Perry's Blog

The FUSE 4W is a Solar charger manufactured by Voltaic. Over the 54 Days of the walk weather conditions, tree canopy and an unreliable FUSE position in relation to the sun (whilst walking) contributed to the FUSE not reaching our required one recharge of the FUSE battery per day, and Mains Power was utilised to maintain the battery levels. The Fuse 4W Solar Charger is a lightweight way to add solar and battery power to any bag. It connects in seconds to bags, tents, bicycles and pretty much any place else you might need solar… more »

The SPOT2 Messenger is a Satellite GPS Messenger that provides a unique line of communication with friends and family when you want it, and emergency assistance when you need it. This review looks at how the device performed over 54 days on the Bibbulmun Track in the South-West of Western Australia. more »

We purchased our JetBoil from Kelly's Basecamp in March 2011. One of the main reasons we bought the JetBoil was it's gas efficiency. We'd got a little shock when doing the Six Foot Track that we used a whole gas canister in just two and a half days!… more »

After an exhaustive battery test of our new SPOT2 Messenger I now know what it's performance is like on rechargeable batteries. :D We tested the SPOT Messenger on the Mittagong to Katoomba walk in preparation of the much longer walk of the Bibb… more »

The purpose of this test is to both test the unit over an extended period, and run one set of batteries flat, so that we'd know how long a set will last. I used the Powerex Imedion 2400mHh AA batteries bought from PROTog. more »

Way bak in 2009 (or so it seems) I purchased and wrote about a more ergonomic keyboard / mouse set up. Unfortunately the rollermouse has waited untill it's 30 days out of its 2 year warrantee period before it stopped working (clicking to be acurate).… more »

When investigating the SPOT we got very mixed messages from the various online forums, so much so that at one stage I'd almost decided that it was too much risk. The Reviews at REI especially had me thinking. As I'm writing this the average is 2.8/5.… more »

Overall we're very happy with the Voltaic Fuse, it's performed well in much less than optimum conditions and has stood up to some punishing treatment on the track. We're very hopeful that it will enable our powered gadgets to keep working during the 2 months of the Bibbulmun Track.… more »

We purchased our SteriPen Classic in March 2011 from our local Mountain Designs store. It was actually during another purchase from their Sydney store that the salesman mentioned that in his opinion the SteriPen was cheaper than tablets. In decidi… more »