solotripper wrote on Apr 18^th, 2011 at 3:46pm:

If I read the spec's correctly, that vessel is a 1" X 3" tube.  Doesn't sound like much water will get boiled to me.  At that size, I'd be able to boil as much water in my fishing kit tin.  Did I miss something?

dd

solotripper wrote on Apr 18^th, 2011 at 11:49pm:

If you are not in a big hurry, give it a couple of days.  By then my first order should be in and I can give you a clue about how much your shipping will be.  I don't think I've ever run into a site that essentially says "we'll tell you later."  We'll its later, my order has been shipped and I STILL don't know what my shipping costs are.  (I think I remember a $2.50 charge for order processing in there somewhere to.)

I got a few things, including the smaller aluminum box, a larger tin and some small plastic vials.

Later -

dd

solotripper wrote on Apr 19^th, 2011 at 4:08pm:

OK.  They did (as advertised) charge $2.50 for order processing.  I would say that the shipping rate was typical for the size package involved.

As for the products.  The large tin and small aluminum container were lighter weight than expected.  (This is not all bad.)  The tin is lighter than an Altoid tin.  I'd hoped the aluminum container would be small enough to fit into my PFD pocket, but I think it is still small enough to fit into a fanny pack (maybe just a tad larger than the one I've pictured above).

So, yes.  They did fill the order and ship with reasonable speed (although the site is not overly user friendly as it pertains to purchasing multiple items per order ... you basically cycle back to the home page to continue shopping and have to navigate back to the product area you want to investigate).  And, there is that "we'll tell you later about shipping costs" oddity.

dd

DentonDoc wrote on Apr 19^th, 2011 at 12:05am:


Noah's in Toronto is sort of like that: You order a dozen brass screws and washers from them, and their website estimates shipping costs as $20.00 via courier. But then they ship the order Canada Post, for a reasonable two bucks postage or whatever. They seem to be a good outfit, and I wonder if they scare away a lot of business with their ridiculous shipping estimates.