淘寶直運

淘寶近來都幾積極推直運。

最初係搞咩直運咭，十五蚊人仔，三次十五蚊以下直運免費，另外又有啲紅包，結果我就試咗。

結果發現，我買三件貨，有時會分三次送，有時會集埋一包先送，都幾煩。

無所謂喇，都幾扺用。

但最後我用晒三次之後就無再買，因為覺得佢地鼓勵我買野既方法。平時真係有野買先買，仲要儲到有幾件先一次過買。

後來到雙十一，佢有得抽奬，感覺人人都抽到，我抽到五十蚊人仔，咁都好丫，唔使錢，咪照用咯，最後咪一啲貨用直運，以五十蚊為上限，其餘用返集運。

當日發現好似貴咗，運好少野就用完五十蚊，簡單講，五十蚊只得兩件唔係咁重既貨！不過心諗，唔使錢，是但喇！

直到某天....

收到電話話送貨上嚟屋企！仲話要收二十蚊送貨費，我話唔制，叫佢改送自提點！誰不知，自提點都一樣要收二十蚊！立時有中計既感覺！

後來發現，依家直運 default 係送去你家，而以前我買直運卡，那時 default 係自提點，而且係唔使附加費！

似乎真係一個局嚟！我諗唔到點解要用直運了...

就算無呢個局，直運都唔吸引，首先，你買野時要考慮清楚，一次過落單！無咗彈性！

直運唯一方便係唔使等齊貨再人手叫佢集運！但其實快唔得幾多，亦唔方便得多好多！

簡單講，用返集運喇！又平，又簡單，亦差不多速度！

嶂上營地水源

嶂上營地不難去，但營地除了許林士多內，並沒有水源。

許林士多平日未必開放，但若沿嶂上郊遊徑步行上去，路上仍有數個不錯的水源，就算沒有下雨，水量仍算穩定。

我是在秋冬時份上山，兩星期內沒下過雨，以下是水源的大約位置：

第一個普遍地圖都有顯示，就是猴塘溪，大路稍稍走入去便看見，路段易走易認：

入口處是 C5201 和 C5202 之間，比較近 C5202，路口處有下圖郊遊徑的標示柱：

路是這樣的，很分明易認，也不難走：

這溪比較闊大，水量極為充足，但離開營地亦最遠，宜上水途中取用，若然先紥營再取水，來回要 20 分鐘以上。

再放大看另外兩個水源位置：

這兩個位置基本上已經上到山上，屬平地部份，也有一些廢村屋在林中，似乎以前村民也是用這些水？

第一個是 C5203 後不久，水量很少，圖看比較差，但實地看卻尚可飲用，當然要先過濾：

另一個是 C5203 和 C5204 之間，黃竹塱範圍，水源相對充足，甚至有小群魚兒在其中！

以上兩個水源皆在路旁，不難發現，但正因為較近路旁，易被人為污染，宜跟著水流稍向上游前進取水，也建議先過濾、煮沸然後才飲用。

A new tent for me 3F Lanshan 2

I finally took the plunge to get one myself.

I've a 3F single person tent for long, and it broke the first time during camping earlier this year at the sunset peak, during a long windy night.  I've tried to fix it but then I found another issue later and that was a harder fix.  Actually, I could still use it except a bigger excuse (not really reason) was it's small size, so that I always want something a bit more roomy.

1.4kg everything included, I mean with the optional groundsheet or footprint.

It's heavier than my 3F single person tent, but it's lighter than my Mobi Garden Air.  Target for camping that requires some non-trivial hiking, say like more than one hour.

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Finally got a chance to try it out, very easy to setup, highly wind-proof and stable.

My Cooking System 露營煮食包

This is about my cooking system, all packed inside a green bag:

It's pretty heavy at 873g as you could see, but it's already very much optimized.  Let's see what's inside:

It consists of two titanium stove, one is full sized and the other one was an ultra-small backup inside that little green bag.  There is a simple knife in blue.  Two lighters.  One pan holder which can also hold other hot stuff, like my titanium cup after boiling water, for example.

That orange pattern roll is my wind shield.  That black bag contains a steak titanium knife, a pair of titanium chopsticks, and a long titanium spork.  You can also see an orange silicon tool which is exceptionally useful.  The little plastic bag on the far left holds the tooth picks.  That pink stuff is my electric toothbrush, and the tooth paste was around it.

Finally, a medium sized gray bag holds the oil and seasonings.  I also have a holder for steaming stuff inside.  I also placed some tea bags and dehydrated soup!

And this is my cooking stuff, all titanium.  For 614g, I have a cooking pot, a cup and a bowl inside, finally, a small gas canister is packed inside as well!

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！

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.

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.