That burnt sawdust with propane taste is real, I ditched the gas gadget and learned charcoal snake method instead.

This is the same thing that happens with tent pole shock cord and cheap backpack straps, we all just kind of jam gear back into bags without thinking about how the fold points wear over time. The cold definitely speeds it up too, plastic gets way less forgiving below freezing. Taking thirty extra seconds to roll it loose instead of folding it tight has probably saved my pads since I started doing that.

Two hours on that weather API key is real pain, docs really do set us up to fail.