Monday, October 28, 2019

露營天幕

香港唔算太興天幕,估計不到一半人會開天幕,但其實天幕係好正既野。

遮風擋雨係基本,遮落葉甚至小蟲等亦不錯。

另外天幕方便吊起啲燈,或者用 LED 燈帶,亦甚至可以吊風扇,照明會比較均勻,俾人有家既感覺!


此外,若營起在天幕底,營內營外溫差會稍稍收窄,減少倒汗水!對於防水較差既營,當然亦唔怕滲水了!另外,因為雨水先在天幕,不會直接打落個營,大雨時音量亦會減低!

落雨時,去到營地只要起咗個天幕,開營或做咩都無難度!

第二朝起身,天幕就更重要!如果揀啱方向,天幕可以遮埋太陽,瞓到九點都不是夢!日出後溫度急升,銀面天幕降溫效果非常明顯,實在係神器!

當然,其實天幕都幾重,銀面 3x3 米天幕起碼都五六百克!若果再大塊啲,分分鐘近一公近!

另外,額外既營釘同埋風繩,隨時都三幾百克:



當然還有至少兩支天幕杆,呢度有四五百克!我就算用上碳纖既自制桿,每枝都近 200 克,當然若果有樹,或者可以只帶一枝,或甚至唔用!

無論點都好,用天幕差不多等於帶多個營!另外,開天幕比開營既技巧比較多,時間亦比較長!

除非環境或路途不許可,否則天幕對我嚟講,實在係必備!

Saturday, October 26, 2019

Weight of various components of my 3F 行雲金仔

The following is the weight of the original package, plus an extra one person footprint to be used in the vestibule.


And the following is the weight of that footprint, so the tent alone is be less than 1kg with everything including the guylines and the pegs.  I have used it so many times and so the above weight actually contains the weight of the dirt.  lol



This is another bigger outer tent to replace the original one.  It is actually much bigger, the added space could even host a small camping table plus a chair, and also some spaces for storage.


Finally, this is the weight of the inner tent of the 3F setup, so if I were to use the above bigger outer tent with this inner tent, it will becomes around 1.2kg... still very nice for a tent with a big enclosed area.  Feels like perfect for solo trip.


I am considering a cuben fibre tarp which is around 150g which means significant saving, that would be an option for absolute portability.  3F inner tent is around 87 inch by 28 inch, and that tarp has an optional bath tub of 84 inch by 24 inch at both ends and 32 inch in the middle, so it would leave some uncovered inner tent.  But then inner tent has around 8-9 inch 20D covered before the mesh, so it should work!  But at over $2500 HKD, the decision is really hard.

Friday, October 4, 2019

DIY 露營燈

其實係借屍還魂,三條屍體,變一盞營燈。

好多之前 (mini USB mini USB 年代),有個尿袋壞咗,拆咗個電路板出嚟,收埋無用。

另外又有一盞 LED 充電枱燈壞咗,拆咗個 LED panel 出嚟收埋無用。

最後,部山寨平板用咗四年瓜咗,拆咗兩塊鋰電出嚟。

就係咁,三合一。

第一個實驗,電路板夾其中一塊鋰電,充電成功,另外發現返電路板上啲 switch,其中一個竟然係較電壓,可以 5V USB 或者上到 9V 推其它野!另一個就係內置小 LED



焊埋另一塊鋰電落去。


用熱熔膠做少少固定,絕緣:


充電最熱都係咁既溫度,鋰電暖都唔暖:


電流頗低,舊式電路板吧,所以充得極慢:


充滿電有 4686mAh,開燈用 0.4A


即係用 10 小時都無問題了!

呢種改裝,應該所有舊手機電池都可以返生

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This lamp has been modified as a lithium based battery pack for storing energy from my solar panel at home!  And another camping lamp were made.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

露營保溫箱/冰箱

露營要提升享受程度,似乎冰箱都重要!

如果 1-2 人用,似乎 5L 作為起步點都可以,簡單講呢個 size 可以放六罐汔水,之後還有少少空間可以放薄身既食物,若橫放三罐,上面就可以放多啲其它野,若 solo 就已經好足夠:


我呢個蓋頂有內置放冰位,藍色部份可以拆出,或上緊固定:


雪汔水係好重要,秋天上完上,食完野都可以幾熱,有凍飲係好開心既事:


放甜品亦得!


第二朝都仲有凍飲!


呢次我放咗一 pack 牛扒,一包墨丸早餐煮面,仲有芝士片夾麵包,同埋煮牛扒汁咁!還可放多少少野都仲得!攞上山又唔太重!除咗冬天之外,似乎都必備喇!

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第二次出動,發覺直頭可以放埋入背包!機動性大大提升!

呢次放兩個珍珠雞、兩罐汽水、兩盒豆花、一包墨丸!

另外我倒咗啲冰種材料入去個內置既冰壺,保冷效能再提升咗!話說佢送咗四個冰種,我將其實兩個既材料倒入去,事就這樣成了!

Monday, September 30, 2019

Residue capacity of charging pack

After four years of usage, it drops from 10000mmAh (assuming the factory figure is correct) to over 6000mmAh which better than expected!


While the one of the left has over 7000mmAh from 10000mmAh (again assuming the factory rated capacity is real), after two years of usage, not bad too.


Friday, September 27, 2019

Refilling Gas Canister 露營氣罐充氣

露營氣都幾貴,個罐就寫明唔好充氣,但充氣除咗慳錢、環保,亦可以免去用淨少少又要帶埋出去用既麻煩,當然,呢件事確有一定危險性,若果唔知自己做緊咩,或者有少少唔明,都千祈唔好搞了!

