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  1. pluton

    Is there a reason NOT to use stainless steel braided loom?

    Could you place standard nylon wire loom over the cable, then add the SS braided stuff outside of that?
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    Budget 2000w Generators?

    Is "Powered By Yamaha" the same as "Yamaha"?
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    Escalante, a Land of Enchantment

    I have always wondered what that road was like. Now, thanks to your video, I have a very good idea.
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    Recommendations for rechargeable LED lantern for table?

    Every camping trip, I become determined to find flashlights, lanterns, and headlamps that don't have the idiot, annoying blue color to the light. Preferably with a high CRI as well. Those Goal Zero ones look decent, tho I'd still prefer to be able to change batteries and use my own rechargable...
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    Options for flat-sided storage boxes?

    If those reallyuseful boxes are made out of the cheapo polypro that Container Store boxes are, they won't last long in use.
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    Is Zodi Dead?

    Since March 2020, I've tried to call Zodi---makers of fine hot water/shower relateed products--- in Utah and always goes to voicemail and they never call back. Several times over the spring and summer of 2020 I've tried to make a purchase on the website and it always hangs up and goes dead...
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    OkMilo - interesting

    Good idea. An ad hoc private cellular network. Did it say what frequency or coms protocol it uses?
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    12v plug & socket

    I bought one of these at least ten years ago and, while I don't use it often, I'm always glad I got a nice one.https://www.greenleestore.com/products/greenlee-k05-1gl-k-series-crimping-tool-8-1-0-awg?variant=15441613059
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    Gas - Plastic or metal

    If you carried CARB-compliant nozzles with you to show the officers, then your fuel carrying system would be CARB-compliant, wouldn't it?
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    Propane cooking stove

    White gas stinks as it burns, like Diesel. Propane doesn't have that problem.
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    Ratchet straps, electrical cords and other "tangle-ables"

    Good on you for not tolerating gonked up extension cords. Any way that allows you to store them without tension and be able to be thrown out without tangling is a good way. As a some-time Hollywood gaffer, I can report that a feature film crew deals with everything from thin little charger cords...
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    Good waterproof bins

    Influenced partly by the Expedition Journal cases test a few years ago, here is my hierarchy of container waterproofness: 1. Fully submersible without any water ingress. AKA a Pelican Case---but it's heavy and space-inefficient. Overkill for most applications. 2. No water ingress with a fire...
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    Gas - Plastic or metal

    This has been my observation with the Scepter MFCs. Great ruggedness and product quality, but if you have to store them in a smell-sensitive location, good quality, non-CARB metal (Wavian or =) transmits less odor. My observation.
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    Good waterproof bins

    Those MTM Ammo boxes look nice....and inexpensive.
  15. pluton

    porta toilets

    Human waste is more dangerous to humans (disease-wise) than animal waste....could be why?
  16. pluton

    Ratchet straps, electrical cords and other "tangle-ables"

    For electrical cords, the old way is still the best way. 1/4" sash cord.
  17. pluton

    Talk me out of a GPSmap 64

    Assuming you are familiar with modern (2012+) smartphone displays and operability, the tiny, grainy, low resolution screen on the GPSMap 64 will torture you to madness. Save your money.
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    Thoughts on New NEMO Shower - horizontal style ?

    The original hose was weak and inadequate. The original fill hole was idiotically small, later improved but still too small. Impossible to tell from that marketing page whether these two major complaints have been addressed by the new model.
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    Best Battery (Generator) for Fridge (Dometic CFX50)

    In 2013 I got an Engel MT45. Powered it with a separate Group 34 Odyssey AGM, in Sears Die Hard Platinum livery. I use a National Luna automatic battery isolater/joiner with a matching Odyssey battery under the hood. (1997 4Runner, stock alternator, 70amps) That 34 AGM would power the fridge...
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    Which Fire Extinguisher?

    There are some informative threads right here on Expo; Search "Fire Extinguishers" What I think I've learned: Common ABC dry chemical stuff from Home Depot contains ammonium phosphate, which will leave a stuck-on melted crust on whatever it hits that's hot, and also corrodes metal, including...
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