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Credit where credit is overdue

Oct12
by on October 12, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Posted In: Blog

Jeff Outdoors-

The man abuses outdoor gear, so you don’t have to

You’ve heard of Sherlock Holmes’ smarter brother, yeah?  They’ve even written him into some of the new spate of TV shows about Holmes.

I have a brother, and he’s smarter than me.  That’s not hard.  Nor is it hard to be more outdoorsy than me.  I don’t yet own a solar panel to recharge my laptop while in the forest, so I have not yet drawn a Hubris cartoon and updated from a nice campsite in Yellowstone.  Yet.

Jeff Cravens is far more intrepid and cool than I’ll ever be and I’m here to write a wrong brought on by my own laziness and general digital ineptitude.

Since the beginning of this site, Jeff’s been contributing cool articles about outdoorsy stuff, and I have never taken the time to work out how to make him an administrator so that the little thing at the top of the articles said that they were from him.

But I’m nearly caught up on most of my work today, so I went back into WordPress, which is amazingly easy to work with, and I completely screwed things up until I got my beloved brother whom I’m terminally jealous of signed in as an administrator.  Then I went back and attributed his articles to him- the way it should have been done since, get this, NOVEMBER 2010!  That’s right.  Next month, Hubriscomics.com is 2 years old.

And Jeff is only now getting a little recognition.

Go check him out (or his hilarious writing, anyhow) HERE.  Admire him.  I do.

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Oh, the Head Bone’s Connected to the…

Jan14
by on January 14, 2012 at 4:47 am
Posted In: Talk About Toys

Jeff Outdoors –

Giro G10 Ski Helmet

The man abuses outdoor gear, so you don’t have to

I’m the guy who only bought a ski helmet when my buddy told me his wife wouldn’t let me ski with him anymore until I bought one.  I reluctantly left my Happy Humper Woolie hat at home and donned my new Giro helmet.  On the first run, I wiped out and the tip of my ski left a dent in the top of the helmet the size of a nickel.  I’ve been wearing a helmet ever since.

Last year, I bought a new Giro G-10 after trying on several brands.  On the first run, I wiped out, hit a rock, and got a dent in the top about the size of a nickel.  Go figure.

The Giro adjustment system is pretty much awesome.  It has a dial in the back that works crazy-good.  Everything about the helmet is comfortable and there are no rub spots.  I wonder if they broke into my house and measured my head when I was sleeping?

The side webbing is adjustable with quick-flip buckles, the goggle retainer in the back is big enough to use with gloves, and the vent slide is easy to find and use with gloves on as well.

The G-10 does not have a visor, which I like.  There is also nothing to keep your goggles from sling-shotting to the back of your head when you perch them on the front of the helmet.  I have spent more than a few chairlift rides trying to find my goggles as they dangled on my back.

Pros

  • Light
  • Excellent adjustment system
  • Super comfortable

Cons

  • Quick-flip buckles on side webbing occasionally pop open unannounced
  • Standard model doesn’t have goggle clips on the side

Bottom Line

Get a helmet that fits.  There’s a pretty good chance that Giro is going to fit. 

 

Jeff’s a pretty handy guy to have around for advice. Want to shop the Giro G10? Click the helmet below.
Giro G10 Helmet

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Pack a Stack

Aug02
by on August 2, 2011 at 7:49 am
Posted In: Talk About Toys

Jeff Outdoors –
The man abuses outdoor gear, so you don’t have to

OR Drycomp Summit Sack

I scheduled a motorcycle trip across my old stomping grounds with my dad and brother, but I don’t have a motorcycle. I arranged to borrow a motorcycle from my cousin, and I bought an OR waterproof back sack. I used the pack as a carry-on on my flight, then converted it to my motorcycle pack by using a couple of borrowed bungee cords.

I chose the waterproof bag wisely. On the day we left, it was raining. A hundred or so miles into the trip, we rode into a hailstorm with sideways rain. The pack probably survived because my body took the brunt of the hail, rain, and animals that were falling from the sky. After verifying that the four horsemen did not accompany the storm, I was able to change into bone-dry clothes from my new bombproof pack.
Since then, it has turned into my climbing pack. I can tell that the material will not be waterproof much longer if I continue to drag it over granite and sit on it, but so far, so good.
It has one compartment which is a top loader like a dry bag. Imagine a really big compression sack with lightly padded shoulder straps.

Pros
• It’s super light
• It’s strong and well made
• It has compression straps
• It’s simple
• It’s waterproof – really

Cons
• There’s no waist strap, so if you cram your rope, rack, shoes, harness, and water bottle into it, your shoulders will be upset.
• It needs a small separate compartment or pocket for keys, wallet, and chap stick

Bottom Line
It can take a beating despite seeming very flimsy. If you need the volume of a big daypack, but don’t need support or a waist belt, you can’t go wrong.

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