I like it alot. It's loft is insane compared to my buddies nemo. My only gripe is that it's a little tight for me. It I'm a wide guy. I'm switching to the badger.
I have a WM antelope mf in 6'. It has been used for 6 total nights. It's a little warmer than I need so I was hoping to do a straight trade for a badger.
Thanks for all the advice everyone. I forgot to say that I am packing kryptek poseiden pants and top. I think I will leave the puffy pants, furnace top, and Corugate guide jacket at the truck. I have club foot so my legs are tiny so the furnace Bottoms are going to help me out in the am. I...
This is true to a degree. There are companies that do check every item before they leave the door. Mostly smaller companies. Like my tarptent. But on a large scale it's impractical. But QC doesn't mean check every item. It is a percentage of items. Or batch. So they can recall a certain batch...
I'm a first time backpack hunter and was planning on a wyoming muley rifle hunt this year. Well I didn't get my tag so I switched gears to Colorado archery elk. Now I bought all my gear for the cold weather of wyoming. Now that I've switched it up, I'm not sure what to bring. I don't want to be...
This is a return email that I got from GoHunt, when I asked about the chilkoot vs the WM. It swayed my purchase to the WM quickly.
"Thanks for being an INSIDER! You are correct in that the main difference between those is that the SG is roomier throughout and is the only real reason I would...
Hey all thanks again for all the tips. I'm noticing that people are a little worried about us. Don't worry, we may be newish to the west but we spend our free time on base camp ice fishing trips deep in the queens land of Ontario. Typically 10 days living out of a 2 man TP with a buddy heater on...
Lots of great tips and info! thank you all. I'm feeling more confident after reading through all of this. I have started backpacking this spring. Mostly just in the back 40. I have been trying to set up my camp and tear it down every weekend so I can work out all the kinks in my new gear. I have...
I'm with ya on not spend $500 on a cooler. I found a great one for $154 at Walmart. Built just like the high dollar ones, made in the good ol' USA and held ice and 2 antelope just fine. I think it holds ice for 5+ days. Also they just started selling the 115 quart for just under $200 which is a...
2021 will be my first Backpacking hunt. I will be going after Muley hopefully in unit 25 with a good friend in mid October. We both agreed that backpack hunting is what we want to do and are gearing up all year for it. Are we crazy for trying our first trip in October, in the mountains of...
There just wasn't enough optical difference to justify the increase in price. They have gotten the viper very close to the razor's in the new models. It was very hard to tell any difference between them. And the viper 85 is massive. It's 2 inches longer than the razor 85 and weighs 11oz more. So...