Favorite piece of gear – Fall 2012 edition

I've recently overhauled a lot of gear, but so far, the stand-out combinations are:

1. ZPacks Arc Blast backpack with ZPacks hip belt and shoulder pouch

2. Trailroc 245's with Wigwam Ironman Triathlon sock & Dirty Girl Gaiter

3. TD Caldera Cone (Sidewinder) with mods to use Zelph's Starlyte stove & Evernew 600 Ti Pot

4. Zebralight H31 Headlamp

Edit: Sidewinder

2012 Favorites:

Exped Synmat UL7
Mont Bell Ex Light Jacket
Arcteryx (GASP!) Palisade and Rampart pants
Montrail AT Plus Trail Runners
Jetboil Sol Ti (got one for less than 50% MSRP!)

Old favorites I still like:
Icebreaker 150 T-shirt
Osprey Exos 46
The good old folding Ti spork
Victorinox SAK
iPhone 4 Multi-Use Gizmo

It is hard to pick one thing that is a favorite above all others when so many things in my system have really come to shine this year, however if I had to pick just one thing that I use the most and appreciate every time I do, it has got to be my Golite Jam. A lot of people knock it because it is rather heavy for a frameless pack, but it is far more comfortable than any other pack I own for a short trip's load.