"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
I really like the new OD green Seiko "Arnie".
I'll probably grab one as a work watch.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
Yes, we got lucky in getting some the first year we applied, and that the pandemic lock-down has somewhat lifted to do this.
My group doesn't really do ultralight, we tend to truck through things (probably my influence, since I'm the gear queer of the group, as usual). I have a few ultralight items (Bearikade, zPack sleeping bag), but most of my stuff is more oriented toward durability/rough conditions (Kifaru EMR II, Hilleberg Tarra, MSR Reactor, etc.); I will be packing lighter than usual, but I'm still probably gonna hauling a ruck quite a bit heavier than the average thru-hiker's.
JodyH says:
"I really like the new OD green Seiko "Arnie".
I'll probably grab one as a work watch."
I concur re the look/functionality of the watch.
Where Seiko can do better IMHO is that they are still using their proprietary "Hardlex" crystal at price point where the vast majority of the market ( to include microbrands) are using a much more scratch resistant sapphire crystal.