Comments on: Everything You Need to Know About Bear Canisters for Backpacking https://www.freshoutdo.com/bear-canisters-backpacking/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Fresh Out Do https://www.freshoutdo.com/bear-canisters-backpacking/#comment-85811 https://www.freshoutdo.com/?p=16122#comment-85811 In reply to David.

Agreed, the Bearvault can definitely be tough to open in the cold. We recently experienced that ourselves and it took some real persistence to get into there to retrieve our morning coffee! I’ve seen some “hacks” online that say if you stick a credit card between the teeth and the lock it helps the teeth slide under easier (alas, we didn’t have a card to try it with on our trip).

]]> By: David https://www.freshoutdo.com/bear-canisters-backpacking/#comment-85472 https://www.freshoutdo.com/?p=16122#comment-85472 I love my Bearvault, but note that due to the lid design, it’s almost impossible to open when camping in below-freezing temperatures. Opening the lid requires flexing the lid material to get the “child-proof” teeth over bumps in the canister, but when frozen, the plastic of the lid is rock hard.

Fingers crossed that the grubcan gets approved in Olympic ASAP…

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