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#59713 - 02/02/06 02:26 AM Lightweight poncho liner
Tmpx Offline


Registered: 01/15/06
Posts: 26
I'm thinking about adding a poncho liner to my edc bag. Trying to keep the overal weight down I am wondering about the lightest weight for a poncho liner.

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#59714 - 02/02/06 04:48 AM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
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I have military poncho liners in my custom BOBs. I don't know the weight but I do know they compress nicely with a food vacuum encapsulation unit, otherwise they're pretty bulky. Available on line
I found them on ebay for $16 each. Ebay "Poncho Liner" listings

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#59715 - 02/02/06 01:47 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
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#59716 - 02/02/06 01:58 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
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Registered: 07/02/04
Posts: 48
Brigade Quartermasters has the Thinsulate poncho liners that are supposed to be much warmer and lighter than the standard GI ones. Here is a LINK

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#59717 - 02/02/06 07:23 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
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Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
Brigade Quartermaster sells a sewing kit that makes the liner and poncho into a somewhat neater unit and combination sleeping bag. These are popular with people who think the mutually exclusive goals of lightwieght and useable insulation can be mated. In the real world it doesn't. That said, a liner has a salutory effect on the poncho's drape. In the high winds that often accompany rain it does help in that regard. With suitable layering there is some usefull insulation. I've found the tradeoffs merited just going for a full on system and live with the bulk and wieght. I'm still mourning a lost bid on EBAY. A british photojournalist had a huge Harry Potter like cape with detachable hood tailored in Turkey of austrian lodencloth. She even made provision for tent stakes to convert it into a small shelter. Sadly, somebody out there with more money and equal romanticism as I won it <img src="/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

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#59718 - 02/03/06 02:08 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
benjammin Offline
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Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Ha, that's cute. The only thing I know produced in quantity made of lodencloth these days is hats.

If you would like a nice woolen cloak, I know where you can find one, and for a little extra, I'll hammer in the grommets so you can stake it down proper. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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#59719 - 02/03/06 06:35 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
thompma3 Offline


Registered: 09/23/05
Posts: 6
I spent 4 years in a light infantry unit and I have nothing but great things to say about the poncho liner. They are extremely warm considering their size and weight. I would also like to point out that we never actualy acctached the liner to the poncho, we would simply wrap it around ourselves.

That was many yers ago, so I am sure that the new thinsulate liners are much warmer for less weight and size.

Additionaly, if you do have a sleeping bag, the poncho liner will increase its effeciency if you combine the two.

Hope this helps.

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#59720 - 02/03/06 06:40 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
wildcard163 Offline


Registered: 09/04/05
Posts: 417
Loc: Illinois
I got a thinsulate liner over the holidays, and so far, so good. The old ones were great, this one's even better.

Troy

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#59721 - 02/03/06 06:58 PM Re: Lightweight poncho liner
Chris Kavanaugh Offline
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Registered: 02/09/01
Posts: 3824
Actually, Loden, Dachstein and Trachten are still made in Austria and popular in transalpine and eastern europe. Oetzi's descendents don't mess around when it comes to staying warm. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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