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  • #1494982
    Chris Chastain
    Spectator

    @thangfish

    Locale: S. Central NC, USA

    > not everyone uses the same set of stakes

    So true.
    My 10 stakes in their aloksac ziplock weigh 1.6oz and are always included in my shelter weight.

    #1494983
    James Ennis
    Member

    @jimennis

    Locale: South

    Assuming lows down to 60 degrees:
    ULA Amp – 13.0 oz.
    AMK Thermolite 2 bivy bag – 6.88 oz.
    Custom Cat tarp – 8.5 oz.
    NeoAir Pad – 13.75 oz.

    Total: 42.13 oz./2.63 lbs.

    Assuming lower temps:
    Substitute Marmot Atom (long) -23.00

    Total:58.25 oz./3.64 lbs.

    #1494997
    Raymond Estrella
    Member

    @rayestrella

    Locale: Northern Minnesota

    While I will probably be laughed off the site as I am not UL, I do try to be as light and low-volume (as I have learned that means a lot in some conditions) as I can depending on many factors.

    What is your hypothetical scenario Ali? Overnighter, week-long, or thru-hike? Solo, I assume. My weights are all over the place depending on where I am (mountains vs lowlands) and who I am with. I am actually lighter sometimes when I am with my B-I-L Dave as he is UL and pushes me once in a while to see if I can go-as-low as him. (NO, but I try.)

    #1495003
    Chris Chastain
    Spectator

    @thangfish

    Locale: S. Central NC, USA

    Summer 1 – about 2lbs

    Pack – GG Whisper – 4 oz
    Bag – synthetic quilt – 11 oz
    Tarp – Brawnylight – 11 oz inc guy lines and stakes
    Pad – GG Thinlight – 3/8 trimmed – 5oz
    Ground Cloth (polycro) – .5 oz?
    Pillow – 1 oz

    Summer 2 – about 2¾ lbs

    Pack – GG Murmur – 8 oz
    Bag – Sierra Designs Wicked Light (old down top bag) – 14 oz
    Tarp – BPL SpinTarp X-Pro – 7 oz inc guy lines and stakes
    Pad – short Ridgerest – 9 oz
    Ground cloth (Tyvek)- 4.5 oz
    Pillow – 1 oz

    Added ground cloths and pillow to complete my sleep system.
    Switch packs according to expected water availability.
    All weights rounded up & include stuff sacks (if used)
    Often switch tarps and bags around according to expected weather.

    #1495007
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    Here is my last trip in warm weather with little chance of rain:

    GG Murmur w/o hip belt = 6.2
    MLD Silnylon Poncho/Tarp with stakes/lines = 12.6
    Trimmed GG 3/8" Foam pad = 2.6
    GG Polycro ground sheet = 2.0
    BPL UL60 quilt = 12.4
    Total = 35.8 oz (2lb 3.8 oz)

    If chance of rain in cooler weather (replace ground sheet with bivy and UL 60 with Nanatek-which is on order):
    GG Murmur w/o hip belt = 6.2
    MLD Silnylon Poncho/Tarp with stakes/lines = 12.6
    MLD Soul Side Zip bivy = 7.9
    Trimmed GG 3/8" Foam pad = 2.6
    Nunatak Arc Specialist (.8 Quantum + ovefill) = 18.0
    Total = 47.3 oz (2lb 15.3 oz)

    If I need lots of water, Murmur is replaced by ULA Conduit or Ohm. Sometimes use GG Nightlight torso @ 3.5 or BMW Torsolite @ 9.6. Also, no rain gear carried with poncho/tarp :)

    #1495025
    Monty Montana
    BPL Member

    @tarasbulba

    Locale: Rocky Mountains

    Gossamer Gear Whisper w/ pads 5.25oz
    Gatewood Cape w/ stakes,pole,lines 18.00oz
    MB UL SS Down Hugger #5 20.00oz
    Gossamer Gear Nightlight pad 3.30oz

    Total 46.55oz
    2.9 lbs

    Spring/Winter
    Golite Jam 22.00oz
    MB Diamond Monoframe 42.00oz
    MB SS #5 plus MB Thermal Sheet 34.00 oz
    Nightlight plus Thinlight 5.00oz

    Total 103.00oz
    6.4 lbs

    Comparing my weights to same gear of others, I find my weights are greater. Used my digital fish scale to weigh everything…guess it's not calibrated. Nonetheless, I've never considered the totals before, and I'm satisfied with the numbers.

    #1495039
    Joshua Billings
    BPL Member

    @joshua

    Locale: Santa Cruz,Ca

    Osprey Exos 58 2lbs.8ozs.

    WM Alpinelite 2lbs

    warmlite 60" 23ozs.

    SMD Gatewoodcape and Serenity net and stakes 18ozs.

    Total 7.06lbs.Yah new heavy weight champion of BPL.

    #1495041
    Art Sandt
    Member

    @artsandt

    "but not everyone uses the same set of stakes or length/amount of guylines, and it is part of your shelter system."

