not good

Backcountry.com Dawn Patrol Vacuum Coffee Tumbler

Backcountry.com Dawn Patrol Vacuum Coffee Tumbler

Rating for this product: 1 March 27, 2009

Not a good vacuum bottle. First, the cap is horribly constructed, the entire thing is metal, and the cap is completely plastic with a piece of metal over the top of the cap (which unscrews to reveal a small compartment). In my opinion, the compartment in the cap isn't worth it. HUGE amounts of heat are lost through the top. The most I've had anything stay warm was about 3 hours, this was in an insulated backpack wrapped inside of a primaloft jacket. Other than that my beverages always come out luke warm at best. The worst part is that after only maybe 10 uses the cap has started to leak and the backcountry logo has started to peel off in little chunks, it looks horrible. While I love the size, a friend has a black diamond 17 oz vacuum bottle that has a much better lid and keeps liquid hot for up to 10 hours, and after that they're "just" luke warm. Overall not a quality product and a waste of money.

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Scarpa Spirit 4 Alpine Touring Boot

March 17, 2009

I have a pair of atomic bindings, not sure what model, but they're on a rail system. The toe piece is hight adjustable and does just barely fit my touring bindings.

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Ok for short trips

Backcountry.com Dawn Patrol Vacuum Coffee Tumbler

Backcountry.com Dawn Patrol Vacuum Coffee Tumbler

Rating for this product: 2 February 20, 2009

This is perfect for a day of skiing and drinking nice hot coffee on the lifts. The problem is the lid, there is a huge amount of heat released from the lid, the entire thermos will feel cool, and the top of the lid will be burning hot. For anything more than 5 hours this wont keep the liquid any better than luke warm.

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