I've found in the past my stuff smells of smoke and now I'm getting a down bag, I'd hate to get it stinking :/
How do you guys keep your gear, down bags etc smoke free if you have a fire ?
I've found in the past my stuff smells of smoke and now I'm getting a down bag, I'd hate to get it stinking :/
How do you guys keep your gear, down bags etc smoke free if you have a fire ?
Last edited by Dippa; 05-06-2017 at 14:08.
The only sure way I know is to not have a fire.
I do not hang that close to the fire as I've had sparks burn holes in a tarp before so no more fire close to my expensive hammock gear.
Yes I won't be having a fire under my tarp with my hammock etc but my clothes always tend to stink of smoke, even my base layers which i sleep in :/ Looks like I'll be sending my bag to the cleaners a few times lol
I am with TrailSlug on this. Hang far away from the fire. We also wait a bit before setting up if we are at a new site. This gives us a chance to at least try and detect wind direction. I know I know. Wind direction changes but it has helped on most trips.
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I am 84 years old so that I grew up at a time when every home had a wood stove for cooking. Wood smoke meant security and fresh baked bread. I spent over thirty years working wildland fire so that I have never been bothered by smoke in fact I really like it. I had best close out before I offend someone.
i love the smell of campfire, always get excited when i throw my sweatshirt on at home and it smells like camp
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The only sure fire way to avoid that is to stay away from the fire. If you're like most of us and have that ancestral yearning to be near a fire, just stay out of the smoke.
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I don't build camp fires when I solo, but I recently hung in a shelter area where everyone else had a fire. The smoke hung in the area and now all of my gear smells.
I've accepted that unless I want to hermit away from everyone, my gear is going to smell like smoke.
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What about breaking wind in the UQ?
Hiker funk?
General backpack pew?
Fire smell trumps all that.
Gonna happen.
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