Monthly Archives: December 2018

Kauai | Silicone Wedding Ring | 2018 | $7.99 | 1g Prevent broken hearts with a single gram of silicone! Hiking often results in puffy fingers which can make metal wedding rings uncomfortable and difficult to remove. A silicone wedding ring is soft, flexible, and a heck of a lot easier to replace should it get damaged or lost. Also helps avoid the awkwardness of realizing someone is chatting you up and then having to reveal that you're "attached". Person B and I wear these on every trip. Kauai

Outdoor Research | Sun Bucket | 2017 | $35 | 60g The Sun Bucket is an SPF 50+ bucket hat with a short two-and-a-half inch brim, poor breathability, adjustable drawcord for sizing, and adjustable chin cord for retention in the wind. It's made out of synthetic fabrics, primarily ripstop nylon. Bucket hats are my latest attempt at sunscreen-free sun protection for my head and neck. Previously, I've tried a sun hoody (ExOfficio Sol Cool Performance Hoody)/trucker hat combo as well as a trucker hat with a sun cape (Outdoor Research Trucker Sun Hat). Compared to those setups a bucket hat [...]

Mountain Hardwear | Mountain Tech Dome Beanie | 2018 | $12.50 | 38g A lightweight and completely windproof fleece beanie made of Polartec WindBloc. The face fabric isn't the softest and has negligible stretch but there's a wedge of stretchy fleece on the back to ensure a snug fit. I've been wearing this around town in temperatures ranging from 30F to the high 40s in varying amounts of wind. I find that it keeps my head warm during light activity (walking the dog) down to the mid 30s. It is completely windproof - I love the whoosh of air over [...]