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Brand: BEAR VAULT
Online Retailer ID: 210232812
Located in: All Outdoor Gear, Health & Safety, Safety / Survival Items
The Solo is a lighter, smaller bear vault for shorter hiking and camping excursions when you still need to eliminate bear-human conflict and protect personal property, food, and bears.
It works....
By Fred the non-summer backpacker/climber
from Reno, NV on 10/17/2007
from Reno, NV on 10/17/2007
Pros:
Effective
Cons:
Bulky
Best Uses:
Backcountry Camping
Describe Yourself:
Avid Adventurer
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
I thought it was heavy while I was packing it in, but after it sat out for a night away from the tent it was covered with frozen saliva in the morning and had obviously been chewed on by something rather large, but the food was still there and it was intact. The impressive part is that what ever chewed on it didn't bother me. So it does work.
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Do Not Buy!
By adkscamper
from ny on 9/11/2007
from ny on 9/11/2007
Cons:
Bears will eat your food, Heavy, Not "bear proof"
Best Uses:
Don't use in ADKS
Describe Yourself:
Casual/ Recreational
Bottom Line:
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
This bear container is not "bear proof." I went camping in the ADKS and a bear broke into my container and ate all of my food. I had to come home a day early. The bears in the ADKS are too smart for this particular container.
Eastern Mountain Sports Response:We were not able to ascertain from the reviewer whether the container was broken or the lid removed by the bear. These containers have been widely sold for some time now.