Kit List - where can i reduce weight?

jinch

Ultralighter
Is your trekking pole for the SL3 in there? Might be and I missed it but my tired eyes can't spot it.

Or is that not considered weight as it's largely handheld?
 

el manana

Thru Hiker
But I think you have an inevitable truth Manana, significantly cutting weight beyond the point you're at involves spending lots of cash.

Yeah I think I came to the conclusion that maybe 500g could be dropped by rearranging but the rest is down to more spending. I'll do that gradually though when gear needs replacing or I find a bargain - just picked up a pair of Prism Mitts for £20 :)

A thought on the sawyer. When do you decide the cut off on carrying it? For me, if the temp is likely to drop below 5°C, I leave it at home. I'll either carry the water I need (i.e. just an over nighter), or I switch to Oasis water tablets. I don't want my sawyer to freeze and become useless. If it's on the boundary of the water temp, then I tend to carry the filter in my cleavage so that it won't freeze.

Obviously it becomes easier in the depths of winter when there is snow to melt. But it's that intermediate bit that I haven't solved properly yet.
Julia
Yeah, I didn't really think about it when writing the list but if daytime temps are close to freezing I wouldnt take the sawyer

Is your trekking pole for the SL3 in there? Might be and I missed it but my tired eyes can't spot it.

Or is that not considered weight as it's largely handheld?

Who do you think you are? Mole?...:biggrin:
Trekking poles are always in hands...or dragged along the floor behind me...
 

jinch

Ultralighter
Who do you think you are? Mole?...:biggrin:
Trekking poles are always in hands...or dragged along the floor behind me...

Might as well drag your whole backpack behind you in that case: 0g load ;)

(I'm only being arsey as you wouldn't sell me your Scarp two years ago. Sniff...)
 
Realise I'm late to this but only just joined the forum. It's a good list and as other's have said- honest.

I think as others have said and you've identified probably the shelter and sleeping bag are where you can save the most weight but spend the most money. Changing to a cuben shelter could save you 300g or so. Swapping to a phd hispar 400 k would save you about 400g. However you'd probably have to spend in excess of a grand.

Cheaper but less weight savings-

Swap all your stuff sacks for cuben versions
Swap the tikka headlight for an e-lite
Don't bother with the Anker battery or take something lighter- a mophie battery case maybe
Leave the convertube at home
Do you need the tent inner? Taking a groundsheet instead would save a lot of weight
You could probably save a little in your cook kit- smaller pot and / or take a pot that's also your mug. As others have said- switching to meths or esbit would probably be lighter but not as convenient.

Hope this is of use. Thanks again for posting.
 
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