[pct-l] OP Bags

[surferskir at aol.com]

NO!  I don't think it was the locker room for "LARGE" women.  It was a a women's locker room that was large in size.

I have the same questioning problem about Greek Fisherman's Hats.

--Dennis--


-----Original Message-----
From: Diarmaid Harmon <irishharmon at comcast.net>
To: John Coyle <jcoyle at sanjuan.edu>
Cc: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thu, Apr 11, 2013 8:57 am
Subject: Re: [pct-l] OP Bags


That is disturbing. Why does the university separate women by size 

>  The test was conducted in a large woman's locker room


Irish

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:23 AM, John Coyle <jcoyle at sanjuan.edu> wrote:

> I have a subscription to Backpacking Light and here are some details from 
their test of OP Bags.  The test was done by an emergency and critical care 
veterinarian at a university hospital.  The test was conducted in a large 
woman's locker room at the university, with the targets being put in certain 
lockers. Four trained police dogs were used. The dogs were trained to find 
illicit substances, so that was used for the test instead of food. The OP bags 
were tested against ordinary supermarket Ziplock bags, not freezer or heat seal 
bags I think. Of the 32 searches conducted the dogs failed to find the target 
only 4 times.  I got the impression that this is normal because sometimes the 
dogs get distracted for various reasons.  Average search times to find the 
target were 86 seconds in the OP group and 84 seconds in the control (Ziplock) 
group, which is not that much of a difference. There are a lot of pictures of 
the dogs in the locker room in the article. I am leaving out a lo
 t 
> of details, so if you want more information, you will just have to buy a 
subscription to Backpacking Light.  To me it the $25 yearly subscription is well 
worth it for a backpacker.
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