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  2. Big Business Back Packs.

    in Boots, Clothing and Backpacks

    Posted · Edited by SWIZ/TOMMY

    Ive got a exo k2 5500, i bought it 3-4 years ago when they were not massive and cost me $800 by memory shipped over. 

    i looked at the k3 the other day and to replace mine was like $1400 i think.

    from what i've done with mine and still keep doing on a weekly basis,

     

    I would pay that for it.

     

    I read a comment the other day that kifaru have some good packs coming through, without the meat shelf(very rarely do we take a whole sambar out of the woods in a backpack)

    has anyone mentioned the mystery ranch metcalf? or the stoney creek bulla 60?

     

     

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  4. Fresh Boots thread - best bang for buck?

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    G'day

    Ive had the merrel moab 2 in a mid, they were a great shoe, i wouldn't call them a boot but. Pro's   very lightweight and fairly waterproof   Cons  sythentic made and non leather so blackberrys and the like tore them up also i found they were a hard/stiff sole so they hurt after a big day in the hills.

    I run the lowa gtx ranger 3 now and cant complain, there a leather boot that has plenty of ankle support witch i need and are fully waterproof.  Cons  heavy at a kilo a boot  Pros  great support for ankles, water proof and really comfy

    I also have just got some saloman radiant gtx for hiking and if its just a quick poke around a gully or checking trial cams there what i use there lightweight and comfy but once again non leather so get torn up pretty easy

     

    The merrel and saloman were both around the 200-250 mark and the lowas were 550. i've had the lowas for 2 years now and have put them through hell and they are still going strong.But for the price of one lowa you can have two pairs of the others.

     

  5. Sleeping Bag Advice

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    1 hour ago, Croan Choille said:

    I've got a underquilt on the way (it's taken a couple of weeks already, and seems to be doing a european tour) which is rated down to -5c. I'll be testing it out in my backyard before I commit to a bush adventure. 

    i bought a cheap under blanket of ebay for my hennesy hammock, i used it over summer without it and woke up cold in the middle of the night, so i chucked it on and made a bit of difference but not a whole lot. a proper under quilt would be the way to go.

    I thought being summer i would be fine with just the hammock but i was wrong.

    I'm looking at updating my sleeping bag for backpack hunts atm, ive been looking at the stoney creek black stag 800 or the sea to summit spark 3. ill be using a tent or bivvy with a fly/shelter

  6. Sleeping Bag Advice

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    Are you still going to use them with your hammock?, you will need a good under quilt if you are. i think its the loft that makes the bag so get the most you can afford and you can always use a liner and sleep in fleece or thermals to help beef it up.

     

     

  7. Hunting boots

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    G'day lads

    If anyone is looking at new hunting/hiking boots, anaconda have a few of the salomon shoes on sale atm.

    i got a pair of the x radiant mid gtx for $180 from $260. 

    there half the weight of my lowas and half the price. they seem fairly well made, i havn't had em out yet but ill report back after a few trips.

     

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  8. ebay game cameras?

    in Thermals and cameras

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    3 hours ago, GojiraSteve said:

    Set it up on a real spindly tree and the camera went off every time the wind blew. 2000 some odd pics of nothing... Presumably the motion sensor kept firing (using power) even after the memory card was full  

    Ah the old twig trick haha ive done the same thing, a little branch sets the cam off 1000 times and you get two pictures of a deer?

  15. Pants rant

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    10 hours ago, samburstalker said:

    I normaly hunt in footy shorts, but if i need pockets, plumbers shorts are the bomb.  I still reckon skin is the least noisey material going around

    I 2nd that notion, stoney creek or swazi shorts and if its a touch cold chuck the robin hoods on and your laughing

     

    2 hours ago, balltearer said:

    The swearing going through the berries negates that,this time of year with the  slitherers out isnt much chop either.

    Shorts and gaiters is a good combo, ill be running snake proof gaiters from now on

  16. bees kneez backpacks

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    6 hours ago, Mick C said:

    Hold out if ya gonna go exo mate. Seems a few blokes are having a few teething issues with the new k3s

    Ive been seeing that heaps on the bookface, blokes having dramas.

    ive got a old k2 and rate it highly(broke the bank when i bought it tho), i got the 5500 the biggest you could get but now the k3 is out i'm hoping to get a old 2000 size for day trips and the like.

    ive heard good things about mystery ranch,  stoney creek do a 60l witch a mate loves.

     

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