[at-l] Hiker Hints---

[Josh Wilkins" <jtwilkins@mediaone.net (Josh Wilkins)]

> I gave up on Backpacker, when they were caught avoiding bad reports on
their
> major advertisers.
>
> Their pictures of some tents being tested by groups contained tents by
some
> big names that they did not report on in the write-up.  When called on it,
> they claimed that they had not included the items in the write-up, because
> the manufacture had said it wasn't for those conditions.  They claimed
that
> they had just taken it along to see how it worked, but it wasn't fair to
the
> manufacture to report the results.  Yeh.  Right.
>
> If I want to know about equipment, I check the WEB sites that don't rely
on
> money from those they claim to be reviewing.  YMMV
>
> Chainsaw

I agree with you chainsaw on that one. For reviews I really go straight to
the web. The mags reviews are usually pretty useless and they always seem to
like everything. But I do find the equipment issue really good for all the
specs. I can sell all the tents, they heights, their weight etc. That is why
I find it useful for.
JTW