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How far is your vehicle from your tent?

On the intended trip about 600 miles.

James

Pretty long hike. Maybe you could get a bicycle lock and lock a container
in a tree.
Tom

Or put your stuff in a portable potty and leave it next to your tent. Put

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How far is your vehicle from your tent?

On the intended trip about 600 miles.

James

Pretty long hike. Maybe you could get a bicycle lock and lock a container
in a tree.
Tom

Or put your stuff in a portable potty and leave it next to your tent. Put
some crumpled toilet paper on top and nobody should touch it.

Tom

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How far is your vehicle from your tent?

On the intended trip about 600 miles.

James

Pretty long hike. Maybe you could get a bicycle lock and lock a container
in a tree.

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How far is your vehicle from your tent?

On the intended trip about 600 miles.

James

Pretty long hike. Maybe you could get a bicycle lock and lock a container
in a tree.

Of course, that then brings up the question as to whether anyone would
give something a second glance if it weren't locked to a tree. Personally,
I'd rather do a good job of hiding something than locking it up
conspicuously - most people will simply steal whatever strongbox you have
and set about it at their leisure.

Does anyone know of a safe that can be used while camping?

I'm thinking of a container which emits a loud alarm if moved or
tampered with in any way. This could be useful but I cannot find
anyone who sells such a thing. It should be very lightweight and
depend on the audible alarm for security.

It's as something in which to store camera, camcorder and the like
while away from the tent. The tent will be in a populated area so an
audible alarm should be a suitable deterrent.

Failing that is there another option? If all else fails I'll just have
to carry valuables in a rucsac but it would be handy not to have to
keep them with me all the time.

James

On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:54:33 -0700 (PDT), James Harris





james.harri... at (no spam) googlemail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know of a safe that can be used while camping?

I'm thinking of a container which emits a loud alarm if moved or
tampered with in any way. This could be useful but I cannot find
anyone who sells such a thing. It should be very lightweight and
depend on the audible alarm for security.

It's as something in which to store camera, camcorder and the like
while away from the tent. The tent will be in a populated area so an
audible alarm should be a suitable deterrent.

Failing that is there another option? If all else fails I'll just have
to carry valuables in a rucsac but it would be handy not to have to
keep them with me all the time.

James

I think your solution is one of those secure steel net things that
cover your entire rucsac and then secure with a padlock preventing
anyone from gaining access to the contents.  With an additional steel
cable you could attach the whole thing to a tree or steel railings.

Couple this with one of those alarmed padlocks which can be used
conventionally or with an integral alarm which emits low level warning
pips when disturbed or moved and then resets after about 20 seconds,
but sounds a loud alarm if disturbed again within the 20 second
period.

I cannot recall what the steel net things are called, unless it is a
PacSafe, or what they cost, but a local shop was selling one of the
alarmed padlocks for GBP10 a few weeks ago - wish I'd bought it
myself!

Neil

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