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anyone know of a comapny who makes the things in this list that are fairly good quality that will last a 40 days in peru and is as light as it can be and still be good?
2x cotton t-shirts
3x long sleaved shirts
1x bug shirt and pants (no clue what this is)
1x heavy rough use rain-jacket and pants
3x boxers nothing form-fitting
1x shorts
1x wind pants and wind jacket
1x leather work gloves
1x jungle boots
12x pairs of wool socks
1x pairs of running shoes (what am i going to be running from?)
1x 2600-4200 cu inch backpack
1x sleeping bag
3x water bottle/ water bladder 16-48 oz
2x sunscreen
1x sunglasses
1x flashlight
1x camp light
8x sets of batteries
4x candles
1x lighter or 4x packs of matches
1x camera and film or 1x digital camera 3x 4 gig memory cards
1x 4 3/4" or smaller knife
1x 3 season backpacking tent
3x patching kits
 
The bug shirt and pants are exactly what they sound like... protects your skin from the crawlies. Typically made of a net type material (like "no see um" mesh) with gathers at the cuffs.

I have no idea who makes the best and I'm sure what I saw was the cheapest!

The only stuff I can recommend is...

Flashlight
Small for its size this is a good flashlight and it wont break the bank.
Better expensive but the batteries last a long time and its as bright as a 2 D maglight

Water bottles: I like Nalgene HDPE bottles and Klean Kanteen bottles
 
I'd take the gear your familiar with that fits as closely to the list as possible. That much new gear, in the feild is not the place to test all at once.
 
Necrodamus said:
The bug shirt and pants are exactly what they sound like... protects your skin from the crawlies. Typically made of a net type material (like "no see um" mesh) with gathers at the cuffs.

I have no idea who makes the best and I'm sure what I saw was the cheapest!

The only stuff I can recommend is...

Flashlight
Small for its size this is a good flashlight and it wont break the bank.
Better expensive but the batteries last a long time and its as bright as a 2 D maglight

Water bottles: I like Nalgene HDPE bottles and Klean Kanteen bottles
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awesome thank you:)

Dizwolf said:
I'd take the gear your familiar with that fits as closely to the list as possible. That much new gear, in the feild is not the place to test all at once.
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my problem is i have like none of that just the basic cloths and a sleeping bag
 
You're in for an interesting trip. Boots grab altama and break them in. Flashlight, surefire. Take both matches and a lighter
 
Here's a list of companies and, or retailers who carry:

cotton t-shirts / old ones you have are fine
long sleaved shirts / any retailer
bug shirts and pants / ( Not sure on that one)
heavy rought use rain pants, jacket / REI (North Face, Arc'Teryx)
shorts / REI (Columbia, North Face)
wind pants and jacket / REI
leather work gloves / Carhartt.com
jungle boots / OTB, Danner, Bates
wool socks / REI (Danner?)
running shoes / REI (Salomon, Vasque)
backpack, rucksack / Entrygear.com (Eagle, Blackhawk, Tactical Tailor)
sleeping bag / REI (Kelty, Marmot)
water bottle, bladder / REI (Camlebak, Nalgene)
sunscreen / REI
sunglasses / Oakley.com
flashlight / (Streamlight, SureFire, Fenix)
camplight / REI
candles / REI
lighter, matches / REI (Brunton, REI weatherproof matches are good)
knife / (Rat Cutlery RC-4)
tent / REI

You WILL NOT want all new things! Most things need to be broken in and used prior to a Peruvian adventure (like boots!). There are a lot of places to get great gear, REI pretty much carries most of what you'd need. I hope this helps you a little in your search.
 
