Which bear canister - Lake Colden?

Grey-Jay · 04-16-2010, 08:05 AM

Bear Vault continues to state that their brand should not be used in the Marcy Dam corridor. So which brand, if any, are backpackers using in this area?

DSettahr · 04-16-2010, 09:38 AM

Most people are using the Garcia Bear Canisters.

04-16-2010, 01:32 PM

My son and I both use the counterassault bear keg.

Hobbitling · 04-16-2010, 02:21 PM

There is also a smaller version of the Garcia made by another company, called the "Bare Boxer". I picked one up at the Mountaineer. Fully certified, but about half the size of a Garcia. good for solo or short group trips.

It looks pretty much like a garcia, but the latch mechanism is slightly different. They make the small one, called "the Contender" and the larger one, called "The Champ".

A stupid name, but a good product.

Grey-Jay · 04-16-2010, 02:23 PM

just read about it . .for solo food for a weekend, seems to be the best choice . . .although no one wants to carry the weight of these things.

Wldrns · 04-16-2010, 02:36 PM

And then there's always the Yeti Tundra. Certified grizzly resistant, a requirement for the Yukon 1000 race. We paddled with the 120 qt model last year. We saw 4 bears, but none could swim fast enough to catch us.

Grey-Jay · 04-16-2010, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wldrns

And then there's always the Yeti Tundra. Certified grizzly resistant, a requirement for the Yukon 1000 race. We paddled with the 120 qt model last year. We saw 4 bears, but none could swim fast enough to catch us.

But since this obviously doesn't fit in ones pack, one pays for helicopter transport to drop it at your desired campsite.

peregrinfalcon · 04-16-2010, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adkayaker

Bear Vault continues to state that their brand should not be used in the Marcy Dam corridor. So which brand, if any, are backpackers using in this area?

Does anyone know if this bear (the one with the ability to open Bear Vault) is still operating? The Bear Vault website last references 2008.

pennyanmurph · 04-26-2010, 12:51 PM

Last I knew Yellow Yellow was still going strong.

viewseeker · 04-26-2010, 01:18 PM

Yellow Yellow is still there, id buy the Garcia, i got the full size one its not that much weight for the saftey of your food miles away...

NicksMaint · 05-05-2010, 12:58 PM

I have both the Bear Vault and a Garcia, the Garcia gets my vote. I use the Bear Vault when going to a lean-to where a bear container is not required, but will keep the mice out of the food.

Tom

Pete_Hickey · 05-05-2010, 02:49 PM

While a little awkward to carry, this one (approved) will let you carry enough food for eight hungry workers for a week.

http://mudhead.uottawa.ca/~pete/tmp/bearcan.jpg

IIRC, it weighs about 40 pounds empty.

redhawk · 05-05-2010, 04:00 PM

My understanding is that Yellow Yellow will soon be moving. He has signed a contract as a beta tester for bear vault. He will be given a very large area to roam in and call his own and he will be given the best of bear food.

However, don't be fooled. This is really a ploy by Bear Vault to get him out of circulation and stop all the bad PR they're getting.

In short, it's a bribe.

Hawk

jan · 05-05-2010, 04:03 PM

Actually, Yellow Yellow is a female.

redhawk · 05-05-2010, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jan

Actually, Yellow Yellow is a female.

He's got you fooled too, eh?

jan · 05-05-2010, 09:33 PM

Egads! You mean I've been hoodwinked! To think that I believed that sob story about how she had hungry little babies back at the den to feed. I carried all that heavy food in there and let her walk off with it when I could've filled HIS rotten hide with lead.

viewseeker · 05-06-2010, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hobbitling

There is also a smaller version of the Garcia made by another company, called the "Bare Boxer". I picked one up at the Mountaineer. Fully certified, but about half the size of a Garcia. good for solo or short group trips.

It looks pretty much like a garcia, but the latch mechanism is slightly different. They make the small one, called "the Contender" and the larger one, called "The Champ".

A stupid name, but a good product.

A friend also owns one of the Bareboxer, its about 1.2# for the solo can and 2.4 for# for large, works very well and fits 3 days of food for one. He says it fits in his pack very nice , much better than larger size. 39.99 from there website

Grey-Jay · 05-06-2010, 08:07 AM

I bough the Bare Boxer at the Mountaineer this week. Fine for a solo weekend.

Will fit food and toothpaste but certainly not a bag of garbage.

Small enough to allow use in many more pack styles.

Dick · 05-06-2010, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adkayaker

I bough the Bare Boxer at the Mountaineer this week. Fine for a solo weekend.

