so i've been wanting to start this thread for awhile and just now getting around to it.....
but anyways here are some very simple mods i've done to some of my gear, all very easy and inexpensive and been quite handy for myself and the way i camp
thought some of these might give others some ideas and if everyone wants to post theirs and add to the thread that would be great, sometimes it seems the simplest things are the best
first one is my tyvek mat for my hammock, lots of people use something like tyvek for a mat, i just went a step farther and sewed 2 pieces together and left one end open so that if it starts to rain and i need to keep some gear dry i can just throw it in the tyvek sack and fold it over to keep whatever dry
here i added a bale handle to my heiny pot, i took a thin metal fishing leader, cut the swivels off both ends but left the part where the leader was looped and attached back on itself, at that point i bent it 90° and jb welded both ends to opposites sides of the pot, works great!
here it is with a silicone band over the top for a lip guard
next is to simply wrap some paracord around the top of your hatched handle to help protect it
on my snow peak 900 i used sugru for the lip guard since it was too big around for any slicone bands i could find
i wanted to be able to get the ridgeline completely out of the way when sitting in my wbbb but still wanted it for sleeping, i measured everything then took another piece of amsteel the right lenght, cut he ridgeling looped the cut ends, larks headed one end of the splice piece to one end and used a dutch biner to attach the other end, now i can easily undo the biner and drop the rideline out of my way and hook it back up just as easy
this is how i keep my stakes, this one is courtesy of paul at ugq, i stole this idea from him
it's a simple square of ripstop with a velcro piece sewed to one corner, you simply set your stakes in the middle, fold over the bottom and then the corners, roll up and secure the velcro
here i added small buckle to the pullout on the zipper side of my wbbb so that i could just reach out the hammock and unclip the buckle so i can throw the bug netting back, most the time i have my stake too far away from my hammock to reach it and this helps
if anyone would like to add their own simple mods for gear please do so
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