[pct-l] water consumption/capacity

[Dan Africk]

Sweet, that's good to know. I was planning on bringing the patch kit anyway,
for my prolite 4 sleeping pad. Come to think of it, that makes perfect
sense- the pad and dromlite are both polyurethane-coated nylon, and the
patch kit uses a urethane-based adhesive.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Joan Henriksen
<joan.henriksen at gmail.com>wrote:

> If you are using the dromlite bring along an Thermarest patch kit.    I
> worked at a wilderness therapy camp in the southern Utah desert for a year
> and a half. We used dromlites and the heavier MSR dromedary.  They stand up
> VERY to all the desert plants.  When they occasionally sprung leaks it would
> be a small pin hole and the Thermarest patch kit worked well.
>
> Joan
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Dan Africk <danstheman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like 8 liters will be plenty most
>> of
>> the time, so I think I'll go with the 6 liter dromlite and my 2 bottles,
>> and
>> maybe I'll bring a nalgene 1.5 liter canteen bag for the longest waterless
>> stretches(not the most durable, but it works and I already have it, so its
>> free). I won't be using a hydration tube with any of my bladders- I've had
>> too many problems with leaking at the tube connection, and they're too
>> much
>> of a hassle in general.
>>
>> Definitely some good points about the security of multiple containers, but
>> everything I read suggests that the dromlites are pretty bombproof, and I
>> plan on treating it gently anyway, and I like the simplicity of fewer
>> containers. Plus I'll have enough plastic bags and duck tape that if there
>> is a failure, I can probably salvage most of the water(this happened to me
>> once with a nalgene 3 liter canteen- not in a desert, but loss of that
>> water
>> after I carried it up a mountain would have meant a very sketchy trip).
>>
>> I look forward to meeting everyone on the trail this spring.
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