The type alcohol affects time to boil. I'm using Heet. AFAIK, Heet is among the highest heat capacity per ounce.

@azbackpackr Answering your questions in reverse order, I didn't try the side burner cat food stove. The iteration that I built is said to perform better. (But, yes, I did see his article.) For now am using the OEM bottle that Heet came in. It's been leakproof so far. (I put it in a Ziploc anyway. ...

If TL;DR, a siphon alcohol stove. But not a Toaks brand. Buy a knockoff that has foldable legs and foldable arms. $25. I’ve been chided here in the past for using a can of Sterno for a stove. (With a Dinty Moore Beef Stew can as a pot stand and wind screen.) But for my style of clumsy camping, Stern...

My 2 cents about the pilot side of things: If I have it correct from an FSS Specialist a long time ago, if a NOTAM is issued (and someone official has to call it in), NOTAM’s are issued with respect to one geographical reference only. So there might be a NOTAM for an airport that you plan to fly ove...

@xsproutx Good to know. I like the idea of rotating a pair. I remember a report from about 50 years ago that said rotating two pairs of shoes lasted more than twice as long as using one pair. IIRC, one pair can dry out more during the day that the other one is in use. So apparently moisture has a l...

After six months and a couple of backpack trips, I like my Darn Toughs a little more than I like my Cloudlines. The Clouldlines are just a little thicker and just a little rougher (less soft) than Darn Toughs. I haven't had a blister yet with the Cloudlines. But I had the start of one on a day trip....

Day 4: Wore my new X Ultra 5's today on same trail as yesterday at Mountain View Park. Gluteus minimus pain started lightly at first and then went away. I felt good enough to go up "Sneaky Hill" like yesterday. (It was nice today having the extra traction from new lugs.) So it appears that...

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Wonder if it was the one that left the big paw prints at Barks? (Seemed a big print for what I think a bobcat should be.)

Day 3: My gluteus minimus muscles ached while hiking both days when I wore my new shoes. In fact I had a massive leg cramp an hour after I returned from my first hike with the new shoes. (I read that overuse of the minimus can cause leg cramps.) I don't know if it's because the new tread at the back...

Initial impressions after Day 1. Am starting the break in process. I bought the same size that I've bought for my last two pair in the Salomon's X Ultra series and the fit seems fine. (That is, unchanged, same as previous.) Went on a quick (for me) one hour hike this morning. 1.7 miles in North Mtn ...

@Mountain_Rat I can't figure Salomon out. It's a French company. I checked their European website and there they offer 3 color choices for the X Ultra 5, including a very tame all black. But here in the states, they offer only one color choice, and one local retailer told me that he didn't carry it...

@Mountain_Rat "Afoot." Good one. Yeah, I'm wondering why/worried about the sudden price drop/dump. This model has been out for only a year. (Not even a year in the states, due to delays.) Sounds like they're selling at cost. Not very many reviews on the non-Gore-Tex mid proper. The X Ultr...

Now another store in the "backcountry" is selling them for $98.

They've been holding at $150 since their introduction in the spring of last year. Now on sale at $104 - if you shop around for "zappatos." (Which is not exactly the way that "shoes" are spelled in Spanish. Hint.) I ordered some a few days ago. I'll plan to post a short review end...

Update: I thought to check the Required Permissions for RS on Play after writing below. The requirement to have Play and a Google Account for RS is the same as the screen shot below. Perhaps it's the way that I've set up my phone, but it seems that after RS v6.0.2, Google Play is required - at least...

I'm running Android 12 and the last time I tried to update to an RS 7.x version, it didn't complain on startup. But since you titled this thread "Android Requirements," it seems that one requirement is that the user has to have Google Play installed as well as a Google Play Account. (I hav...

There is a sale on Salomon X Ultra 5's. $112.5, down from $150.

(Just in time for me. The Contagrip tread wore out on my previous Salomon's in just a year and a half.)

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I tried my new injinji liners. My shoes are too tight unless I take out my insoles. (Whereas I can wear silk liners without noticing any difference.) So I either have to buy a larger size shoe, or buy thinner hiking socks (I already wear DT Light socks), or not wear the injinji liners. Think I'll op...