Product wishlist for manufacturers

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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.

Product wishlist for manufacturers

Postby trekker76 » Sat 15 Sep, 2018 6:48 pm

Anything you really wished was offered or maybe something discontinued to be brought back?
My personal ones. A basic lightweight single thickness canvas or cordura hiking boot with mesh drain holes, rubber treads, optional wide sizings.
Quality all mesh inner tent in old school mosquito weave( as opposed to noseeum) and heavier tub floor.
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Postby crollsurf » Sat 15 Sep, 2018 8:38 pm

RPET Cordura Ripstop by the metre. Love to send that to Dan from WT to make me a pack but you can only buy it by the roll which costs $$$$$$

Just about everything I own for bushwalking is environmentally unfriendly!

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Postby Tortoise » Sat 15 Sep, 2018 8:51 pm

Kathmandu merino undies. Perfect fit, perfect elastic, light weight. No other ones I've tried are as good.
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Postby north-north-west » Sun 16 Sep, 2018 9:48 am

Heavy duty, low sitting, rear-closing gaiter. Get on to it, Scotty.

A tent as well designed as the Scarp with removable corner struts (so it doesn't have to be packed vertically) built with Hilleberg materials and to their standards. Red, of course.

A pack that can hold 80l, carry 20kg+, comfortably fit someone with narrow shoulders, and survive Tasmanian scrub and rock without weighing half a tonne. Even the supposedly women specific packs I've tried don't work well with my narrow shoulders.
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Postby ChrisJHC » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 5:01 pm

A small tripod to convert a sleeping mat into a padded stool.


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Postby Moondog55 » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 5:19 pm

Mens Tall sizes.
Australian Army combat boots in My size, the only size the things don't come in.
Ve are too soon old und too late schmart
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Postby north-north-west » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 5:46 pm

Women's pants that are as comfortable, practical and durable as men's. That means high waisted, proper pockets, room for backside and thighs rather than prioritising fashion and designing purely for supermodel proportions.
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Postby Tortoise » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 6:44 pm

north-north-west wrote:Women's pants that are as comfortable, practical and durable as men's. That means high waisted, proper pockets, room for backside and thighs rather than prioritising fashion and designing purely for supermodel proportions.

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Postby nq111 » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 6:58 pm

Waterproof shorts.

LIghtweight, fully drainable/breathable boots (synthetic).

Properly designed active sunwear for hot and humid conditions, from head to toe. Not the baggy fishing shirts that only fine if you are sitting around in a tinny sinking coldies.

Quality flip top cold weather mitts (fingertip exposed glove underneath) where the mitt holds back really securely for scrambling.

Longer (not bigger) sizes in everything :)
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Postby Tortoise » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 8:47 pm

nq111 wrote:Longer (not bigger) sizes in everything :)

Shorter walking pants and rain pants so I don't have to take them all up.
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Postby rangersac » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 9:02 pm

nq111 wrote:Waterproof shorts.


You can get these from online bike shops
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Postby ChrisJHC » Wed 19 Sep, 2018 11:03 pm

Moondog55 wrote:Mens Tall sizes.
Australian Army combat boots in My size, the only size the things don't come in.


Everyone knows they come in two sizes: too big and too small!


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Postby nq111 » Thu 20 Sep, 2018 7:33 am

rangersac wrote:
nq111 wrote:Waterproof shorts.


You can get these from online bike shops


Yeah, i've seen those online before. Have you any experience with them.

My concerns were are they bushwalking waterproof (i.e. good for days of rain and bushbashing) or more water resistant?

Also, cycling shorts often have a sort of crook leg design which isn't ideal for walking in?
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Postby slparker » Fri 21 Sep, 2018 8:13 am

I have used waterproof membrane bike shorts when walking with high gaiters on and there is no difference in performance between them and dedicated walking trousers except they are more awkward to put on over shoes/boots.
They tend to the lightweight but so do many walking trousers brands as well.
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Postby rangersac » Fri 21 Sep, 2018 3:47 pm

nq111 wrote:Yeah, i've seen those online before. Have you any experience with them.

My concerns were are they bushwalking waterproof (i.e. good for days of rain and bushbashing) or more water resistant?

Also, cycling shorts often have a sort of crook leg design which isn't ideal for walking in?


Yep, used on several walks and work fine. As they are designed to fit over lycra bibshorts they general have a pretty straightforward design rather than a crook leg style. Look for models that are aimed at the mountain biker such as these or these as they have a looser cut which are more suitable for walking in.
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