Like koaloha05 said, if I'm moving while wearing rain gear, I'm hot & sweating no matter how cold it is outside. This provides my attraction to an umbrella (which I don't currently use). The disadvantages are snagging tree limbs in the this eastern forests that I hike in, and the additional weight. What to do?
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Mike
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Love my umbrella. Always take it when I hike in the Great Smokey Mountains Rain Forest. My total base weight is just under 8 lbs and that includes the umbrella (8 oz). G-Nut
Ever eat a pine tree? Me neither...
I have always hiked with an umbrella - and a rain skirt! I never sweat from what I am wearing.
I even bungy cord my umbrella to my backpack so I am hands free.
Great article.
Seems like the perfect combination for mild to warm conditions.Originally Posted by Longrun
Umbrella for me, carry a cheapie 1.99 poncho if I need more but usually ill make camp before that. Also grear as a sun shade and latches onto my chest strap perfect for hands free. Its righteous.
The downside of joining new forums is the abundance of new information. Read this and bought an umbrella...
Apparently GoLite is no longer in business, but their manufacturer happens to be a German company which is very interesting if you live in neighbouring Belgium, so I ordered a EuroSchirm Swing LiteFlex to go with me on my trips from now on.
Especially now that I've started using a tarp instead of a tent (a Mamajamba without doors) I can see this come in handy as a makeshift door to block the wind coming in, on top of all the regular "umbrella uses" :-)
Still working on the Umbrella (?), Parasol (?) idea. Here's my latest effort:
Complete Florida hiker, circa 2016.
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This is the Euroschrim rig. The umbrella is heavier and it's handle is still not as long as I'd like, the harness weighs half again what is should, and it smacks me in the side of the face when it slips.
Not a major fail yet but not awesome either.
(Note that I equipped with a hat even though I'm not wearing it.)
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Ok, as for protection from the sun which is more effective? Silver coating on the top or on the underside? I see many UV umbrellas with the silver coating on the underside, not on the outside.
Another question, is there an umbrella that uses a trekking pole as its pole?
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