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I used a simple Brazilian made machete on a recent 5 day camping trip and it worked pretty damn well.
>light
>great at clearing bush
>easily trims branches off logs
>you have hack through a log surpingly fast by hack on a 45 degree on each side then just stamping on the log or using a pivot to snap it
>you can batton as hard as you want to split logs
Machetes are just great all around tools, there's a reason it's the most popular tool amongst people who actually live in a bush.