Will fit food and toothpaste but certainly not a bag of garbage.

Small enough to allow use in many more pack styles.

How much garbage would you be likely to generate in a solo weekend trip? If you do have a lot, consider packing up garbage into smaller units.

Dick

viewseeker · 05-06-2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adkayaker

I bough the Bare Boxer at the Mountaineer this week. Fine for a solo weekend.

Will fit food and toothpaste but certainly not a bag of garbage.

Small enough to allow use in many more pack styles.

Only garbage i make is the same bags of dehydrated food which then pack down even smaller and cliff bar wrappers..How much at mountaineer for that can? worth buying from them to support them though.

04-16-2010, 08:05 AM	#1
Grey-Jay Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NY State Posts: 832	Which bear canister - Lake Colden? Bear Vault continues to state that their brand should not be used in the Marcy Dam corridor. So which brand, if any, are backpackers using in this area?

04-16-2010, 02:21 PM	#4
Hobbitling spring fever Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rochester area Posts: 2,239	There is also a smaller version of the Garcia made by another company, called the "Bare Boxer". I picked one up at the Mountaineer. Fully certified, but about half the size of a Garcia. good for solo or short group trips. It looks pretty much like a garcia, but the latch mechanism is slightly different. They make the small one, called "the Contender" and the larger one, called "The Champ". A stupid name, but a good product. __________________ He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

04-16-2010, 02:23 PM	#5
Grey-Jay Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NY State Posts: 832	Bare Boxer just read about it . .for solo food for a weekend, seems to be the best choice . . .although no one wants to carry the weight of these things.

04-16-2010, 02:36 PM	#6
Wldrns Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Western Adirondacks Posts: 4,442	Yeti And then there's always the Yeti Tundra. Certified grizzly resistant, a requirement for the Yukon 1000 race. We paddled with the 120 qt model last year. We saw 4 bears, but none could swim fast enough to catch us. __________________ "Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman

04-26-2010, 01:18 PM	#10
viewseeker Wright 2-18-12 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: fulton, NY: AVATAR: W46r completion Posts: 754	Yellow Yellow is still there, id buy the Garcia, i got the full size one its not that much weight for the saftey of your food miles away... __________________ ADK 46-R # 6750W CL-50 #51 CATSKILLS 9/35 NPT--Complete 7-6-13

04-16-2010, 09:38 AM	#2
DSettahr ɹǝqɯǝɯ Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,453	Most people are using the Garcia Bear Canisters.

04-16-2010, 01:32 PM	#3
timetohike Guest Posts: n/a	My son and I both use the counterassault bear keg.

04-26-2010, 12:51 PM	#9
pennyanmurph Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Middle Grove, NY Posts: 42	Last I knew Yellow Yellow was still going strong.

05-05-2010, 12:58 PM	#11
NicksMaint Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY/Elizabethtown, NY Posts: 124	I have both the Bear Vault and a Garcia, the Garcia gets my vote. I use the Bear Vault when going to a lean-to where a bear container is not required, but will keep the mice out of the food. Tom

05-05-2010, 02:49 PM	#12
Pete_Hickey Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hull, Quebec Posts: 245	For a group While a little awkward to carry, this one (approved) will let you carry enough food for eight hungry workers for a week. http://mudhead.uottawa.ca/~pete/tmp/bearcan.jpg IIRC, it weighs about 40 pounds empty. __________________ Senility is a terrible thing. I blame society. That and years of substance abuse.

05-05-2010, 04:00 PM	#13
redhawk Senior Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In My Memories Posts: 10,929	My understanding is that Yellow Yellow will soon be moving. He has signed a contract as a beta tester for bear vault. He will be given a very large area to roam in and call his own and he will be given the best of bear food. However, don't be fooled. This is really a ploy by Bear Vault to get him out of circulation and stop all the bad PR they're getting. In short, it's a bribe. Hawk __________________ "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

05-05-2010, 04:03 PM	#14
jan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 595	Actually, Yellow Yellow is a female.

05-05-2010, 09:33 PM	#16
jan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 595	Egads! You mean I've been hoodwinked! To think that I believed that sob story about how she had hungry little babies back at the den to feed. I carried all that heavy food in there and let her walk off with it when I could've filled HIS rotten hide with lead.

05-06-2010, 08:07 AM	#18
Grey-Jay Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NY State Posts: 832	I bough the Bare Boxer at the Mountaineer this week. Fine for a solo weekend. Will fit food and toothpaste but certainly not a bag of garbage. Small enough to allow use in many more pack styles.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode