+1 All this.
I think it's a disservice to Newbs beginning to consider going to lighter wt kits, and even some who have been in the UL deep end of the pool for some time who haven't become aware, when a generalized wt range is categorized to be conventional, moderate, light, UL, SUL, XUL, extreme mega nano light, etc. I think it points to humans having a need to ANALize, calculate, categorize, inject superlatives, and rule with more than wee bit of pride in a lowest wt pissing contest. I find much of this boring and a cliche. We then, and I've done it too many times, start saying things like UL for 3 season. I ask myself, "what the heck does 3 season mean?", because 3 season in Cascades NP does not always equal 3 season in Shenandoah NP on the AT which certainly does not equal 3 season in Hawaii Volcanoes NP at the summit of Mauna Loa or 3 season off trail crossing a glacier and off trail in Wrangell-St Elias NP in Alaska when I'm out with a Tipi Walter sized 20 day supply or Arches NP in Utah off trail. There are so many variations it starts becoming foggy and messy. The more I know the more detail I include the more I realize that vastness of that which I will never know or will have the details for.
"Don't worry so much or make things so complicated so often, HIKE ON" I tell myself.
jus my ramblings.