Dizwolf said:
You're in for an interesting trip. Boots grab altama and break them in. Flashlight, surefire. Take both matches and a lighter
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would strike anywhere matches coated in wax or weather proof matches be better? sorry for all the questions

333rm said:
Here's a list of companies and, or retailers who carry:

cotton t-shirts / old ones you have are fine
long sleaved shirts / any retailer
bug shirts and pants / ( Not sure on that one)
heavy rought use rain pants, jacket / REI (North Face, Arc'Teryx)
shorts / REI (Columbia, North Face)
wind pants and jacket / REI
leather work gloves / Carhartt.com
jungle boots / OTB, Danner, Bates
wool socks / REI (Danner?)
running shoes / REI (Salomon, Vasque)
backpack, rucksack / Entrygear.com (Eagle, Blackhawk, Tactical Tailor)
sleeping bag / REI (Kelty, Marmot)
water bottle, bladder / REI (Camlebak, Nalgene)
sunscreen / REI
sunglasses / Oakley.com
flashlight / (Streamlight, SureFire, Fenix)
camplight / REI
candles / REI
lighter, matches / REI (Brunton, REI weatherproof matches are good)
knife / (Rat Cutlery RC-4)
tent / REI

You WILL NOT want all new things! Most things need to be broken in and used prior to a Peruvian adventure (like boots!). There are a lot of places to get great gear, REI pretty much carries most of what you'd need. I hope this helps you a little in your search.
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awesome thank you so much. i think you saved me like 3 days of searching.
 
Backpack, there's two types. There's lowe alpine bags, and there's everything else. Running shoes, look for merrell too. Can't remember if it's in the list, but a good wide brim hat is always on my list
 
For camera, what kind camera you need?
Waterproof? Olympus and Pentax have pocket digital waterproof camera, will cost you 300-500 bucks. I used Pentax OPTIO WP, it is awesome, i keep taking picture on raining, its work well. Even i try to take picture in the water about 1 m depth.
Geotag? i love this one, i use Nikon coolpix P6000, it will cost you around 450-500 bucks(or less depend on the shop). This will provide getotag, means provide the coordinate of your pictures. If you upload it in panoramio you can see in the google where you were take those pics. Picture also awesome! Someone review it and he said that the GPS (geotag) is not precise, but in my case (i bought 15 cameras for my survey teams), all works well.
memory sale separately, 4 GB only 15-30 bucks.
 
For the long sleeve bug shirts Id reccomend exofficio - they make the best light weigt clothing and they have shirts w treated fabric to repel bugs. Exofficio is owned by orvis. Exofficio also makes the best underwear around that are actually antifungal!! They are all I wear! I was in Africa and Greece for extended periods of time w exofficio shirts and boxers and they performed excellent. Pants and socks I bought at ems though exofficio makes them as well.

Everything else you can get at rei or ems.

On the flashlight go surefire.

Good luck!
 
What am I missing on all the surefire recommendations? there are other similar quality brand flashlights for substantially less money. If he has so many items to get, he may want to try and budget a little.

http://www.4sevens.com/ pretty much everything there is good. I'd look towards fenix. I'm also going to venture to say 2 flashlights. At least carry a backup micro keychain light light, if a larger backup then prefurably w/ the same batterys.
 
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Munky88 said:
What am I missing on all the surefire recommendations? there are other similar quality brand flashlights for substantially less money. If he has so many items to get, he may want to try and budget a little.
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I have just always been a big fan and am always 100% confident in their lights.

The warranty is also worth it's weight in gold - just like why I buy rats.
 
You may want to try UnderArmor for underwear. The compression shorts are really comfy and in a hot climate, they help to minimize chafing. i wear'em all year long and they are fantastic. Maybe a little pricey but worth every penny.

You can get a G2 nitrolon body surefire for less than $50.00 and they are lightweight and really bright.

Just my .02
 
Any ki da wide brim is good. Keeps rain and sun off your face and neck. Just find something comfy. As far as surefire. I know I can trust it, and I get to avoid getting into a ton of bs reasearch with the flashlight crowd. Alot of the SD flashlight tales just make me giggle.

I would recommend the slightly more expensive led lights over the incandesants. Just for the runtime
 
I will also put my vote in for REI. Although a few items there can be a little pricey.

I also agree that the list seems a little long, even for 40 days. You should be able to reduce that considerably depending on what you are going there for.
 
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