What I Do With My Backpacking Gear AFTER a Trip!
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- What you do as soon as you're home from a backpacking trip plays a big role in ensuring your gear lasts a long time! In this video I'll show you how I unpack and organize my gear as soon as I'm home, as well as give you some simple tips to make sure your backpacking gear is properly cared for. Okay look I'll be honest - I don't really unpack my bag right away when I'm home from a backpacking trip, and I don't think anybody does. The first thing I do when I get home is crack open a beer, eat some food and relax on my couch watching TV. I have been known to leave my fully packed bag by the door for days after a trip before I get around to fully unpacking and organizing my gear. But there are definitely some things you MUST do at least shortly after you are home from a backpacking trip or your gear can be prone to damage and decay. Make sure your backpacking gear lasts a long time!! The longer your gear lasts the easier it is on your wallet and the planet.
**This video was originally published on November 6, 2022 on REI’s Miranda in the Wild CZcams channel, which is now an independent channel you can find at / @mirandagoesoutside
Intro: 00:00
Some useful context: 00:25
How I unpack my backpacking gear: 1:06
Outro: 12:54
Gear in this video -
Pack: www.rei.com/product/148671/re...
Sit Pad: www.rei.com/product/186714/ne...
Nalgene: www.rei.com/product/402049/na...
Sleeping Pad: www.rei.com/product/199935/ne...
Closed Cell Foam Sleeping Pad: www.rei.com/product/141846/ne...
Sleeping Bag: www.rei.com/product/152798/se...
Pillow: www.rei.com/product/170457/ne...
Bear Canister: www.rei.com/product/768901/be...
Stove: www.rei.com/product/114890/ms...
Pot: www.rei.com/product/708071/sn...
Piezo Lighter: www.rei.com/product/849683/ms...
Sandals: www.rei.com/product/131755/te...
Spork: www.rei.com/product/899045/se...
Headlamp: www.rei.com/product/202774/bl...
Tent: www.rei.com/product/189384/se...
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Miranda in the Wild is an REI Co-op Studios production!
Sr. Producer/Director: Rainer Golden
Producer: Miranda Webster
Videographer: Jonathan Houser
Editor: Abby Hagan
Executive Producers: Alissa Hudson, Joe Crosby
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My husband left a can of coke in his backpack, then both our packs were put in a garbage bag and stored in our storage unit in Paradise CA when the 2018 Camp Fire came through and destroyed the town. Our metal storage unit survived, but that coke can exploded in the bag and by the time they let us come back into town, it had molded all over both our packs..... Fortunately we were able to clean them and still use them today!
I learned the hard way to never store things like bug repellant and hand sanitizer in a container with anything else, every container leaks eventually and bug repellent will liquefy some water repellant coatings and even some plastics. Anything that has liquid or can become liquid in warm weather should be stored in a container separate from other camping gear or at the very least put into a Tupperware container with everything else so if/when they do leak it's minimized.
love Miranda's energy 🤪✌️ thank you for another great video guys keep them comin!! 🌲PNW 💚
Thanks for watching Rich!
I recently starting using a shammy for tent condensation. Dry it, pack it on site, and leave it. Love it!
Hopefully this is a peaceful transition with REI… love your video!
Girlpeeing
Excellent information!
After coming back from training exercises with the Army, I forgot my dirty clothes bag in my ruck sac until the next training ex, I didn't know something could smell quite that bad
Question: How to go about cleaning tent? Cleaning the sleeping bag or pad? Any suggestions? Like a wipe, a light spray and wipe down, lysol, ect? Also thank you for this video! This is great motivation! I plan to watch it again as I'm unloading after my trip👍🙆♀️
Awesome video gosh darn 🤙🏽
Well, thank you! 💚
Thanks that’s really helpful
whats the box/crate you stored all the small things in?
Great idea for hanging your pack 👍
Wow useful thankssss❤
We're so glad you found it helpful!
Useful info as always. I have a question. Do you back flush your water filter and dry it before you put it away?
Same! I thought this was vital
Thanks Wonderful.🤟
I live in Italy. Have you been here? Every home and hotel bathroom has a bidet. You would love it.
Loaned a tent to a buddy and he had to put it away slightly damp and never communicated that. After 9 months I found it to be a little mildewy but it cleaned up pretty well and seemed mostly fine... until you pulled on anything elastic at which point it tore like tissue paper.
The factory has palettes of sleeping bags stored in warehouses for unknown amount time before going to the stores warehouses . The the store warehouses then send a certain amount to each store where they sit in the store until they are sold. The myth of sleeping bags being lofted and uncompressed when stored is bull hockey. They only need shaking out before use.
My insane OCD won’t allow me to sit down until it’s all done. Even car camping or traveling. I have to put it all away wash the clothing etc before I can sit down. And I don’t mind it. 🎉
Can I ask about that hydration system/straw? I purchased something that looks similar (from Kickstarter) that is supposed to fit Nalgene, but it only fits my stainless bottles that are way too heavy for hiking.
How do you guys deal with tree sap on your tent fly ?
Oh no! I left my sleeping bag rolled and compressed in storage for a year so far! Have I ruined it....?
funny, but i also learned things. nice.
I store all my backpacking gear at REI 😬
The Pride&Prejudice bit. 💀
Could you go over how to care/clean boots? Especially if hiking in different locations across the country/world. (Weirdly paranoid that I'll be "that person" who introduces an invasive species.)
A pride and prejudice reference AND a blink-182 reference!?
Sleeping bad, sleeping pag...
pretty sure you should wash and dry your bidet
the best way to store your sleeping bag is to hang it up
yea so they just STOLE all her content.
She was employed by REI and the content was and is owned by them.