Holiday Gift Ideas

9 cool gift ideas just in time for the holidays.
Grayl GeoPress Ti Purifier
Jetboil Genesis Basecamp System
Garmin InReach Mini2 GPS Messenger
Helinox Chair Zero
Endure by Heston Blumenthal CUBE
Weatherproof Journal (Rite in the Rain)
Nemo Moonlight Elite Reclining Chair
Dehydrator &/or a vacuum food sealer
Super Good Camping Merch - find it here:https://supergoodcamping.com/shop/

Transcript

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Hello and good day, eh? Welcome to the Super Good Camping podcast. My name is Pamela.

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I'm Tim.

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And we are from SuperGoodCamping.com.

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We are because we're on a mission to inspire other people to get outside and enjoy camping adventures

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such as we have as a family.

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Today, we're coming up on the holiday season and everyone's trying to scramble for ideas for

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what to get their favorite camper.

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So, we thought we'd help you out.

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We have a list of a few things and, also we'll just kinda run through them.

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So one of the things the first thing on the list was, it's water purifier, but it's kind of a cool water purifier.

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So it's called a GRAYL, g r a y l, g o press, t I for titanium purifier.

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So it's it's a titanium kind of canister that you can use to cook with.

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So it doubles as a cook pot.

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You can drink out of it.

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It's gotta handle a lot like a mug that you could drink out of.

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You can it's it's a water purifier, so you put the water in.

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It has like a press, almost like a coffee press, that you can press and it get removes almost

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all viruses, 99.9% of viruses, 99.9% of bacteria, and 99.9% of parasites, but it also removes

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some of the forever chemicals.

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So PFAs, and VOCs, and pesticides, herbicides, and heavy metals.

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So really cool that it is able to remove some of that stuff.

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Filtration time is 10 seconds per 3 liters or sorry, 3, sorry, 3 liters per minute roughly.

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And it's, durable because of the titanium.

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And so it you can drop it from 16 onto concrete and it won't break.

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And, pros are that it's fairly compact and it doubles does double duty as a pot and also as, water filtration.

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The downside is it's expensive.

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And as far as we know, it's not yet available in Canada.

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So I found it on the American version of the website of where you order stuff from.

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I'd rather not say because I'm not a fan.

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But otherwise, it's a must have for backcountry campers hikers because it's good and durable,

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but the downside is it's expensive, and we can't get it here in Canada yet.

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Yeah. But it's a GRAYL GEOPress TI Purifier.

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You can Google that and figure out where to get it. Just say it. Yeah.

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Just don't order it from the bad people.

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Yeah. There's billionaires don't need to make more money.

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I get that we're in the middle of a here here in Canada, we're in the middle of a a postal strike.

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So shipping can be a bit a bit of a challenge.

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But back to billionaires don't need more money. They don't.

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So, Pamela did the research on all of this, for the for the just so you know.

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The next one up is a Jetboil Genesis Basecamp system. Oh, cool.

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It's an ultra compact 2 burner system designed for outdoor cooking with ceramic coated nonstick

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fry pan and a 5 liter pot.

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Includes a windscreen and, oh, you can hook up propane tanks. That's cool.

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Pros, high powered, so 10,000 BTUs is is pretty good per burner.

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It's efficient and folds into a small carrying case. Cons, it's heavy.

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So this feels more like a front country camp or if you're doing maybe crown land and plunking

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down for, you know, 2 weeks or something like that. It weighs £9.

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That's about 4 kilograms, 3 3 quarters kilograms, something like that, and requires propane canisters.

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Use and indulgence for car camping or group outings. There you go.

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Not suitable for backcountry due to the weight.

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And next is up is one of the things that we've talked about in previous episodes around, having

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some kind of satellite communication system.

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So Garmin inReach, and I think that's one of the ones that we actually mentioned in the previous episode about that. Yep.

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So Garmin inReach Mini 2 GPS Messenger.

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It's a lightweight GPS device, has two way satellite messaging, SOS capability and location sharing.

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So it's a really important bite of piece of safety info, safety equipment for you to have if

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you are backcountry and or extended in the backcountry hiking trips.

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It's compact, 3 and a half ounces, long battery life up to 30 days, and it's reliable in remote areas.

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You do need to have a subscription service for it.

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But, you know, what's that worth in terms of saving your life?

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So it's it's all checks and balances.

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And it's a has a small screen, so it limits your ability to navigate a little bit.

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But, anyways, it's a must have for safety for solo or extended backcountry adventures.

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Yeah. And, Darren, our ride paddle ride paddle repeat, our most recent, guest episode, he mentioned

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that when they were doing their their super cool trip off into the Yukon, that's what they used

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to communicate with the, with the Outfitter, you know, timing for planes and and that sort of jazz.

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So worked out well for him.

