Edit/Approval - Bearikade Weekender - Nancy Griffith

"[email protected] [BackpackGearTest]" <[email protected]> 06 Jul 2016 07:36:32 -0700
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Hi Nancy,
 

 Excellent Owner Review. Edits in the standard EDIT/Edit/Comment format; most are suggested explanatory notes. After revising you may upload to http://tinyurl.com/j5879u5  
 

 Another Brownie Point for you.
 

 Cheers, Richard
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 ### Manufacturer: Wild Ideas ###
 EDIT: Wild Ideas, LLC [Need the full legal name here.]
 

 ### MSRP: $288 US ###
 Comment: Ouch!
 

 ### Listed Weight: Just over 31 oz (.88 kg)
 Measured Weight: 31.4 oz (.89 kg) ###
 EDIT: 0.88 kg and 0.89 kg [Too easy to miss that little period. You might use gram measurements instead.]
 

 ### Each fastener also has an O-ring to seal them. ###
 Edit: to seal it ["fastener" is singular]
 

 ### With plans in 2013 to hike the John Muir Trail for three weeks, we needed another bear canister ###
 Edit: my husband and I needed [There's no antecedent for "we" until much later in the paragraph. Much clearer if the team is identified up front.]
 

 ### We have since then used the Bearikade for every trip requiring bear canisters.  ###
 Edit/Comment: While it's obvious to anyone who regularly hikes in the Sierra, many of our readers may not be familiar with USFS/NPS regulations requiring bearproof containers. An explanatory sentence or two would help.]
 

 ### One benefit of using a bear canister is that it keeps crushable items like corn chips or crackers from being crushed in my pack. ###
 Comment: Hikers after my own heart – not everybody recognizes this essential food group.
 

 ### I have used the Bearikade with several backpacks but mostly with a Granite Gear Crown V.C. 60 and a Gossamer Gear Gorilla. ###
 
 Edit/Comment: Was either of these packs designed specially to accommodate a bearproof container? I know that Granite Gear does (or used to) make some such packs. Might be worth a comment whether the answer is yes or no.