backpacking weight (again)

[haugenna]

Dang action, 9lbs 3 oz on that pack.  Holy hannah that is heavy.

[JackOfAllTrades]

We see lighter tent stakes.. Not using the stuff sack and such.   What about lighter tent pole options?

-Steve

[WDFW-SUX]

I just learned that 20lbs is ALOT over 9k... just aint no air up there

[halflife65]

We see lighter tent stakes.. Not using the stuff sack and such.   What about lighter tent pole options?

-Steve

I think that there might be carbon fiber options.  You might be able to call someone like tarptent or Mountain Laurel Designs, TiGoat or whatever.

Also, there are a lot of options that use trekking poles.  This is one of the areas that will have the most effect on the weight I'm carrying so I'm trying to do some research on it (most lightweight stuff is expensive, so it's just stuff that I'll accumulate over time.)

[actionshooter]

Gatorade bottles?  Can't crush'm thin like you can a 2L bottle.

-Steve

Exactly, Whats the point of crushing bottles? I keep re-using them (2).

Dang action, 9lbs 3 oz on that pack.  Holy hannah that is heavy.

I know  , I have shaved about a pound off of it, but it carries the heavy loads like no other pack I have ever tried.
 I have gone thru 7 packs through the years and this is the one for me.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Exactly, Whats the point of crushing bottles? I keep re-using them (2).

I crush an empty for the trek in. Takes up very little space in the pack. Then I fill it once I find/make camp near a water source.

-Steve

[uncoolperson]

32oz gatorade bottles

That's what I'm switching to, easier to deal with. Before that been packing platypus "bottles". (though the whiskey still gets packed in a platy)
my pack has two pockets on the sides that are only good for a rain jacket and water bottles, smaller doesn't do much.

I think a Eureka Solitaire is in my future.  2 pounds 8 ounces.

Let me know how that works, when I destroy this eureka spitfire I have (maybe it can be done) I might be up for trying something different.

[JackOfAllTrades]

The reviews on that Solitaire say that it can sweat a bit. It is light. As is the Spitfire. The price of the Solitaire is quite inviting for such light shelter. I'll probably pick one up after the first of the year.

-Steve

[Shootmoore]

30 is a good weight for 5 days I think, should be like nothing at all.  I wear 26 pounds in gear to work every day, so I usually go a bit heaver in a pack if I am going out for a few days.  The older I get the more comfort I like.

Shootmoore

[Tony 270]

I'm at 30lbs not counting ammo, gun, binocs. Loaded for roughly 5 days w/ 2 liters of water.

Only 2 liters of water for five days???

[JackOfAllTrades]

The older I get the more comfort I like.

And you're younger than me!  I really don't like my sleep mat. It insulates well, but man it is not comfortable.  I like sleeping in a hammock with bivy bag, but in the high country in the later season or really nasty stuff I do like the shelter of a tent. Even if I can't stand up.

I had my pack for four days down to 38 pounds. I'm shootin for 32 pounds.


-Steve

[high country]

Exactly, Whats the point of crushing bottles? I keep re-using them (2).

I crush an empty for the trek in. Takes up very little space in the pack. Then I fill it once I find/make camp near a water source.

-Steve

steve  Iuse the gatorade bottle too as it is easy to fill. for my camp resivor I use the empty mountain house bags to haul extra water.

[Skyvalhunter]

Just buy a platapus water bottle they are light weith and you can squeeze the air out of them so they dont make that sloshing noise when you are hunting.

[BLUEBULLS]

here's everything I brought... minus the bladder and two water bottles which are in the pack...

[Timberstalker]

nice spread