bears didn't eat my food, or me for the matter.

By cad3040163 Ranked #58 - Cookware July 22, 2009

Just got off hiking 500 miles on the PCT with this thing; I have a hard time opening the lid with my fingers and generally just press the butt of my knife against the lid for the same effect. If you stuff it it can be hard to open. Does the job, use only when necessary (this weighs 2.5 lbs more than a bear bag). I can get 6 days of food in here at the most solo but I eat a lot. Bears in California don't bother with bear canisters anymore - I never found mine disturbed in the morning. Saw lots of folks on the JMT with these and lots of us had problem "accidentally" opening these e.g. the lid would stick & then fly open, snaps and all. No bueno. I would not buy this bear canister again except for it's enormous size relative to other bear canisters (most canisters seem to average around 1 gallon). I've heard great things about bearikade The bottom line is that bear canisters suck but getting eaten by a bear sucks more.

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