Hey all, I want to host a small home server as a private vpn, torrent box, Jellyfin server, small lemmy instance and maybe photo backup.. I'm looking for a NAS box or something that would be power efficient and aesthetically pleasing enough for my living room that would be able to handle those tasks. I remember seeing an ad recently for a 2 bay NAS that also had room for 2 NVME. it looked kind of like a white volcano and it had a laptop grade cpu, which would be great I think. Unfortunately I can't find the product anymore, and to be frank I don't really know if that would be overkill for my use case. If anyone has any reccomendations I would love to hear them.

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Tent with 'porch"?

Does anybody have a reccomendation for a tent that has a fly that can be staked out to make a usable 'porch' area during light, vertical rainfall? On my recent trip I was stuck in my tent for a while during a light - moderate rainfall and I really wanted to open the fly and just watch the storm. The NEMO tent I took would have had rain falling right into the bathtub floor though. I think that Sierra designs made something like what I'm imagining in the past, however they no longer sell them anymore.

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    Good idea on contacting the company. I hear Durston has good customer service. The frame is removable through a Velcro flap so I doubt it would be too hard to remove and replace, but I'm thinking of sealing from the outside now instead.

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    I know about the smart water bottles but I guess I was hesitant to give up my trusty nalgene 😅. Another commenter posted a link to a BPL discussion on seam sealing ultra and many people came to the same conclusion - external sealing being the most feasible. I might give that a shot.

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    Thanks for the link! After reading there a bit I'm thinking of going with aquaseal around the outside seams. I'm not really trying to 100% waterproof it, just make it more water resistant. Not like I'm taking it pack rafting or anything!

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    Yeah I was thinking of using seamgrip or something, but I dont know if I should try to remove the frame and turn the pack inside out to apply to the seams from the inside or just wing it and go for the outside seams...

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    Like I said, this is my first real ultralight pack. I've used an ancient 80's Gregory that must have been like 70L, and an Osprey Aether 65 more recently. My partner recently ordered the GG Mariposa and the zpacks Arc Haul but returned both, so I only have cursory experience with those.

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    I hiked up to emerald lake in the Trinity Alps, CA over 4 days. Great views and saw some really awesome wildlife. The Kakwa is my first real 'Ultralight' pack and it weighed in at ~20lbs fully packed with food and water. I felt like it carried great, and was super comfortable for the whole trip. I have a few gripes with the pack though: the front pocket could be longer, and stretchier IMO, the right water bottle pocket didn't securely hold my nalgene, and the pack isn't seam sealed at all. It seems like a bummer to have a pack made out of waterproof material and have no seam sealing at all. I used a pack liner and all my down gear stayed dry through the rain but water definitely came through the seams. I'm thinking of trying to seam seal the pack myself but I'm not sure how to go about it. Does anyone have tips on products and application?

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