Anyone got a knoon?

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A place to chat about gear and the philosphy of ultralight. Ultralight bushwalking or backpacking focuses on carrying the lightest and simplest kit. There is still a good focus on safety and skill.

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Ultralight Bushwalking/backpacking is about more than just gear lists. Ultralight walkers carefully consider gear based on the environment they are entering, the weather forecast, their own skill, other people in the group. Gear and systems are tested and tweaked.
If you are new to this area then welcome - Please remember that although the same ultralight philosophy can be used in all environments that the specific gear and skill required will vary greatly. It is very dangerous to assume that you can just copy someone else's gear list, but you are encouraged to ask questions, learn and start reducing the pack weight and enjoying the freedom that comes.

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Base pack backpacking the mass of the backpack and the gear inside - not including consumables such as food, water and fuel
light backpacking base weight less than 9.1kg
ultralight backpacking base weight less than 4.5kg
super-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 2.3kg
extreme-ultralight backpacking base weight less than 1.4kg
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Strider
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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Sat 20 Jun, 2015 6:11 pm

I got one on Qantas the other day. Anyone want it?

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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Sat 20 Jun, 2015 6:35 pm

Ta Strider. I'd grab it if i didn't get my five recently. :)

I now have the comparison, having been given 2 kiwi knoons the other day.

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My impression is that while the spoon on the kiwi one is better, the plastic feels like it won't do quite so well in hot food/water as the Qantas one. Might not be true, though. The Qantas one is flatter, and has a nicer spreading knife. :)
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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Thu 27 Aug, 2015 7:37 pm

Here are some pen tops that work well...
http://soak-blog.andrewkelsalldes.netdn ... -tops.jpgs
Image

:)
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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Thu 27 Aug, 2015 9:50 pm

Can't view your image, Zone-5. Is it just me?
Zone-5
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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Thu 27 Aug, 2015 11:44 pm

Tortoise wrote:Can't view your image, Zone-5. Is it just me?


It's you and you have had this problem before.
I suggest you use Firefox portable...
http://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Firefo ... 37430.html

here tis... fork-spoon-knife-ballpoint-pen-tops
http://soak-blog.andrewkelsalldes.netdn ... n-tops.jpg

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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Thu 27 Aug, 2015 11:46 pm

Works for me using Tapatalk

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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Sat 29 Aug, 2015 2:13 pm

Doesn't work for me on Tapatalk (iOS). The link is also dead.
Zone-5
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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Sat 29 Aug, 2015 5:26 pm

GPSGuided wrote:Doesn't work for me on Tapatalk (iOS). The link is also dead.


Ok, upped in a different format... :)

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http://i61.tinypic.com/qnuzvd.jpg

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Re: Anyone got a knoon?

Sat 29 Aug, 2015 9:00 pm

Strider wrote:I got one on Qantas the other day. Anyone want it?

Hmmm.. I got gypped. Two flights on Qantas and I didn't get any knoons....

Even on a return international Qantas flight :(
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