Camping gas canister could be quite expensive, and the canister clearly said re-filling is strictly prohibited, but then re-filling is very attractive except money saving and environment protection, it also prevent us from bring canisters with little gas remain.  Of course, re-filling could be pretty dangerous, and so if you don't know what you're doing, or there is some little places that you might not fully understand, DON'T DO IT!


First of all, keep the canister to be filled in the fridge in order to reduce the pressure inside so that the pressure inside the filling canister is higher.

首先,要雪凍個露營氣,減低佢氣壓,令供氣罐的氣壓大於露營氣罐。

Gross weight before re-filling:

充氣前重量:


After re-filling:

充氣之後:


即係足足充咗 70g,氣罐上寫原本有 110g

And that means we filled 70g of pressurized gas, the canister has 110g originally!

我之前用咗兩次,因為夏天煮食儘量簡單,用氣唔多。

That canister has been used twice, but since it was summer, cooking was minimal and gas consumption was much less.

呢種罐一個人用應該夠晒,冬天就用一次,夏天可以用兩次吧

This kind of canister should be enough for solo camping of one night for winter, maybe twice during summer.

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After a one person trip, two simple meals plus boiling around 1.5L of water for drinking:


That means I consumed 218 - 166 =52g of gas.

After re-filling, I got:


Even more than that of the last time, maybe I cooled the canister for longer.

Thursday, August 29, 2019

3F 三峰金仔營 (行雲)

此營名叫三峰行雲,它已絕版,我已經忘記何時購入 (翻查記錄 2017 年 1 月),但第一次使用是 2017 年 2 月,那次是在涌背頹 camp。第一次用感覺極度「屈質」,而且第一次唔太識起,起完感覺亦唔好:



隔咗一晚變晒型:



一人營既意思係個營同你張地蓆一樣大!意思係開地蓆同睡袋都要在營外進行,收地蓆時都幾煩架!而且所有行李都要放外帳,遇著落雨都幾「論盡」...

第二次用已經係年尾至 2018 年年頭,那次係上馬昂,徒步由馬鐵站行上去既!嗰次無咩影相,係第一次將個小天幕駁埋落去,亦係第一次玩 LED 燈帶。因為呢個營夠晒輕,若帶埋佢行山就開始識得欣賞佢既值價!頹 camp 實在無必要用佢。

圖像裡可能有夜晚、天空和戶外

第三次係2018 年二月再上馬昂,都係用佢,今次係坐車去到山路口先行,開始起得靚啲,但都係無相,只有用 360 相機影既。

第四次係田夫仔,因為要帶埋水所以算係遠征!呢次開始發現佢用唔到吊扇呢個問題,所以諗住下圖咁既玩法,將吊扇開在外面,然後再搭天幕,但咁樣風力大減,作用不大!幸好當晚入黑後顯著轉涼,甚至要開返個金仔既外帳:





第五、六次係水浪窩 solo camp,呢晚凍到低能,但呢個營仍然好掂!我印象中仲有一次係去大網仔既,不過已經搵唔返相。

我 solo 其實唔多會影相。

用金仔既好處係,超級輕裝,可以帶多啲其它野例如相機、腳架之類...

圖像裡可能有一或多人、夜晚、樹、天空、戶外和大自然

紥多幾次,個型開始出喇,唔會紥到核核突突:



大潭頹 camp 都用佢,順手試裝預備去長咀:



真正去長咀,如臨大敵,平時唔落晒咁多繩,呢次係第一次:



第二朝掛埋個濾水器上去添!掛咗濾水器難免變型!當晚風極大,天幕杆都吹斷,但佢依然健在:



水浪窩黃雨夜,滴水不漏,當然個天幕都要記一功,天幕在上,雨聲都無直接打落嚟咁大:



大東山極限之夜,就係呢次吹爛咗個外帳,我諗住個營實塌.... 能見度超低,風大到癲:

未提供相片說明。

但最後竟然只係吹爛咗少少...

未提供相片說明。

吹爛咗個原裝外帳之後,後來照用佢出去,呢次係赤徑,配一個 knots 既外帳,空間感更好,外帳可以放勁多野入去,落雨唔開天幕都可以煮食等:





但呢種紥法,其實內帳係有部份會突咗出嚟,但突出嚟既部份都仲係防水既,所以落雨都唔怕 (已測試):



除咗上面那些,印象中仲有一次去過大網仔 (原裝用法),一次上過荃錦 (內帳 + knots)...

唔覺唔覺都用咗十幾次!呢個營印象好似三、四百蚊左右,除返開幾十蚊一夜,回憶無價!就係呢啲回憶,推動我嚐試修理吓佢:



話說三峰隨營附送咗兩塊熱壓貼,我估主要都係用於穿咗之後補返防水,應該就唔食力既,所以我要先縫返好佢,之後再貼其中一塊修補貼上去遮醜!用鈦杯裝滾水去貼,發覺都好容易喎!野外都做得到!

呢個營實在有感情,無論用返原裝外帳,又或者用 knots 外帳,都想整返好佢再次遠征!

用吊扇既問題其實唔怕,因為夏天要開吊扇都唔會去得遠,不如就用返個二人 Mobi Garden 就好了!冬天要是係遠征,又或者 solo trip,呢個營亦真係有佢既好處,亦無需要用吊扇!

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After repairing, it's up and kicking again!



And then on the next morning, I found another issue, I probably don't want to fix it again:


防水壓膠有啲甩,照計成條換都唔難,但我有啲懒,而且一人營真係太細咗啲。

另外,倒汗水都可以好誇張:



似乎要積極考慮換個新既!

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20191207 再修理,壓膠爛咗,索性剪走埋佢:


改用 seam seal:


趁天氣乾燥,搞埋佢:


搞掂之後再貼埋塊修補貼上去!


Ready to go out again!