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  • #1652522
    Dan @ Durston Gear
    BPL Member

    @dandydan

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    Mine's gotta be cuben. In the last year I've acquired:

    – 2 cuben packs
    – 3 cuben shelters
    – 2 cuben packcovers
    – 7 cuben stuff sacks

    Please don't add that up.

    #1652527
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    – 2 cuben packs
    – 3 cuben shelters
    – 2 cuben packcovers
    – 7 cuben stuff sacks

    Please don't add that up.

    Did the math: comes to somewhere in the ballpark of the 2010 GDP.

    #1652530
    Jang-Tian Shieh(Syoten)
    BPL Member

    @syoten

    Locale: Taiwan

    Pack is my problem.
    I just want to try different packs in every trip.
    Hiking make me to buy new packs, and new packs push me to go to the wild.

    About 20 packs on hand including daypack, hiking packs, and traveling packs.

    Shelter is also my problem. 6 shelters and 2 hammock on the list.

    #1652541
    Dug Shelby
    Member

    @pittsburgh

    Locale: Bay Area

    My left hamstring! It's still not the same after pulling it 2+ months ago!

    I don't have any real gear weaknesses right now. I think my weakness is more DVD's and books…I love books!

    Dug
    http://thf2.wordpress.com

    #1652551
    Ross Novak
    Member

    @aurator

    Anything slightly lighter than what I just bought. My 34 gram Baledeo for instance is now too heavy. 22 gram here I come.

    #1652556
    Jonathan Ryan
    BPL Member

    @jkrew81

    Locale: White Mtns

    I currently own 5 pairs. Thank goodness for awesome prices on runningwarehouse

    #1652566
    John Vance
    BPL Member

    @servingko

    Locale: Intermountain West

    I would have to say my weakness is anything "new and improved." As was stated earlier, I have the "buy, sell, buy, sell, buy" problem as well. It seems to be as much of a hobby as actually getting out and using the gear.

    When I was able to get out more I seemed to buy less. Perhaps researching and buying new gear is just a substitute for not be able to get out as much as I would like.

    If I had to list one weakness it would be down sleeping bags. In the past 5 years nearly 30 bags/quilts have come and gone. The Katabatic Sawatch is a keeper but all others could be up for sale at any time.

    #1652570
    Thomas Burns
    BPL Member

    @nerdboy52

    Locale: "Alas, poor Yogi.I knew him well."

    . . . is that I'm willing to spend too much danged money to lose a few grams of pack weight. Thus, I just bought a cuben poncho for $160 that will save me 1.5 oz over my $9.95 DryDucks jacket. Thus, I owned the Baledeo 34g knife and replaced it with the 22g knife.

    Broke but SUL,

    Stargazer

    #1652576
    Ike Jutkowitz
    BPL Member

    @ike

    Locale: Central Michigan

    I share Stargazer's addiction, and I know it's a problem because I sometimes ship my new gear to a work address so my wife doesn't see what's coming into the house.

    Most of it is completely justified though. For example, sleeping bags. The WM summerlite is my default go-to solo bag. I have a nunatak BCB, the widest quilt, for when camping with my not-so-cold-tolerant dog who likes to sleep under covers. The WM Puma, for when I'm trapped in the arctic. And I couldn't help but buy the new Cocoon quilt, because who knows if it will be available again, and maybe I will need a synthetic quilt for some wet monsoon adventure.

    I might just have found my perfect pack in the MLD burn, but am not ready to give up my Virga- might need it for the AT, or my Vapor Trail which I use in winter. I think I will retire my old terraplane pack (8 lb- more than my whole kit now) and 15 year old marmot synthetic sleeping bag.

    This thread is at odds with the minimalist philosophy most of us adhere to on the trail. I'd like to organize my gear room the same way I do my pack, and just have the things I absolutely need. For now, I've settled for getting rid of non-camping gear like clothes and books to make room for the outdoorsy stuff and to maintain a more spartan appearance.

    #1652632
    Elizabeth Tracy
    BPL Member

    @mariposa

    Locale: Outside

    Midlayers.

    Wool midlayers.
    Fleece midlayers.
    Light down jackets.
    Light down vest.
    Angora hiking sweater.
    Fuzzy Marmot windshirt.

    Everything else, I generally have just one of.

    But the midlayers…they're like family…which ones to leave home??

    – Elizabeth

    #1652661
    Dean F.
    BPL Member

    @acrosome

    Locale: Back in the Front Range

    Reese's Peanut Butter Cups come to mind. Not really hiking food but I can't resist them.

    Rog is now frantically googling "Arsenic-laced Peanut Butter Cups", I am sure.

