Adding weight to increase efficiency. Thoughts?

I use stuff sacks for organizing: one small drawstring bag for first aid and emergency essentials, another for personal hygiene, a big one for food/bear hang, a roll top for insulated clothing and a light compression sack for my sleeping bag if I need to reduce volume. All my kitchen stuff goes in a big ziplock.

You are certainly aware of the weight issues and understand the compromise. So use as few stuff sacks as possible and getvthe lightest ones that will function for your needs.

I am an ordained minister of the Universal Light Church and I absolve you of all stuff sacks sins and guilt. Go forth into the wilderness, with the golden light of efficiency falling on your face.

Three Zpacks roll=top "blast" dry bags for me. Each is liters/40 grams. One holds my quilt and hammock and goes in the bottom. Another holds my kitchen and goes on top (it hangs at night). In the middle my clothes and most everything else, with a few small odds & ends in the smaller pockets and tarp outside. Works well for me and adds 4 oz.

>"I was thinking about carrying a couple head nets as stuff sacks just because they are so light. Maybe I'll give those a shot if they're cheap enough. "

$3-4 each. And they multipurpose as, imagine that!, mosquito head nets. Not great with pointy stuff like forks, cause they snag, but for soft things, the see-through aspect is nice.

Cutting one up into several smaller see-through sacks could also be done. In the multi-purpose vein, consider making them mitten-sized if you might ever get into the clouds of mosquitos we can get in Alaska. It's not perfect hand protection, but 80% is better than 0%.

Forgive me, Father Dale for I have sinned. I have used small zip locks from the bulk-spice display at the store to organize toiletries and first-aid supplies within bigger stuff sacks. At 1.7 grams each, that's what? 17 Hail Marys and kneeling in penitence until one knee is bleeding?

I use this; http://www.equinoxltd.com/the-gear/bags-and-pouches/monarch_ultralite_travel_bag for all my small items and it holds an amazing amount of stuff in all the pockets and sections. I use this and three color coded sil stuff sacks for everything – there isn't a loose item in my pack. I pack the same way every day and every trip which saves time and frustration. This, and pairing items down over the years to the bare minimum, feeds my OCD and makes me happier on the trail and in camp.

A lot of good advice still coming in. I've been out in the yard setting up and tearing down camp (I'm serious about this efficiency thing lol) and I think I've come up with a pretty good routine. And, after adding my head net, which I'll need in the coming trips since the bugs are already out, as a stuff sack for clothes, I only felt the need to add one smallish sack for a few smaller things.

So far, seems to be working out great. Thanks for the great advice. Can't wait till next weekend to get up to the mountains!!!