    That's exactly why I didn't include stake weight. The kind of stakes I use may not be the same stakes someone else uses (i.e. MSR Groundhog vs. titanium shepard's hook). Also, while I may prefer to bring a certain number of stakes, another person may find that a different number of stakes works better for him with the same exact shelter, or that one type of terrain requires a different type and number of stakes than another type of terrain (forest vs. desert vs. high plains, etc.).

    #1495046
    René Enguehard
    BPL Member

    @ahugenerd

    Locale: Newfoundland

    pack – GoLite Jam2 (large, stock) – 26oz.
    tent – BA Seedhouse SL2 – 46oz.
    bag – WM Summerlite (regular) – 19oz.
    pad – Thermarest Prolite 3 (short) – 11oz.

    total – 6lb 6oz.

    On the heavy side, but I plan on modifying the pack and tent to address that. I'd save a lot by moving to a tarp but after spending a summer in Labrador I won't venture anywhere I can't cut myself off from the bugs completely. I /still/ have nightmares about the clouds of blackflies.

    #1495049
    Ashley Brown
    Member

    @ashleyb

    Kathmandu alpaca pack 106oz
    Noname 2 inch inflatable foam pad 32oz
    Quest 2P tent 113oz
    Mountain designs dryloft bag 57oz

    TOTAL 19.25 pounds (308 ounces)

    EDIT: Oh, wait, that was my baseweight before I joined BPL. ;-)

    #1495052
    Ashley Brown
    Member

    @ashleyb

    Is it just me, or does this seem a bit like comparing the size of your willy with the other boys behind the bike shed at school? ;-)

    Seriously though, I find it amusing that most of us here seem to adopt an apologetic tone when our Big 4 weight is over six pounds. Like we've been naughty or something.

    ps. on my next overseas trip my big four will probably be:
    GG nimbus meridian (56oz)
    Tarptent Scarp 2 (52 ounces)
    Neoair pad (14 ounces)
    WM ultralite (32 ounces)
    Total = 154 ounces = 9.62 pounds

    Clearly I have been a very naughty boy (he's not the messiah!). The pack is because I'm traveling overseas and need a panel loader for day-to-day use. The Scarp 2 is because I'm with my GF, and ultralite is because its cold.

    I'm still really torn about the pack though. You guys are making me feel really inadequate. ;-) I'm forever tossing up getting a smaller, lighter pack and taking a second "tote" bag for general travel stuff. Sigh…

    #1495108
    Matt Lutz
    Member

    @citystuckhiker

    Locale: Midwest

    Zpacks Z1 /w Sternum strap and waist belt: 5.29
    Bag: MYOG 5 oz XP halfbag: 11.03 (used with MB Inner down Parka
    Tarp: GoLite Poncho/Tarp /w Triptease guylines and 8x Zpacks minibiners: 12.8
    Pad: 31×21 blue foamer torso pad: 4.48

    Total: 33.6

    Add in my MLD Superlighy bivy /w minibiner (5.99) and you get 39.59.

    Re: stakes. I have three sets of stakes I primarily use: some 6" Easton nails, some 9" Easton nails and some Vargo Ti Shepard's hooks. The 6" nails are my default, but I will take different stakes depending on the expected soil conditions. BPL did a great review of stake holding power a while back.
    See my SUL list in my profile.

    #1495113
    John Frederick Anderson
    BPL Member

    @fredfoto

    Locale: Spain

    ULA Circuit 2008 with extra foam padding: 1 kg
    Rab Top Bag 2008: 476 g
    Golite Shangri-La 3 with stakes: 750 g
    Thermarest Ridge Rest cut for Top Bag: 202 g
    SMD Serenity Net: 213 g
    MLD 2-Thirds XP Quilt: 264 g

    Total: 2.9 kg- 6.5 pounds/ 102 ounces

    Used above tree line in the Pyrenees 3 season

    This will go up when I get my Warmlite DAM, but I'm fine with the weight as I need the equipment for where I hike.

    #1495153
    Ali e
    Member

    @barefootnavigator

    Locale: Outside

    Raymond, sorry I should have been more specific on season. My setup is the only one I have for year round use on 4 plus days thru hiking/trekking. Less than that and I take my Ion. I don't even bother to weight it as its so light. I am a three season person. When winter hits I do my best to find spring in the southern hemisphere. I am just using the Lafuma as a test. At the end of the summer I will switch back to either an western Mountaineering or feathered friends 30 degree bag. The 30 covers everything and I can add and subtract clothing as needed. Ali

    #1495404
    Lynn Tramper
    Member

    @retropump

    Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

    I go heavy on the pack. I carry a LuxuryLite frame and hipbelt with a converted GoLite Gust attached. I have yet to find a pack that weighs less than a kilo/2lbs that carries comfortably.

    Summer trips:
    Frame: 18oz
    Hipbelt: 8oz
    Gust: 9oz
    WM POD 30 bag: 14oz
    Half a Refuge-X (including stakes): 8oz
    Torso sized Ridgerest: 4oz

    total: 61oz, 3.8lbs or 1.7kg

    For colder trips, pack stays the same, but swap the POD30 for a POD15 (750g/26oz), the ridgerest for a DAM (680g/24oz) and the Refuge-X for half a Nallo 2 (1kg/35oz).