    Otherwise, stove/pot combinations. I have four different Caldera Cones…

    #1652665
    Mike W
    BPL Member

    @skopeo

    Locale: British Columbia

    #1652677
    Lawson Kline
    BPL Member

    @mountainfitter

    Haha… I always wondered why people used different shipping addresses then billing addresses. Gotta hide the "weakness" from the wife…

    #1652685
    Dan @ Durston Gear
    BPL Member

    @dandydan

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    "I just bought a cuben poncho for $160 that will save me 1.5 oz over my $9.95 DryDucks jacket."
    Wow….that's over $100/oz saved. Impressive.

    #1652771
    Erik Danielsen
    BPL Member

    @er1kksen

    Locale: The Western Door

    My weakness is cheap stuff. I'm always looking to do more with less in terms of money the same way I do with ounces.

    Of course, many things that promise to be "bargains" turn out to be completely useless or crappy. A $5 webbing-like hammock from china just showed up on my doorstep. Listed at 4 oz. but feels more like 10 in my hand, oh well. Still lighter than my old hennessey. Still haven't tried it out yet. It feels really cheap, so I suspect it may turn out to be a bust. Hopefully I won't find out by busting my rear.

    But some bargains turn out to be real gems. A $30 pack from walmart just happens to have the perfect fit and features for me, I find a goretex jacket at the Salvation Army for $5, that kind of thing. And it does feel nice to know that many things in your pack can be replaced cheaply and quickly if anything happens to them.

    #1652776
    Jason Picard
    Member

    @jasonpicard

    Way too many shelters in my gear closet . . . not all are light!

    Eureka Smokey River (very old 'winter' four-pole dome)
    TNF Mountain 25
    TNF Vario 23
    MEC Tarn 2
    MSR Hubba Hubba
    Tarptent Squall 2
    Tarptent Contrail
    MEC Silicon Scout Tarp

    Only the Eureka and the Vario have seen enough nights to have been worth the investment. I just seem to want to try new stuff every time out. Currently only the Hubba Hubba and the Tarptents get used.

    #1652790
    Trill Daddy
    BPL Member

    @persianpunisher

    Mine are jackets too….

    Honestly, have near 15… half a dozen shells, a few softshells, a few fleeces… its bad.. anyone want some bomber gear for cheap? (MHW, Patagonia, North Face)

    #1653112
    John Devitt
    BPL Member

    @cabana

    Locale: Colorado

    Shelters

    MSR: missing link
    fast stash (on the way)

    Sierra Design: Lightning

    Mtn Hardwear: light wedge 2

    Golite:
    Sl-1 w/ nest
    SL 2 w/ nest
    SL-3 w/ nest & floor
    SL-4 w/ nest
    SL-5 w/ nest
    SL-6 w/ nest
    SL-8 nest
    Utopia 1 w/ floor
    Utopia 2
    Utopia 4 w/ floor
    Xanadu 2
    Hex 2 w/ nest & floor
    Arcadia 2
    Hut 1
    Hut 2 w/ nest
    Hut 2 proto in Epic
    Lair 2 w/ nest

    I have spare sl-1 tarps & some various nests if someone needs one. (no Ben, you can't have my extra SL-4 nest LOL!!!!!!!)

    I don't have a problm, I can quit anytime I want! Looking to trade for a SL-8 Tarp
    Regards,
    John

    #1653113
    Ben Wortman
    BPL Member

    @bwortman

    Locale: Nebraska

    Come on John, I bet your garage is too full, and I would be happy to take the nest off your hands!

    #1653133
    David Lutz
    Member

    @davidlutz

    Locale: Bay Area

    I've always had a problem with jackets and getting into backpacking has only made it worse. Much worse.

    I've purchased three in the last couple of weeks.

    But in all fairness to me, I also sold a fleece vest.

    So there……

    #1653136
    David Ure
    Member

    @familyguy

    Women. Period.

    #1653143
    Denis Hazlewood
    BPL Member

    @redleader

    Locale: Northern California

    Kelty Windfoil II
    Walrus Solo
    Sierra Designs Half Dome
    Sierra Designs Bike Light
    Big Sky Evolution 2P – with both standard and porch fly
    Tarptent Sublite
    REI Cyclops Bivy – with Cyclops medium 40° bag
    Integral Designs Unishelter Exp, eVENT version

    My favorite is the Sublite.

    #1653144
    Michael Fogarty
    BPL Member

    @mfog1

    Locale: Midwest

    Packs:

    McHale Chasm
    McHale LBP36
    ULA Catalyst
    ULA Circuit
    Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone
    Lowe Alpine Contour 60+10 Hyperlite
    Osprey Stratos 24

    #1653182
    Mike W
    BPL Member

    @skopeo

    Locale: British Columbia

    #1653194
    Barry Cuthbert
    BPL Member

    @nzbazza

    Locale: New Zealand

    >> Women. Period.

    Whoa… that one could be really expensive!<<

    Especially one you try to trade-in an heavier older model with feature creep for a newer lighter model ;) (i'm just saying…)

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