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What do you use for a table?
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I'm in the flat(ish) rock / bottom of the canoe crowd.
I have an assortment of aluminum slat roll-top tables but after seeing someone else using it, this is what I bring on most trips these days: ALPS sidekick. It is a small stool/table that is much quicker to set up and take down than the roll-top tables. Besides making a good side table for holding a bowl of food and a drink it also works as a footstool for relaxing with feet up and a night stand when car camping with my roll-a-cot. The Alps table gets thrown on top of other gear in the canoe and can be set up almost instantly along with my Lafuma maxi-pop-up butterfly chair, even for just a lunch stop. Most of my canoe camping is one or two nights on an easy creek/river or a paddle-in campsite on a lake, not extended trips or portages.
in the Tipi I like to use this one ...
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Very nice. Is it just friction that hold the two halve together?
Jim
Jim
Yes, with the two bolts and friction ...
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Thanks.
Jim
Jim
with the hammock it works fine with this small one ... (it was a cutting board)
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That’s not unlike the one I made and I like the use of the strap. I have some old straps the I wouldn’t use to secure a canoe anymore I’ll cut one down to an appropriate size.
Thanks for sharing that Kahel.
Jim
Thanks for sharing that Kahel.
Jim
I've been in the flattish rock etc crowd for a while.
But last fall we happened to end up at the lean-to on Follensby Clear Pond (Adirondacks), which had a high table built into the outside wall. I was deeply appreciative of a level surface high enough to stand at while cooking.
I agree with Chip that portaging in clears the crowds so I've previously shied away from adding furniture to the kit. Many tables light enough to pack are so low that I don't think it justifies the weight. @kahel 's DIY table hung from tree seems a great idea, being infinitely height adjustable as long as there are trees. I'll have to try making one!
But last fall we happened to end up at the lean-to on Follensby Clear Pond (Adirondacks), which had a high table built into the outside wall. I was deeply appreciative of a level surface high enough to stand at while cooking.
I agree with Chip that portaging in clears the crowds so I've previously shied away from adding furniture to the kit. Many tables light enough to pack are so low that I don't think it justifies the weight. @kahel 's DIY table hung from tree seems a great idea, being infinitely height adjustable as long as there are trees. I'll have to try making one!
Me too. Here is how we made use of an aluminum Grumman on a BSA Adirondack trek I was leading on the Oswegatchie traverse. I don't think I wold have dared let them (or myself) cook on my cedarstrip that I was using on this trip.
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Strippers can be surprisingly useful
This site (Steel River between logjams) was especially nice because the elevation change on the sand spit gave me a higher work surface.
This site (Steel River between logjams) was especially nice because the elevation change on the sand spit gave me a higher work surface.
For big western river we do not portage. We leave a lot of equipment in the canoes. Most of mine are not flat on the bottom either. We don't usually have good rocks around. Roll up table is worth its weight.
I made this last spring & it has been on one group trip. Left it home on solo/small group trips.
My back hates me when I clean fish hunched over. This table can be set up at any height (~elbow is great for processing fish) and is rock solid. Properly set up there is no give, up, down or sideways, and I can clean many fish in relative comfort. One might be able to use it as a chair, but that is probably pushing it.
A change I made this year since this photo was taken: cam straps to go around the tree instead of paracord & amsteel.
It goes in on our trip next week; 5 of us.
Weight is 3.5 lbs. Wish it were less.
My back hates me when I clean fish hunched over. This table can be set up at any height (~elbow is great for processing fish) and is rock solid. Properly set up there is no give, up, down or sideways, and I can clean many fish in relative comfort. One might be able to use it as a chair, but that is probably pushing it.
A change I made this year since this photo was taken: cam straps to go around the tree instead of paracord & amsteel.
It goes in on our trip next week; 5 of us.
Weight is 3.5 lbs. Wish it were less.
I use an iClimb Mini Solo table: https://a.co/d/2SQmCrz
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Thanks for the link! It says deburred and polished edges and joints, which i find rare on most chinesium off-label products. Is the fit and finish up to snuff?
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