    120oz/7.5lbs/3.4kg

    I can't imagine why stake weight wouldn't be included in shelter weight?

    #1495439
    Chris Chastain
    Spectator

    @thangfish

    Locale: S. Central NC, USA

    >I can't imagine why stake weight wouldn't be included in shelter weight?

    There is only 1 logical reason:

    That you don't use stakes at all.

    #1495451
    Lynn Tramper
    Member

    @retropump

    Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

    "There is only 1 logical reason:

    That you don't use stakes at all."

    Then your stake weight would be zero. If you use stakes for your shelter, then surely you should count that weight as part of your shelter weight? Unless you use your spork, toothbrush, trekking poles and chopsticks as stakes, in which case I'm not sure which category you would attribute them too! Hmmm….a new gadget…titanium spake=spork on one end and sharpened stake on the other. And then there's the titanium handled toothstake…

    #1495462
    Rick Cheehy
    Member

    @kilgoretrout2317

    Locale: Virginia

    CD Pro lite3 11oz
    GG Mariposa plus 22.3oz
    GG Nightlight 3.5oz
    TT Rainshadow 2 42oz
    REI Kilo flash 19oz

    94.8
    6.1 lbs

    This is for me and the Mrs. The tarp tent is like a ballroom, it's heavy but we love it.The nightlight is my backpanel. I may or may not have included stake weights. I'll never tell mwahahahaha!!!

    #1495481
    Chris Chastain
    Spectator

    @thangfish

    Locale: S. Central NC, USA

    > Then your stake weight would be zero.

    Ding ding ding. We have a winner!

    wink smiley

    #1495545
    jj
    BPL Member

    @calculatinginfinity

    6.48lbs:
    ULA Ohm 21 oz
    Slumberjack 30f bag 41 oz
    ¾ length CCF 11.25oz
    DIY Speer-Type hammock ~20.8 oz
    JRB 8×8 tarp 8.85 oz
    Aluminum Stakes (2) .7oz

    if i didnt have to pay for classes and books id have a nice quilt

    #1495581
    Raymond Estrella
    Member

    @rayestrella

    Locale: Northern Minnesota

    OK if taking what I want (not something I have to test) here is my base

    Summer/lowlands Spring/Fall/high altitude

    Pack Exos 34 33 oz Exos 58 41.8 oz

    Bag Phantom 32 22.8 oz BA Zirkel 34 oz

    Shelter Seedhouse SL2 47 oz Seedhouse SL2 47 oz

    Pad Neo Air reg. 14.5 oz BA IAC long 26.3 oz

    Total 7.33 lb 9.32 lb

    I will probably replace the bags with a GoLite Ultra 20 but have not used it yet.

    #1495588
    Richard Matthews
    Member

    @food

    Locale: Colorado Rockies

    Warbonnet BlackBird hammock 30.0

    poncho rainfly and pitchkit 14.4

    zpack Blast 32 6.6

    hip belt with z pack pouches 2.3

    Reflextic frame and insulation 8.8

    3/8" pad for extra insulation 5.6

    No Sniveller quilt 21.2

    Total 88.9 oz.

    Where I hike I need a kit that is comfortable down to freezing.

    I could go lighter if I were willing to sleep on the ground… but.

    #1495595
    John Brochu
    Member

    @johnnybgood4

    Locale: New Hampshire

    Below is what I consider my standard 3-season "big 3+1 kit" with all the necessary accessories.

    Z-PACKS Blast 18 with cuben raincover, 6.9oz

    GoLite Adreniline +40 with BPL medium packliner, 23.1oz

    SMD Gatewood Cape (including guylines and stakes) with TiGoat Bivy and Polycryo groundsheet, 21.45oz

    3/8" GG CCF Pad cut to 35" length, 2.95oz

    Total = 3.4 pounds.

    Edit: White Mountains so wet climate down to roughly 32 degrees F.

    #1495751
    Mark Hurd
    BPL Member

    @markhurd

    Locale: Willamette Valley

    Three season-temps 35 to 90 F (1.7 to 32 C) – includes stakes (2), hammock suspension, etc.

    SMD – Essence Pack = 19 oz (539 g)
    Hennesy Hammock – Adventure Racer = 21 oz (595 g)
    Jacks-R-Better – Stealth underquilt = 15 oz (425 g)
    Montbell – #3 sleeping bag = 21 oz (595 g)

    Total = 76oz = 4 lb 12 oz = 2.15 kg

    #1495775
    jim bailey
    BPL Member

    @florigen

    Locale: South East

    Recently relocated from the NE and changing things up for summer in the south, few things on
    order, but here goes:

    07 MLD Prophet, tricked out – 8oz
    BPL UL 90 quilt with stuff sack – 13oz
    MLD Serenity shelter – 8 oz
    GG Spin solo tarp, seam seated & lines – 7 oz
    Stakes – 1.4 oz
    Prolite xsmall pad – 8oz
    custom foam pad set up – full length – 5 oz

    50.4 OZ
    3,15 lbs

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