Post by trinity on Jan 3, 2016 13:25:57 GMT -8
Jan 2, 2016 9:15:43 GMT -8 @idahowalker said:
The Zpacks Duplex tent was our big weight reduction purchase for 2015, a 2 person tent weighing in at 1.31 pounds(tent, tent stakes, guy lines, and carry bag).I'm another very happy Duplex owner, if you can swing the cost (and if you use trekking poles), this is a pretty hard shelter to beat in terms of weight and fully enclosed usable space. Many folks on this forum love their alcohol stoves, but my old standby is still a Snowpeak Gigapower, which is quite light, powerful, easy to operate, and relatively inexpensive. I eat exclusively freeze dried meals when backpacking, so all I need for my camp kitchen in addition to the stove is a Snowpeak Trek 700 mug and a large lexan spoon. The mug boils water and holds my morning coffee (and evening whiskey). For sleeping pads that are both lightweight and comfortable I think the Thermarest Neoair X-Light is pretty hard to beat. I also love quilts, I have one from Jacks R Better and one from Enlightened Equipment, both are excellent and very lightweight. You've already received some great advice on this thread, but be sure and take special note of Almost There's advice, I think she is spot on. Some folks are more than happy to suffer a certain level of discomfort in camp in order to carry less on their back, while others are just fine shlepping a 60 pound pack through the backcountry in order to maximize their creature comforts when they settle down for the night. Finding your own place along this spectrum takes lots of time and lots of experience. A 10 pound base weight is terrific, but it is not an end in itself, but only a means to and end. The end, of course, is enjoying the great outdoors. If a low base weight interferes with that enjoyment, then you may want to rethink things.