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My cousin's dog ate my new sleeping pad and I'm not even mad
I was showing off my fancy new insulated pad at a family BBQ last weekend. My cousin's lab, Buster, sniffed it once and then just took a huge bite right out of the middle. My cousin just shrugged and said, "Guess it wasn't tough enough for real wilderness testing." It hit different because he was totally right, I was babying gear meant to be used. Anyone have a rec for a truly bombproof pad? No fancy colors needed.
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robins831d ago
Your cousin's dog did you a favor, man. That's a weird way to test gear, but maybe the point is that nothing is truly bombproof. A lab's chew toy is a different league than sleeping on some rocks. Just get a pad you can actually sleep on, not one built like a truck tire.
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william_harris1d ago
Honestly used to chase that bombproof label for everything. Watching a lab shred that pad was a real eye opener. Turns out some gear is just overbuilt for problems you'll never actually have. Now I pick stuff for comfort first, and hope it lasts.
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hall.joel1d ago
Yeah it's like that with so much stuff now. Robins83 is right, it's all about what you actually need, not the toughest thing on the shelf. I see people doing it with phones and bags too, paying for armor they'll never use lol.
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