... the story of the scratches -

We camped one night very high above the tree line and just below the North side of Forester Pass. We had heard that a rather aggressive bear had swiped one guy across the face somewhere in that vicinity and so were very careful to put the cans some 150' from our tents. During the night the bear padded past the tents, overturned one of the rucksacks, and then headed up to the cans. He / she ignored the Bear Vault (a good job because he has learnt to open this type by turning them on one side and then sitting forcefully on the can to pop the lid off!) but gave both of the Bearikades his undivided attention for 50 minutes. He then went away to return for a repeat 1/2 hour session some 20 minutes later. I lay in my tent listening to him chew and maul the can until one was just 30 feet from the tent (there's a moral here: Never leave the cans 'uphill' of your campsite! Doh!

We were very impressed with the standard of manufacture of your cans, especially as even after all that attention the cans suffered nothing but scratches, and will be eager to give to anyone who'll listen our strongest recommendation.

Thanks very much again, our very best regards to you all,