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I everybody by now knows I'm a big ZOLLO fan because that's what we use and why we've got the the system down, Pat.

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You do have to drag a phone or you don't.

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If you wanna communicate more than the prepackaged message that's in there that says, I'm okay.

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This is my location, you have to drag a phone around with you to, to use as your texting bit,

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as your keyboard for for lack of a better term. Alright.

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So next up is the Helinox chair 0.

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Description is a an ultralight camping chair weighing just over a pound with durable materials supporting up to £265. That's pretty impressive.

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Pros, compact, easy setup, and portable, provides a surprising level of comfort for its size,

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which anybody I've heard talk about their Helinox chairs, they they all love them.

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Cons, this is why I don't own them.

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Expensive for its category and a minimal back support.

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We have the cheap knockoffers.

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We we have the we have, yeah, we have the 40 or $50 whatever made in China ones that they they

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do the job for me for the amount of use that I put into them.

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And, yeah, they're not pushing $200.

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The it's a lux luxury indulgence, it is, for backcountry camping offering comfort without significant bulk.

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We bought I bought ours entirely because we were doing a French river trip, which is a lot of

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there aren't a lot of logs and rocks and stuff.

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There's there's lots of granite, flat granite, or rounded granite, but there's nowhere really to sit.

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I knew we were gonna be I knew we were gonna have some some seeding issues, and I'm I'm not spring chicken anymore.

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So it felt like getting one, and I it was for the 40 or $50 each. It totally worth it. Absolutely.

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I can't believe I never did it before.

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Next up is more for car camping, the beach, tailgate parties, picnics, or something like that.

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Not really a backcountry thing.

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But it's Everdure by Heston Blumenthal cube.

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So it's it's really cool looking.

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It's it's this this cube kinda thing.

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Also, it's a little bit like a cooler.

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So it's this cube thing.

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It's got a, an inside is a porcelain, grill so you can grill food.

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So and I looking at it, it looks like it holds a couple of really good sized steaks or it might

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hold 6 or 7 drumsticks if you're doing chicken.

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But so it's this portable grill, looks really nice.

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Got a couple of handles on it so that you can move it around and you use charcoal in it to cook your food.

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It's got a chrome grill over top of it and then it's got this food storage tray that fits on

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top of that and then it's got a bamboo cutting board that fits on top of that and the whole thing kinda clamps together.

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So it's relatively easily portable, but it is heavy.

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So it's not something a £16, not that you're gonna take it into the back country with you.

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But as durable, compact for a grill, and easy to transport.

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And it's a bit of a luxury thing as well, again, for camping the beach, tailgate parties, or picnics, but not backcountry.

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Oh, yeah. And big bulky bags of charcoals. Yeah. No.

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You're not logging out in the backcountry either. Weatherproof journal.

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I have a Christmas list.

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This is probably on it.

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Durable waterproof notebook for writing in any weather condition, compatible with pencils or all weather pens.

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I didn't know that was a thing.

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Through rain, sweat, mud, and time, your notes will survive.

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Riley outside posted on Instagram the other day about her adventure notes. Go check that out.

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Pros, lightweight, compact, reliable, in harsh conditions.

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Cons, adds a small amount of weight, limited pages.

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Limited pages might be a thing.

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I don't know that it it weighs enough to be really sweating unless you're unless you're ultralight,

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like, hiking sort of deal.

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Useful for documenting trips in challenging situations.

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We have had that where we had rain for, like, 3 days, and I just stopped making notes about anything.

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One for making notes if you're gonna go back to the same area again.

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Just, oh, the portage were a little hard to find for this particular spot or, it was a bit more

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uphill than expected, something like that.

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Whatever you're wanting to remember about that trip for Southern Palm trips. Yep.

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Or just cool stories to tell with your kids.

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They're gonna go, yeah. You're lying.

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Yeah. And the last on our list was the NEMO Moonlight Elite reclining chair.

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So this is similar to the Helinox one, also very expensive, but this is like the La Z Boy for the backcountry.

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So you can recline in your, in your camping chair.

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So it's lightweight, portable reclining, durable materials, and has the carrying case with it.

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Lightweight in terms of it's £1.1, it's compact and comfortable for relaxing after a long day.

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It is pricey and it because similar to the Helinox and the ones the knock off ones that we have,

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you're very low to the ground in it.

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So if if getting up and down from that very low position is a challenge, you might have trouble

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with this one and also the Helinox one and also our cheap knock off ones.

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But, anyway, it's a luxury indulgence for people that really prioritize comfort while they're camping.

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Yeah. I I would say that backcountry chairs do again, part of part of saving the weight is short legs on them.

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Not so hard to get down into, but, yeah, they they can be a challenge to get up and out if I

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I swear to that one for sure. Right.

