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Suluk 46 Tulimak Backpacking Table

abela

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Apr 8, 2017

Really great to see this little table here on Massdrop. I commissioned Suluk46 to bring this table to market. These type of small tables are crazy popular in Japan and other countries, not so much here in the USA/North America, which is one of the reasons why I worked with Suluk46 to introduce it.
Not everything about backpacking has to be 'only what you need'. Sometimes, hiking can be just as much fun when hanging around a campsite, sitting besides a campfire, with friends. This is one of those products that falls into the category of having a neat and unique piece of gear with you to do a simple task, that yes, could be done on a flat rock, but that would still give a person looking for, or even wanting, that atmosphere of having a bit of home with them out on the trail. If you want to call it yuppie hiking, by all means, but there is a market for that, and, a very big market for that.
In regards to how much weight it can hold, a surprising amount. It can support, at least, a 2L pot + canister stove without any issue at all. What you will not want to do is put a stove (such as esbit or heet) under the table with your pot on top of the table. This material is just not going to handle that. We (suluk46 and myself) have been playing around with a design to do that, but so far the designs have just not proven viable. Maybe some day.
Attached is an image of my personal table, to give everybody an idea of the size and cutting surface area. The knife is a Kestrel and the bar is a single Greenbelly Bar. The table is sitting on top of a fallen Redwood tree.

RenegadePilgrim

105

Apr 8, 2017

abelaThank you for the info! I am actually thinking of getting one for my truck camping set up. I can also see this working well with my snow camping set up (I use a pulk so weight isn't as much of an issue). Keep up the good work John!

abela

523

Apr 8, 2017

RenegadePilgrimIt has gone with me on a few truck camping trips. Sure I could cut my food right on my tailgate, but uhhh, no, it is usually covered in dirt and who knows what else. It is nice to have a small cutting table, without having to bring my full on bamboo cutting table from my kitchen. While I am not a meat eater (anymore) it is a good size to use to cut up a steak, small fish, sausage, whatever. Just having a nice clean cutting area can be nice. Can even do all of that without putting the legs on it. Just toss it down on the tailgate and cut away. Than, come time to fire up the campfire, put the legs on, set it beside your camp chair, put your cup on it, some cheese and sausage, all up off the ground, and enjoy some time sucking in some campfire smoke and staring at the hiker tv!

jimparkerworks

Apr 8, 2017

abelaCamping? Sure! Dayhikes from a basecamp? Sure! BACKPACKING? Whether Ultralight or not- NO WAY!! If you want your stove off the cold ground, put it on a 4" square of neoprene. Though the weight of the table was not obvious in the description, it could weigh the same as a titanium cup & still be NO WAY!

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