hi guys Justin here and we are out for a walk, it's a beautiful day
It's the first day of spring so pretty exciting. Made sense to film my first video on the first day of spring.
So today I have something in store for you.
We're gonna be talking about backcountry gear that's on my 2019 wish list.
there's three pieces of gear that I'm excited about for 2019 these pieces of
gear either fill some sort of issue that I have with my current gear or address a
gap that I have in my gear or provide an entirely new service I haven't tested
any of this gear I'm going purely off of company reputation and they're
advertised specs so stay with me and let's run through the three pieces of
gear that are on my 2019 you wish list so the first piece of gear that I'm
going to talk about is a new sleeping pad by sea2summit
the ether light XT it comes in an insulated and uninsulated version today
I'm gonna be focusing on the insulated version because that has more
applicability to me I currently have the sea2summit insulated ultralight and
there's a con about it that I love it has one of the best valve systems of any
sleeping pad that's out there has a well integrated storage / pump step sack and
is decently comfortable without being noisy there's a few little things that
I'd like to improve on the insulated ultra light first let's run through the
stats of the size large size large ether light XT so it's
four inches thick has an r-value of 3.8 weighs 20 ounces is made from 30 by 40
Deni and nylon did I mention has an awesome duel valve
inflate deflate system comes with the integrated storage / pump sack and
there's this pillow lock system that isn't really applicable to me they've
used to some people and the size large costs $210 how is this improved on the
insulated ultralight sea2summit sleeping pad that I currently have so they double
the thickness compared to the insulated ultralight which is a huge improvement
for me I'm a side sleeper and AD 190 pounds I bought him out the old
sea2summit quite easily ether light also has an r-value that's
0.5 fire and is later in my opinion the main competition for this pad is the
therm wrestler or ex late and the new me more Nimmo tensor actually just isn't
comfortable for me I know it's popular pad out there but I always feel like I'm
about to fall off and the NIEM the NEEMO isn't readily available available where
I live and I'm not really a big fan of the fact that they don't publish our
values what's up with that so summary Cu summit ether light XT
takes a lot of a sleeping pad boxes for me this is definitely a piece of gear
that I'm excited about for this upcoming season hopefully I can get my hands on
it and take take a look it's coming into stores where I am at the end of March so
a couple more weeks and next up we have a tarp tarps have always been tricky for
me they can be quite heavy to pack so I don't I don't like taking them and you
don't always need them but when you do need them you need them a lot and I've
been searching for an affordable lightweight tarp for a wire a while I've
looked at Aliexpress and the three tarp I've looked at cuben fiber tarps
not not really affordable and I've have a curly have a one point five pound tarp
that I'd be used on a couple of trips it's it's okay not great really I came
across the light outdoors tarp which is made by a guy down the road for me
in Lethbridge Canada which is really cool and see it seems like a great tarp
so let's let's run through the stats person
it weighs 11 ounces so so quite light is 8 by 10 feet in size but also comes with
a 10 foot by 10 foot I would rather opt for the lighter
version and is made of 20 d sil nylon which is more durable than the 3 F tarp
on aliexpress one unfortunate aspect of the tarp is that you need to seam seal
it yourself not a big deal but I'm a little bit lazy with that kind of thing
the one thing that separates a start from the other ones is its construction
it has just the right number of coyotes the Thai oats aren't unnecessarily heavy
and it is waterproof tarp there's not much more I can say about it
it is what it is it's $85 which is a great great value and I'm looking
forward to seeing if I can get my hands on tested out alright so I saved the
best for last if you have not heard of the sea knock
back dough yet I'm really glad you found this video and are watching this the
group by backpack with and myself have dubbed this the best piece of gear ever
and it's it's definitely one of my favorite piece of gear so the scenic
vecto is a water book is a water bladder powder right here use it all
all last season and works with the Sawyer water filter I'd say it almost
makes filtering water pleasurable almost I'm you're still shoving water through
the tiny filter but I live by the manager of hydration is no joke so
anything that can make my life easier when staying hydrated is its benefit in
my book vac doe got updated this year with the back doe - and it builds off
some of the great features of the original vector like wide wide fill
opening so you can see on the original here you can open this up really makes
it really easy to grab grab water and excellent compatibility with the Sawyer
through the 28 millimeter threads the bag is also quite soft makes easy to to
roll roll the water out while filtering and it's clear so you can see how much
water you have left in the bag as you're filtering and just all-around is a win
so some of the updates with the vecto - is that it has a lighter and slimmer
opening and closure for that wide mouth has longer neck for attaching different
caps but those 28 millimeter caps and best of all it added tethers
best of all it added tethers to the slider and to the lid here so you don't
you don't lose them when you're out on the trail another feature that the came
out with this year was a 42 millimeter thread version for those fans of the
b-free that are out there so the back go to a lot of upgrades it costs $20 so
really really quite affordable almost no reason not to get it and in my opinion
is the back doe whether it's the original or version two is a must-have
for anybody that has a Sawyer filter so I if I can justify a fourth facto
bladder I'll definitely be picking this up and doing a full review at some point
so thanks for staying with me guys hope you enjoyed the videos I'm going to
be release releasing more and more videos as we get into the hiking season
so if this is something you're interested in subscribe and stay updated
on what's what's coming next up on the channel I'll be talking about trips that
I have planned for 2019 I will just be talking at the camera with this one I'm
hopefully going to be able to give you some tips run through some of the things
I'm excited about how I pick trips for the upcoming year and how I planned them
I look forward to seeing you then