'm chatting about today but yeah my trichology
pillow 2018 was the first year that I got into hammock camping and I didn't
take my dogs in any hand my camping trips with me in 2018 he was dealing
some health issues so his backpacking days were essentially over Wanda was too
young at the time so I got to enjoy the hammock camping in 2018 and absolutely
loved it so decided in 2019 I was gonna do hammock camping with my dogs
so with that came some gear changes first gear changed I had to make I need
a little bit more protection so in 2018 my hammock camping tarp was a hammock
your quest just a plain 11 foot hex tarp had ample coverage for me but when it
came to that with my dogs I knew that they were gonna sleep on the ground
underneath me so I I wanted to tarp with doors I went with a ugq winter dream 12
so my tarp here right now wrapped up in the mesh snakeskin I don't have a video
on my ugq intervening 12 yet but that will be coming so if you guys are
looking forward to that let me know in the comment section I will have a video
coming out on my full tarp setup so it's gonna incorporate my rage lion on my
tarp tie out how I do my doors and all that so you know look forward to that
coming on pretty soon or the winter dream tarp primarily to have a tarp with
doors just I want a little bit more coverage on the ends to kind of be able
to seal off the ends just kind of wanted to make it feel a little bit more homey
and secure for Wanda inside that was kind of my thought I worked out perfect
honestly I fell in love with the tarp of doors and it kind of got me wishing that
I would have just went with a door tarp to begin with keeping with a hammock
theme my little shop of hammocks Spectre partial under quilt this is a 20 degree
model it's like 900 fill power down ridiculously lightweight and San Lee
warm this thing lofts up like crazy I just yeah I can't say enough good things
but a little shop hammocks gear I mean if you guys know if you guys have seen
my channel you guys know I absolutely love James's gear we'll put some links
in the description box I got a video on this quilt so I will pop it up in the
cards for you guys if you want to check that out but yeah this is what I went
with to keep myself warm shave some weight off my original undercoat was a
full length my reason was going with a partial undercoat is I'm a side sleeper
so when I slid on my side I kind of curled myself up into a ball a little
bit and cut like fetal position kind of thing with my full leg
another quote that he went with before I had like a foot and a half of extra
quilt at the end that just was covering nothing
so with this partial under quilted I like basically covers my whole body the
only time that I actually really get any kind of cold spots on my feet is if I
actually do lay flat on my back counteract that like I said on my
thermos zc in the foot box on my top coat and that counteracts that but yeah
Lois coma hammocks parcel under quilt the specter absolutely freakin love this
thing alright this is what you guys have been waiting for now we're gonna talk
about my absolute favorite piece of gear that I got in 2019 this giant orange
stuff sack no I'm just kidding this is a hole that shows up here Cave Creek
my Cave Creek pet palace this is what made how my camping with my dogs
possible this year when this guy is here this is a fully integrated bug net with
bathtub floor completely sealed off in belts my hammock makes the inside of my
tarp feel like a tent with my hammock hanging inside of it it's got the
bathtub floor keeps Walda completely protected there's no bugs getting in at
her you know she's not sealed off in her own little tent by herself once she can
lift her head up and I can just reach down and give her a scratch or whatever
yeah this thing has been freaking amazing it worked out way better than I
thought it would be the ability to go with my dogs on my backpacking trips to
take my hammock is freaking oh I just love it I can't say enough good things
about my pet palace Saturdays guys and gals that was my favorite pieces of gear
from 2019 did you guys have any favourite pieces of gear that you went
with in 2019 let me know in the comments section and if you guys have any
questions about anything gear I talked about today please let me know I would
love to help you guys out if I can as always guys I have Maddy thank you guys
so much for watching I will see you guys on the next one