Yesterday, Bacpacjac mentioned ranger bands in her fire starting kit.

I am just learning about ranger bands. A friend made me a set out of bike inertubes.

What uses do you have for ranger bands?

Blake

www.outdoorquest.blogspot.com

One holding a lighter to my knife sheath. Tinder as well, should the need arrive. One around my maglight.

In addition to the about, i think they're tougher and I believe they last longer than regular old elastic bands too.

She's toying with us right now. If she doesn't arrive on her own this week, we're going to be induced on Saturday morning at 8am.

haha! She's definitely her mother's daughter.

Good luck, Jacquie!

...... and now, back to Ranger Bands

Sorry for the derail Blake. Here's a video showing some of the uses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTrOb7zO-B4

One if the things I like about them is that they tend to lie flat, and you can make them any width. They work great for securing the lids of my fire tins, especially after I've put a venting hole in them.

My hands sweat a lot, especialy here in FL, and when I go to the shooting range it would affect my grip. Ranger bands to the rescue. I put one around my grip and all is well.

Pefect. Thanks a bunch.

Blake

www.outdoorquest.blogspot.com

Bacpacjac wrote:
>She's toying with us right now. If she doesn't arrive on her own >this week, we're going to be induced on Saturday morning at 8am.

Happy Birthday young gel!
If she grabs some rubber gloves (hand protection, ranger bands...) and a scalpel on the way out of the operating theatre, she's our kind of woman!

I rang a friend who's wife was due the day after and asked how it went (obviously I'm not a parent) he said
"she's missed the deadline; she's already slipped by 24 hours and NOW she can't give me a firm date for the deliverable. Frankly it's not looking good for her review"

think he's been project managing too long...
qjs

Good luck Jackie! I'm sending prayers for a safe delivery and a healthy baby girl !!!!

My wife and I are basically herbivores + chicken, so we buy a lot of vegetables. Broccoli bunches come with those little blue rubber bands that I save and use like ranger bands. They are strong, stretchy, and more flexible than inner tube bands.

Good idea, those blue bands have lots of use.

Blake

In reviewing this thread, one notes that Bacpackjac should be a mommy about now. I doubt she is on line at the moment, but does anyone have an update?

I am sure she will update when appropriate. Health and safety to Jacqui and the new ETS member.

Best wishes to BPJ and her family
I think a dedicated thread is a good idea.

Re: Ranger bands, I almost always see reference to bicycle tire tubes. Are there any ranger bands made of motorbike tire tubes ?? Any ranger bands from small car tires ??? Although I acknowledge that most cars now are tubelss. However if there are any non-bicylce ranger bands, where can they be used ?

Me asking because I have kept the last tubes of my car when shifting to tubeless.

From what I've heard, it will work as long as the band is a decent size for its purposes. I wouldn't want to over-stretch a too-small band, or try to double up one too large. Also, be aware of aging rubber, as it may lose strength or even fail completely.

A rubber band (much lower quality rubber than a decent tube, of course) is an easy example: If you find one that has been sitting in a drawer for several months, you know it won't perform so well.