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Staff Picks 2025
Our staff selects their favorite hiking, backpacking, and other backcountry gear that they’ve used over the past year – the next edition of our infamous Staff Picks!
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Cottage Gear Guide: Ultralight Hiking & Backpacking Gear from Small, Startup, and Cottage Brands
Discover the most unique, innovative, and ultralight backpacking gear from small, startup, and cottage brands in our Cottage Gear Guide.
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Episode 122 | Unconventional Sleep Systems
In episode 122 the Backpacking Light podcast we’re going to learn about unconventional sleep systems—alternatives to traditional sleeping bags that emphasize modularity and minimalism.
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Staff Picks 2024
Our staff selects their favorite hiking, backpacking, and other backcountry gear that they’ve used over the past year – the next edition of our infamous Staff Picks!
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Publisher’s Gear Guide Update (Nov ’23)
The Publisher’s Gear Guide has been updated. This gear guide contains recommendations in various categories by Backpacking Light Publisher and Founder Ryan Jordan. This is the gear he actually chooses to use on his own trips.
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2022 Backpacking Light Members Choice Awards
First annual Members Choice Awards – what gear do our members use and love as we near the end of 2022?
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Western Mountaineering Summerlite Sleeping Bag
Gear reviews from our staff and members, buy/sell used, shopping tools, and more about the Western Mountaineering Summerlite Sleeping Bag.
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Synthetic Insulation Degradation Part 2: Thermal Performance vs. Compression
How bad does high-loft synthetic insulation (Climashield Apex and Primaloft Gold) degrade when subjected to repeated compression cycles? What’s the impact on backpacking gear and apparel?
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Feathered Friends Flicker UL Quilt
The Feathered Friends Flicker UL is one of the most versatile sleeping bags we’ve used. Its full-length zipper and cinchable footbox retains heat on cold nights, but it can be…
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Feathered Friends Hummingbird UL Sleeping Bag
The Feathered Friends Hummingbird UL is an efficiently-cut mummy bag with a highly water-resistant shell. It’s one of the most meticulously-designed sleeping bags we’ve used, and with Pertex Endurance 10…
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REI Magma Sleeping Bag
Not many ultralight backpackers expect cutting-edge gear from the likes of larger brands like REI, but REI has been quietly producing some of the most affordable premium-quality down bags and…
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ZPacks Solo Quilt
With lots of sizing options, premium fabric and down fill, the ZPacks Solo Quilt is very warm for its weight and a reasonably affordable choice for those who don’t want…
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ZPacks Classic Sleeping Bag
The ZPacks Classic Sleeping Bag is a good option when you want the flexiblity offered by a quilt without giving up the insurance of a full-zip mummy bag when temperatures…
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Feathered Friends Tanager 20 CFL Sleeping Bag
For the minimalist who needs more warmth than a quilt, and appreciates the simplicity of a zipperless, hoodless bag, the Feathered Friends Tanager 20 CFL is our recommendation for bags…
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Feathered Friends Lark 10 UL
We made a favorite even warmer. Take our most popular 20 degree model, the Swallow, add a full collar and additional fill, and you have a rock-solid three-season bag that…
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REI Magma 30 Sleeping Bag Review
In this REI Magma 30 Sleeping Bag review, Mark Wetherington analyzes its cut, yoke, insulation and quality of construction.
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