[pct-l] larger Bear Cannister length

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Jun 26, 2008, at 4:53 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>
> Hi, BearVault here.  Last year we asked the PCT community how large a
> canister they would desire.  Given the limited market which limits the
> variety of change we can afford, we were asking how long would you  
> like a
> BearVault with the same diameter as our current two models.  
> Changing the
> diameter is not an economic option.
>
> To my surprise, the consensus was 19" (a full 58% larger capacity  
> than our
> current full size model).  Obviously this would pose carrying  
> issues, but
> that was the desire; 19".
>
> Do you all still feel this is a good length, or would you like a  
> smaller or
> longer length.
>
> Happy hiking, Jamie and Cindy
> BearVault


In my opinion, wider might be better than longer. I can only seem to  
get it inside my pack in the upright position, not on its side.  
There's not much room around it to put anything else, so as long as  
it's creating unusable empty space it may as well put it to use  
inside the can. I don't want to tie it to the outside because then my  
food will bake in the sun and it might fall off the pack and over a  
cliff or something.

I have a large sized bear can, but it's not one of yours. The worst  
thing about it is the opening is smaller in diameter than the  
container, making it very hard to put food in and get it out again.  
Your container is better because the opening is about the same size  
as the container.

Diane