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To increase my backpack size ...or not.

I just bought the REI Flash Air 50 as well. Hard to beat it for weight or comfort. Right at 1 lb 15 oz. I used an Osprey Talon 33 on Kilimanjaro a few months ago and wow, this flash Air is so much more comfortable and 9 oz lighter too.
- RonBenfield
- Post #42
- Sep 11, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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Electronic-iPhone-Power Bank

The international airline limit is 100,000 mah per passenger so it’s not really relevant.
- RonBenfield
- Post #42
- Sep 11, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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US/EU Outlet Adapter with USB Ports - Any Experience Using?

Sounds great. Just wanted to point out that there’s usually a shared limit.
- RonBenfield
- Post #54
- Aug 23, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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US/EU Outlet Adapter with USB Ports - Any Experience Using?

One thing to be aware of-- most of the ones with multiple USB outlets are limited to 2.1 amps TOTAL for all the plugs. So if you're charging just one device, you get 2.1 amps, and if you plug in a second one, it cuts the output in half to the original device (now sharing the same 2.1 amps)...
- RonBenfield
- Post #52
- Aug 22, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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Eyeglass Case -- necessary or not?

Passed it's smell-by date -- LOL!
- RonBenfield
- Post #17
- Aug 19, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes
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Traveling with a cello

Cellist here. I think this is a n interesting but impractical idea. Everyone worried about damage of rain etc doesn’t need to worry if it’s in a good BAM case. Orchestras travel all over the world with their instruments. But a cello in a $2,000 BAM case in a $800 outer liner will weigh 40...
- RonBenfield
- Post #75
- Aug 7, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics
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And now to the backpack..

I have both an Osprey 48L and 38L Kestral. They each weigh as least a pound less than the new ones do. the 48L is now well over 4 pounds (according to the REI specs). I'm going to try out the REI Flash Air, which weighs in at 32 oz (right at 2 pounds) for the large size. Can't really see a...
- RonBenfield
- Post #47
- Jul 15, 2024
- Camino de Santiago Forum: 🥾 Equipment and Clothes