Spacey

I love my Therm-a-rest sleeping pads! They are really comfortable, keep you warm, and are not too heavy. I use mine for everything from car camping to short backpacking trips. (They are too heavy for longer backpacking trips.) I just set mine on my sleeping bag and let it inflate while I get everything else set up.

I got this suit after seeing it on the mountain, it's sick looking. I love it and get tons of compliments. The pro and con at the same time is, I'm 5'11" with long legs and arms. This suit is amazingly, long enough for me! The con is, because I'm so tall, I actually can't use the hood. When I put the hood on over my helmet, it's too short, and I just simply can't use it. I love all the vents, pitzips, inner thigh, and back vents. It has tons of pockets for stashing stuff. I don't like the zipper on the cargo pockets, they are hard to zip up around the curves of the pocket. I have to use two hands usually to get them zipped, one to hold the pants down on the one side, the other to get the zipper up and around the curves of the pocket. This suit is waterproof and warm. Great on powder days, not so good for touring. Overall, a pretty decent one piece.

Wow, my softshells repel water better now that I think they did at first. This stuff works. However, I followed the instructions on the bottle, which seemed a bit off, and used the whole bottle and ended up with little beads of this stuff all over my shells. I'm not sure a top load washing machine really uses a whole bottle when the other washing instructions only call for a little bit to be used. The little clear beads (almost look like rain drops on my stuff) have long since been brushed or fallen off, and everything is spiffy and waterproof.

This stuff totally keeps my down looking nice. However, my light colored coat gets really dirty and requires much scrubbing before hand or it doesn't come all the way clean. You can scrub your really dirty stuff first with this cleaner, and then wash it. Once I did that, my coat was beautiful again. I've never been able to keep my down looking nice, so I quit buying it. Now, I can continue to buy down gear and keep it looking super good!

This stuff has really helped all my old gear that I was never smart enough to wash appropriately. They are now breathing appropriately and clean! Mixed with the spray on waterproofing, my super old stuff is performing like new!

Ok, so I have a weird shaped foot, I've decided. I have never been able to wear a women's specific boot until this year. I have suffered through heel lift of astronomical proportions so I could at least not be in serious pain when riding. This boot actually holds my heel down most of the time. I do still get some heel lift, so I put the J-bars in that come with the boot and that helped some. The biggest problem right now, is I'm still in serious pain when riding in them, but they are breaking in. Day 1: Wanted to cry Day 2: Could only manage one run my feet hurt so bad from the day before. Took a break. Day 3: Hurt still, but not as bad. Day 4: Managed more than one run after riding the previous day. Started at 8:45 , but had had enough by noon. So, there you have it. I would guess by Days 8-10 they should be getting more broken in and feeling pretty decent. So yeah, minus the break in time for these boots, I so far really love them. Where I'm not in pain (only around my ankles) they are super comfy!

So, I've rocked lots of goggles in my time. Vowed I'd never rock Oakley's, but gave in after hearing such good things. I absolutely love these! They are my first pair of polarized as well, and the difference is amazing. Even in flat light, they add definition to the mountain around me! They haven't fogged up, even when bending over to strap into my board, nor when I bury my face in my jacket to keep warm on the stinging cold days! I definitely recommend this goggle.