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Savotta make a solid rucksack although they are expensive, I have a 25l day sack from them and when the time comes I will buy a larger pack from them. The pack I'm currently using that fits your bill is a Fjallraven Kaipak 38 which i really like, it has an internal frame, a decent padded hip...

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My only concern with washing old coated nylon kit in a washing machine is will it wash off the coating on the inside of the item. When I put my old macpac in the washing machine on wool wash and with some gentle soap the inner coating started to flake off. Maybe you could just wash the outside...

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I saw some years ago someone wearing shoes with soles made from glue and ground up car tyre rubber. He said when they wore thin he would just paint over the worn sections. I seem to recall he said the glue was special super strong shoe glue but don't know how or where he got the tyre rubber...

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I forgot to mention sometimes if its a short trip we do breakfast cereal portions for the kids in a Ziplock bag with powdered milk just add water and mix. We also do things like chilli/bolognaise in a Ziplock bag that can be dumped in a pot and cooked.

When Im out and about with my brother in law he does these excellent sous vide steaks. He pre cooks them at home in his sous vide cooker thing and then brings them along in the sealed bags. You can eat them straight from the bag cold or after a reheat but he always gives them a quick run on the...

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Totally unscientific but my 100% wool blankets seem to perform better than my wool blend blanket. My single wool blend blanket seems to feel damp in humid conditions, but my 100% wool ones do not. I don't know what the blend is, % or material but it does take on a damp feeling in humid...

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