Gear Reviews Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/gear-reviews/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:35:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg Gear Reviews Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/tag/gear-reviews/ 32 32 38683869 BS Gear Reviews https://popupbackpacker.com/bs-gear-reviews/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 18:00:21 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=13492 BUYER BEWARE If you read my blog much, you know I mostly have disdain for gear reviews, and I discussed in this post a few years ago, The Business of Backpacking. Gear reviews, for the most part, are simply opinions. And “opinions are like assholes — everyone has one.” If you are researching gear, you need to … Continue reading BS Gear Reviews →

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]]> 13492 Disclosure & Self-Reliance https://popupbackpacker.com/disclosure-self-reliance/ Mon, 16 May 2016 03:30:58 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=13414 Over the past week or so there has been a firestorm on a popular Internet backpacking forum due to a gear review by a well know blogger, who posted a link in the forum to the review on his blog. What the gear review did not include was a disclosure that the blogger has a … Continue reading Disclosure & Self-Reliance →

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]]> 13414 Cease and Desist https://popupbackpacker.com/cease-and-desist/ Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:08:45 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=5049 What’s Up With That? In The Business of Backpacking I took a jab at gear reviews on personal blogs. Specific blogs were not identified, as I have no interest in pointing out any individual. Apparently a blogger was put off by my observations, and a “Cease and Desist” email was sent to me via a … Continue reading Cease and Desist →

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]]> 5049 The Business of Backpacking https://popupbackpacker.com/the-business-of-backpacking/ Sat, 06 Jul 2013 21:47:09 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=4088 LOOKING FOR GEAR A friend of mine sent me an email asking me to look at a couple of reviews for a new backpacking product. Okay, I like to help my friends. Both reviews were on personal blogs. That’s okay, I like checking with people who actually use gear and provide honest feedback. Whenever looking … Continue reading The Business of Backpacking →

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