Backpacker Mag Hammock review

**te-wa** · 05-31-2008, 10:29

Originally Posted by Narwhalin

Exactly! Right on point, slowhike!

I also would like to add, reading her analysis was like a lesson in BS 101. That is why she is so self-contradictory...

yeah, maybe she should resign from Bpacker mag and go to work for the White House. She'd fit right in.

**Narwhalin** · 05-31-2008, 10:48

Originally Posted by Narwhalin

Exactly! Right on point, slowhike!

I also would like to add, reading her analysis was like a lesson in BS 101. That is why she is so self-contradictory...

Originally Posted by mikeinfhaz

yeah, maybe she should resign from Bpacker mag and go to work for the White House. She'd fit right in.

Heck, I was just going to say she is perfect for B(S)ackpacker!

**T-BACK** · 05-31-2008, 10:56

Backbreaker magazine has a repution for being very slow to react to changes in hiking styles and beliefs. It took years for them to do a small article featuring the "crazy and on the edge of doom style of lightweight hiking". The result was about the same as this one about hammocks. They also are not into the DIY scene. IMHO it a a yuppie style outdoor mag. I don't trust any of their reviews because they accept advertisments. The cottage industries cannot afford to compete with the ads that the big guys have so guess who has more influence on content. They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them by suggesting that you make something yourself or that you change your style of hiking to one that takes sales away from their supporters. I wish there was a way to make all of the readers see this because many people take that publication as the gospel on gear. They should do themselves a favor and get their advice from places like BPL or BGT. They are the Consumer Reports of our world and seem to have no vested interest in any manufacturer.

**Narwhalin** · 05-31-2008, 11:19

Ooohhh, T-Back, you must be some sort of conspiracy theorist or something!!

Why would they lick the boots of those who pay their saleries? I mean, noone does that!!

**T-BACK** · 05-31-2008, 13:19

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

**nogods** · 05-31-2008, 16:59

Originally Posted by slowhike

Would you send people out to test tents, biviys, or tarps that didn't know how to properly use them, including how to select a proper site?

A disaster waiting to happen: BP Mag decides to test packable fire arms

**fin** · 05-31-2008, 22:16

Originally Posted by Narwhalin

Hammock camping is kind of like riding a motorcycle. It takes a bit of precision and in the wrong hands, it could be disastorous. Tents are more like a school bus, or something...

LOL, great comment.

Except Tents are more like the "Short" bus, and the people who won't give a hammock a decent attempt are the riders in the "short" bus.

**fin** · 05-31-2008, 22:20

Originally Posted by nogods

A disaster waiting to happen: BP Mag decides to test packable fire arms

And one of the testers is a parapeligic, another is a Nun, one is a handgun lobbyist, and the fourth is a convicted felon.

**Smee** · 06-02-2008, 17:05

Well, we didn't make the print magazine but we did make the on-line magazine.

http://www.backpacker.com/camping_ha...ons/dvideos/26

It's a little amusing.

What the heck. Any press is good press.

**Thrasher** · 06-02-2008, 17:50

Originally Posted by Smee

Well, we didn't make the print magazine but we did make the on-line magazine.

http://www.backpacker.com/camping_ha...ons/dvideos/26

It's a little amusing.

What the heck. Any press is good press.

Hey congratulations. I was hoping he'd get tipped over at the end. Their knotting was funny. Where were the tri glides?