Favorite Backpacking gear...

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Dekartes

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Figure if those of us into this post something, we could assemble a bad ass gear list. There are for sure things I have not considered.

Mine favorite 2 pieces of gear:
1) Enlightened Equipment quilt.
2) Seek Outside backpacks. I have the Divide 4500 for Summer and one of true larger packs for winter. Both incredibly capable and comfortable.

For alpine lakes my packraft...
 
I tried for a while to emulate the long distance hikers who use alcohol stoves, which are supposed to be the lightest weight option. However, I found the weight of the amount of alcohol I had to carry offset the weight savings of the less than one ounce stove. Then I discovered a butane stove that weighs only 0.85 oz. There are a couple brands, they are from China, and you need to watch out for quality control. So now my stove weight consideration is the size canister I decide to pack. These little stoves range in price from about $12 to $45, and they might all be from the same factory as far as I know.

I have a nice light backpack from ULA that is about 33 oz. I have an Osprey that equals or exceeds the carrying comfort level, but it weighs a pound and a half more.

I'm still looking for a good source of freeze dried beer.
 
I almost always go solo.
It is mostly during the summer season timeframe.
I don't pack a tent or sleeping bag.
I pack food, drinks, fish gear and raft/pump/oars.
I use my raft as my bed and have an oversized piece of fleece to cover me from elements/bugs.
 
Funny you talk about freeze dried beer. I still have some beer concentrate left and my carbonator. Cool idea, just don't use it much in reality. I did take a case of beer that way when the weight limit in a Cessna really mattered! Not bad when the other option is nothing
 
1. Dutchware 11' gathered end hammock
2. Hammock gear premium burrow 30 degree down topquilt (I stayed comfortable even when temps were in the 20s)
 
Not sure if it's my favorite yet, but I bought an REI Flash 1 tent last summer. It's less than 2 pounds. (Have to use up my REI Mastercard dividend every year.) I like the general design that mimics some of the other ultralight options on the market, but also got it on the 20% off sale. Only used it 2 nights so far. On a slightly rainy night I got a huge amount of condensation inside; for sure more than in a tent with a separate rain fly. But the second night was dry, and I slept with the door half open. Next to no condensation that time. I'm going to take it on my hike in the Escalante Wilderness in May. I expect it will perform OK to just fine in that drier climate.
 
Salmo_g said:
I tried for a while to emulate the long distance hikers who use alcohol stoves, which are supposed to be the lightest weight option. However, I found the weight of the amount of alcohol I had to carry offset the weight savings of the less than one ounce stove. Then I discovered a butane stove that weighs only 0.85 oz. There are a couple brands, they are from China, and you need to watch out for quality control. So now my stove weight consideration is the size canister I decide to pack. These little stoves range in price from about $12 to $45, and they might all be from the same factory as far as I know.

I have a nice light backpack from ULA that is about 33 oz. I have an Osprey that equals or exceeds the carrying comfort level, but it weighs a pound and a half more.

I'm still looking for a good source of freeze dried beer.
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Do you have a link for what you got? That sounds good.
 
My favorite gear is my Zamberlan Vioz boots. I am on my 4th pair and have walked hundreds of miles in them. Never got a blister, very comfortable. What an improvement from the other boots I have tried through the years.
 
Zamberlan makes great stuff.
 
TDub said:
Do you have a link for what you got? That sounds good.
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Sorry, no link. Mine says "LIXDA" on it, and I got it for less than $10, delivered. It looks exactly like one called BRS-3000T, or BRS Huaye at 26 grams on Amazon Prime for $16.50. It works as well as my Pocket Rocket, but at less than 1/4 the weight. For small cookpots only of course, i.e., backpacking, not group size pans.
 
Sawyer Gravity feed 1 gallon filter. Much, much easier to obtain drinking and camp water

DIY Alcohol Stoves. Cheap, Effective, Light and I like the repurposing of the used cat cans part.

DIY backpack Tree and ground tables. Really saves on my old man back. Nice to lay in the hammock and have everything within reach without sitting up.
 
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Salmo_g said:
Sorry, no link. Mine says "LIXDA" on it, and I got it for less than $10, delivered. It looks exactly like one called BRS-3000T, or BRS Huaye at 26 grams on Amazon Prime for $16.50. It works as well as my Pocket Rocket, but at less than 1/4 the weight. For small cookpots only of course, i.e., backpacking, not group size pans.
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Thanks, I'll order one, they're so cheap.
 
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