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So so there and there's also and, again, general you you can do cheap ones, but, generally,

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they're a good one is fairly expensive.

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But buy your Backcountry Buddy a a dehydrator or seal a meal, but I think that that's actually a brand name.

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There are different different versions of it because then they can make their own meals way

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cheaper than buying the the premade stuff. And then

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Reduces food waste.

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Reduces food waste. Theoretically, you're not gonna have as much packaging.

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When they when they are done dehydrating, I gotta bag it up.

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Now we we do because we have a freezer, I I sometimes put stuff in a Ziploc bag and use a straw

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to suck as much of the air out as I possibly can and then zip it that last little bit because

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I know it's to package it up in the tiny little bits that we're gonna use for each meal will

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make me sad for all the extra plastic that we're using.

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So I put it into 1 ziplock bag that I can reseal, like freeze for 6 months until we go on our trip.

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And then and then when we take another trip, take out enough for today, reseal it, it'll keep

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it for that week or 8 days or or 10 days or whatever that we're out there.

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So you can do that, but but being able to to totally vacuum pack your stuff and stick it on

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a shelf, if you don't have the luxury of of a big chest freezer, then that's a good thing, you

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know, because it'll it'll it'll last anywhere from depending on what it is and how well you

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did it, you know, you could go from, say, 4 to 6 months up to I think think it's a year and

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a half is sort of a threshold.

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I know that we've had stuff that was in the freezer, and we've used it 3 years later and had no problems. So just saying.

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That's a it's a good thing to have.

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You're pushing the limits a little bit.

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Well, I tend to be like that.

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And and we just just wanna throw it out there.

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I would say shameless self plug, but it's it's kinda not.

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If you're if you're listening in the car, you go go when you get home, go go check out our YouTube

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channel because we'll have this up as a video.

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I'm showing you our very, very cool merch.

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We have a we have super good, camping merch. We have shirts.

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Man, I think there's, like, 6 different shirts.

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SK Group in, in Sault Ste.

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Marie, so Canadian company, did a fabulous job of designing and printing, a whole WAC, a very

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cool very cool shirts for us with a bunch of different designs.

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We get out there is on the back of most of them, but sometimes it has our website.

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You know, they're just they're cool looking things.

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You can I don't own them all yet, so there's there's maybe some Christmas present thoughts for me?

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We've got a couple of different ball caps as well.

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Yeah. So you know someone who wears baseball caps or t shirts and they're looking for something

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new, especially if they're outdoors, then, yeah, these are they're stylish.

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They're they're our own original photography or Tim's own original photography on them. So they're unique.

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That's not something that they're gonna have already.

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Yeah. And, you know, it's I we make diddly squat off of them.

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The the folks I I hope the folks at SK Group make, make make some money off of it because they

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put in a lot of work to design it.

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It would make me sad if they didn't.

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At some point, we'll probably just just do you know, we we can pick a charity and have your,

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you know, dollar 5¢ from each shirt or whatever go to to to a charity for for a quarter, for a month, for whatever.

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You know, we'll probably we'll probably do that.

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If we actually see some interest in in our, in our merch, then yeah.

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So how to get it?

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The links will be in the show notes, but, you can also go to our website anytime, which is supergoodcamping.com,

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and you will see a link at the top called shop.

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So if you click the shop link, you will see there's a picture of several of the different items

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that they have, and there's a link directly to the SK Group

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Store. Yep.

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Store. So you can go there and purchase.

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And if you don't need

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merchandise, but you would still like to support

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your favorite podcast, there's also a link there to buy us a merchandise, but you would still

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like to support your favorite podcast, there's also a link there to buy us a coffee. Tim likes coffee.

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I'm not such a coffee person.

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I like coffee. It's a bad thing if I don't have coffee in

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the morning. Yes. Definitely. That's it for us for today.

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Thank you so much for listening.

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We hope you have the happiest of holidays, and maybe some of the our suggestions will make somebody else's holiday even happier.

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And also if you want to reach out to us anytime, you know, that you can always email us at hi@supergoodcamping.com.

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That's hi@supergoodcamping.com, and we will talk to you again soon.

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Bye. Oh, you know what? No. Sorry. No. No. What?

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Just wanna throw it out there.

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So we have a we have a couple of very cool guest episodes coming up.

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We're in the works to, hopefully, just before the end of the year, set up a livestream.

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So keep your eyes peeled for that.

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That'll be that'll be interesting.

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I think it'll be fun, fun, fun. It might

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be comical, if not in a good way.

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Yeah. In a in a technically, oh my what the oh, what did I push?

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That's this work.

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But but keep your eyes peeled for that.

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Alright. Are we done now?

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Yeah. We're done now.

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Alright. Okay. We'll talk to you again soon. Bye.

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Bye.