Originally Posted By OregonMouse
I have been known to use the bottom three fourths of a cut-off one liter soda bottle. Nice thing about that is that you can pinch it enough to pour all the water into the small opening of the water bottle without spilling. It also protects the windscreen I made for my canister stove to keep it from getting bashed out of shape.


I'm gonna steal that idea. Better than getting "dirty water" all over my drinking bottles when filling (in the event of using iodine tablets, which I really like doing), and a great way to protect a windscreen! Heck, a kitchen bag could even live in the middle of that!

I'm going to work out all of these little details in the next month or two as I put together my first semi-serious lightweight setup. Last year I did overnight hikes (yes, only one night) with a 60-pound external frame pack. Basically a hybrid between backpacking and car camping... Those days are over, and I'm excited at the prospect of having MUCH more fun backpacking. ;-)


Edited by carbeque (01/15/15 02:54 PM)