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The Überleben Stöker is THE BEST Flatpack Twig Stove YET!
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Dec 4, 2024
We're a big fan of awesome outdoor gear, and this flatpack campfire Stöker stove that Überleben gave us is such a great example of this. Luke put this unit through its paces and is back to tell us what he thinks about it with this full review! Of course, what he likes, but also what he doesn't (along with who it is for). Get your Stöker stove here (Paid Link): https://amzn.to/3CZ09zZ Read the full article here: https://gear43.com/uberleben-stoker-flatpack-stove-review
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all right guys let's talk about the
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stoker twig stove or backpacking stove
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from Uber leben uh thanks for joining us
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here at gear 43 and I'm Luke and I just
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want to I've been reviewing this stoker
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uh for the past almost 3 to four weeks
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now and let me tell you I love this
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stove it does come from Uber lein they
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gifted it to us um but I'm going to give
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you my honest thoughts and reviews so if
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you're interested if this is for you
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stick around to the end and I'm going to
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go through the pros and the cons and who
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this thing is for it's not exactly for
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everybody all right well guys let's talk
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about what this is if you're like me I
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love things like this I'm curious about
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it so let's dive in first of all it
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comes with a really nice accessory and
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that is the wax canvas sleeve it's got a
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velcro opening right here and I'm
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actually going to walk you through you
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can see mine's dirty I've used it quite
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a bit in the past three uh weeks and uh
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so you just open that guy up and here
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come the five panels these five panels
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are actually made um from 304 stainless
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steel this one I'm going to get a little
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bit mocked for and I'm okay with that
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it's uh the
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cucin grill X and it's made to sit on
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top I'm going to assemble this really
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quickly for you I love the the thick
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steel of this one and the design um and
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uh so it comes with the five panels you
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can see them right here and here is your
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bottom plate we took the extra time to
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stamp and brand that bottom plate so you
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can see that there's holes through the
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bottom plate through the side panels
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here uh to get the right kind of air
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flow so let's just assemble this guy guy
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really quick I'm going to set that there
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and I'm going to grab one panel now if
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you have a way of doing this that's
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better than me please let me know um
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because there's probably somebody out
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there who's like oh that's uh that's the
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worst way to assemble these things or
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there's just a good tip to do it but
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when you're in the rain or when you're
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in the the the snow and you're cold and
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your fingers are hurting and you want to
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get a fire going I've done this before
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it can be way harder to assemble so I'm
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going to put those three panels together
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and then I'm going to take this guy
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right here see I like how in these
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joints actually we'll get into what I
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like about later but I'm going to take
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these three panels right here and I am
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going to put them together and then
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we'll grab the the resistance we'll grab
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the top plate here and we'll put this
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guy trying to hold it so that you can
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see it and not me and that's a little
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bit more clumsy but so this is one thing
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that is nice about it fits together
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really well and then as it is assembled
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you can grab your top plate Grill put it
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on there so this this also comes in
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amazing colors and this is probably my
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least favorite it's the most typical it
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comes in like a black and a blue and I
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don't have that's not the right name but
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check it out um they're absolutely the
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coolest colors I've ever seen the black
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one is so sick well let's talk about a
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couple things that I think you're going
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to like about it I mean I'm not sure how
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you could not like this about it one is
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uh a lot of with these twig stoves
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backpacking stoves where you're going to
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be burning uh organic materials pine
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cones brush Twigs you have you have your
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little Feeder hole right here so you get
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the fire going you keep the limbs kind
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of stuffed in there but uh the
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ventilation on this one I was actually
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really impressed with my first go around
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with this was up on a slope in the rain
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and wind and if you've ever tried to
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start a fire even like a jet boil or
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other products like that it can be
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difficult sometimes to get that fire
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going this one ventilated uh really well
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I was using kind of wet soggy materials
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anyways and it kept a nice fire going so
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here's the other thing that I really
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like about the stoker from Uber leben is
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the construction the 304 stainless steel
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but more so than that is just the design
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they have these beveled panels even up
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here at the feeder Port they've got
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these beveled panels uh I've used many
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before that have warped and to try to
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get them together is a problem then when
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they are together when you move them
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around like that there's too much play
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they can disassemble as it's as you're
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trying to move it or uh things like that
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so the joints are loose but not too
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tight also so I really like that how
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this is holding up as you start burning
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stuff in here the metal like cheaper
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metals can start to warp with the
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extreme heat and temperatures that's
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happening I know sometimes I've like lit
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a fire and then needed to go so I'll be
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at the lake or something I'll just like
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dunk it in the water to cool it off so I
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can put it back in the pouch and uh this
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one is had no warping it's almost
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exactly the same as the first opening
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really like that about it the other
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thing that I really like about it is
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actually the waxed canvas sleeve I'm
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kind of a sucker for canvas and leather
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products and uh man this waxed canvas
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it's a nice feel it's thick it's not
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going to slide around a lot in your bag
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cuz it kind of grips um this thing is
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pretty nice it's like I said it's got
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the velcro opening and they actually
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call this Uber leeven calls this their
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foraging pouch and so if you have like
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if your materials are gathering are kind
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of far away you can use this to put your
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sticks and pine cones and all that stuff
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in great idea br iant thought love it
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one last thing I got to mention is the
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I'm not going to say it right the cucin
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grill X great this thing is amazing I've
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used other stoves that have like cross
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members that's just like two they they
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fit over that and you can't actually
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really cook on that cuz stuff's going to
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fall through you can do they're more
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meant for like pots but those I've used
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before where they've fallen off this guy
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if you look right here um I'll let you
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get right in here really quick if you
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look right here these fit so well it's
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not going anywhere all right well let's
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talk about what I don't like and um this
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is not going to I just want to say this
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is not going to apply maybe to everyone
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out there I totally understand that uh I
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keep this in my hunting pack I also use
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it when I'm skiing sometimes I use it
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when I'm hiking I use it when I'm doing
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like longdistance runs through the
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through uh like the hill the trail
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running stuff like that so the name of
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the game sometimes is less weight and uh
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now this has a uh I think it's like 15 o
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roughly something like that don't quote
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me on that but it's a little bit on the
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heavier side than others that I've used
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and it's not like the company doesn't
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know that they know that that's what
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comes with having really good materials
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uh like this great and the 304 thick
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stainless steel uh it's a trade-off game
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but if you if you need uh something
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lighter this is or less uh bulky um this
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might not be for you uh the bulky and
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kind of weightiness of this bag also um
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might be a problem for you if you're
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looking for like ultra light that's not
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going to be this but if you want a
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Workhorse of a twig fed stove
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backpacking stove this is your guy well
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man you've got to see it let's talk
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about who this is for in my opinion I
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could be totally wrong but I think this
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is for everybody I really do because it
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kind of can do it all you could also if
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you wanted to drop a bit of weight you
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could take this guy out leave it at home
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if you're not going to be using that I
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would love to see some accessories from
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the company maybe a couple bars that are
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lighter weight so you could still boil
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on that without carrying this amazing
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grate that I can't pronounce the name of
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uh but I would also like to see this
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like maybe if this came out with a
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lighter pouch that would help too but if
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you want something that is going to
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withstand everything that going through
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and perform really well I think this is
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for you if you are someone who wants
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Ultra lightweight this is not going to
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be your guy but I do recommend picking
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this up anyways because it is just a
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great product well guys thanks for
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hanging out here at gear 43 and sticking
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through the the whole video I hope that
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this was helpful for you and uh if you
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know the right way to pronounce the
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great let us know I'd love to work on
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saying that correctly but if you could
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