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exactly. A little paraffin rubbed on any zipper, metal or plastic, goes a long way toward making is operate much more smoothly. Also helps if applied to the underside of drawers that slide on their wooden rails.
Basically as I understand it, the exterior of the pack is not waterproof, it's the built-in dry bag that is - hence the exterior gets soaking wet and adds significant weight. You are correct in that a packcover would help avoid that.
As somebody...
I got some $10 ones at a local shop- but my son got these and they are built tough and last a lifetime I am sure- forgive my evil Amazon link but no one else near us carries them- the name brand makes great stuff-...
So….. we had 1 inch of rain here at home in a 4 hour period. We found it and opportunity to test our packs/setup. We hiked 12 miles in pure downpour. We both wore shorts and no pack covers as mine is waterproof and his Osprey has a waterproof...
I bought a SIM from Vodafone store in Barcelona. I'll be traveling all over Europe. 50 Gigabytes for 15 Euro for 30 days and can renew online. Data only, but I've been using WhatsApp for calls and texting. It's been working great so far.
I’m just back from this walk. I ordered an eSIM online from travel.vodaphone.com before I left and installed it. I then activated it when I landed in Portugal. It worked very well and was not very expensive.
There was one adjustment I needed to...
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