New Backpacking / Hiking Weight Calculator App

[Mike J]

Alright new update being pushed to app stores now :-)

Android approval super fast as usual and is already live. iOS app store should be approved hopefully later tonight or tomorrow.

Update includes:

– Add ability to export entire Gear List as CSV from settings
– If you mark item as worn and quantity is more then 1 in your pack, only the 1st one will count as worn item. The rest will be counted as in your pack.

[Josh J]

Maybe I have it marked wrong? 3 shirts, marked as worn and all three counted as worn weight

[Mike J]

hmmm are you sure you updated that app?

just for a test could you create a test item. Like a sock, and make it one pound for easy math. Mark as worn weight and put quantity of two. Take a screen shot then do quantity 3.

[Josh J]

Nevermind I thought it auto updated….  It didn’t, now updated and works

[Mike J]

Ooooo, you had to go into the play store an update? Gotcha. I may have one slight visual bug on the graph in certain circumstances that I just noticed….  numbers will be right but graph is slightly off so investigating that right now. But should be mostly good more you lol

[Mike J]

This is one of my bigger releases to come out recently. Added a new feature that checks out what is in your pack and makes recommendations.

The recommendations start out simple, following the basic ten essentials. As you add items the pack checker will check on some more advanced rules to make sure you are not missing anything essential. For example:

– If you pack a tent or tarp, but you do not have tent stakes you will get a warning to suggest adding tent stakes.

– Staying out over night and dont have a sleeping pad, you will get a suggestion to pack one.

– Going backpacking but dont have a potty trowel or wag bag? We will make sure you don’t forget to pack one!

These are just a couple checks that we will do with over 20+ rules built out right now. If you think of any others that you think would be helpful, feel free to comment and I would love to discuss new ideas to help people prepare for their trips!

I hope this feature will help beginner hikers and backpackers and experts alike. I was surprised by some of the items I forgot in some of my bigger packs while I was testing this feature out!

Here are some screenshots:

 

Additionally in this release I added the ability to export an individual pack as a CSV file as well.

Release is currently live in Android and is awaiting review in the Apple iOS store. Cant wait to hear what you all think!

[Josh J]

Looks nice! Great job!

I’ve been playing around more and noticed that when I have my pack weight set to Lb and Oz it doesn’t display oz. For instance it shows 25.71lb  not 25lb 11.36oz or even 11oz rounding down

[Mike J]

Josh,

The  pounds and ounces setting works a little differently then you are expecting I think. When you select pounds and ounces anything over 1 pound shows up in pounds and then any item less then a pound will show up in ounces.

[Josh J]

Gotcha, yeah I was expecting to see both over 1lb. Just curious is that possible?

Also curious how the sub packs with drop down in main packs was coming?

 

No rush, just curious 😁

[Mike J]

Gotcha, yeah I was expecting to see both over 1lb. Just curious is that possible?

Anything is possible with programming :-)

I can put it on the todo list, but honestly its not the highest thing right now.

Also curious how the sub packs with drop down in main packs was coming?

I havent started this yet. Still need to go into a design phase.

Right now I have been working on optimizations for larger screens. I may be able to push out a web based version before Christmas if all goes well :-)

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