Top 3 gear of the year.

[Cheyou]

What's your top 3 grear choices of the year ? Amazing gear you think is the best in its class.

Thom

[Starchild]

For the year in review, I have nothing that I can think of right now that came out in 2016 that is way better then what is already available, perhaps incrementally better. NeoAir gets less crinkly, may be on the list, but not a game changer.

[egilbe]

Exped Synmat Hyperlight Duo. So much easier than strapping two mis-matched pads together.

[YoungBloodOnTrail]

Nemo Hornet

[Cheyou]

It doesn't have to b 2016. The 3 top gear choices .

[cmoulder]

Zpacks Arc Blast (pre-2015)

Zpacks Duplex

Montbell Versalite jacket

[Dogwood]

Feathered Friends 20* Swallow UL

Katabatibc quilts

Enlightened Equipment quilts(in warmer range, GREAT budget friendly UL warmer weather quilt)

Altra shoes.

Mountain Laurel Designs Solomid in .75 cuben

[G-FOURce]

Gonna sound like a head-scratcher, but the ThermaRest ZLite pad takes the cakw for me. I use it on top of my BA SLX and it is the difference b/w two hours of restless sleep and six or seven hours of restful sleep amd it also eliminates the hip pain I get sleeping on my side. I don't think I could do a trip without it. After that, probably the S2S Aeros UL pillow which also is a gamechanger for a side sleeper like me. And bringing up the rear is a threeway tie for third b/w S2S Ti long-handled spoon, Darn Tough socks, or the Jetboil TiSol pot.

[josh_ATL]

-MLD Duomid (.74oz cuben fiber pyramid style tarp, super easy to set up, sheds wind like a champ! also doesn't hold on to the couple extra lbs of water like silnylon)
-Altra Lone Peak 3.0 Neoshell (waterproof-ish trail runners, super comfy and they actually breathe!)
-Montbell Plasma 1000 Parka (8.4oz hooded down jacket, super warm and weighs nothing!)

Notable Mentions:
Gossamer Gear Kumo (awesome frameless, superlight 36L pack)
Canon G1-X Mark II Camera (point & shoot camera that takes DSLR quality photos, and is small enough to carry in a pocket!)

[dark_foot]

•Gossamer Gear Gorilla 40 UL ~ the most recent variation with an updated removable top lid, hackable into multiple configurations

•ZPacks Solplex ~ .51oz CF

•Katabatic Gear Palisade 30° quilt ~ 850fp hydrophobic down

Honorable mentions:
•Altra Lone Peak 3.0
•Montbell Tachyon Anorak wind-shirt
•Montane Featherlite trail pants
•Suluk46 Ti Tark Trowel
•Lawson Equipment Technora Toughlace

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[fastfoxengineering]

Everyone keeps talking about the gossamer gear kumo. I'm torn between that or the gorilla. Not really a fan of top lids, but gossamer gear has my attention


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[Engine]

Zpacks Triplex - A castle for two tired hikers.

Nemo insulated Tensor Mummy pad - Whisper quiet, 1/2" thicker and more comfortable the the NeoAir Xlite, big improvement.

Caldera cone cooking system - Stable, efficient, lightweight.

[CoolBobby]

MSR Guardian Purifier.... Hands down the best, safest water source out there. I wish I had it in the military.
http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/wa...rifier/product

Loco Libre 10 Habanero UQ- George is an artist
http://www.locolibregear.com/gear.ht...=0&sort=normal

Kestrel Ti Hiker - Life long scout/hunter/military/conservationist and this knife is perfectly sized and virtually weighs nothing.
https://www.kestrelknives.com/

[Mags]

• My library card.

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• My old Wrangler poly-cotton shirt

]Plaid so it does not look like I’m on safari and is acceptable town wear. Sun and bug protection, dries quickly. It really is my favorite hiking shirt ever.

• My P-51 can opener

]I can scrape ice out of ski bindings, tighten up a pole, pop open a beer bottle in a pinch, open up a package, clean crud from fingernails and open up a can of delicious Hatch Green Chile I pack in for trips.
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[poolskaterx]

Patagonia R1 full zip

Hexamid solo plus

my DIY saw inspired by QiWiz

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/atta...1&d=1477346262

[trailmercury]

Zpacks Arc Haul
Enlightened Equipment Revelation Quilt
Big Agnes Q-Core SLX wide regular

[Rmcpeak]

Zpacks Zero small (OMFG!) found one at good price on EBAY just how I would have had it custom made.
Patagonia 9 Trails Shorts. 300 very hot weather miles on mine with ZERO CHAFE OR SWAMP ASS. Zippered pockets.
Altra shoes -- put 300 miles on my Lone Peak 2.5s and have a set of 3.0s but I'm afraid to take them out.

(four: zpacks pocket tarp, five: Patagucchi Houdini -- sorry).

Can I just list my whole SUL summer kit? I'm there. 4.5 lbs baby.

[josh_ATL]

Everyone keeps talking about the gossamer gear kumo. I'm torn between that or the gorilla. Not really a fan of top lids, but gossamer gear has my attention


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Both packs are really awesome packs! If you can fit everything into the Kumo, then go for it! If not, the Gorilla is the next best thing! I carry the Kumo without the hip belt and barely notice I even have a pack on!

[Rmcpeak]

Both packs are really awesome packs! If you can fit everything into the Kumo, then go for it! If not, the Gorilla is the next best thing! I carry the Kumo without the hip belt and barely notice I even have a pack on!

I have a Gorilla and love it. Have about 700 miles on it. It is very comfortable, but if I could do it again, I'd get the Kumo. The Gorilla has gotten too big as my kit has gotten lighter. I came across a ZPACKS zero at a very good price, otherwise I'd probably be buying a Kumo, or even the smaller daypack -- still may.

[nsherry61]

S2S Silnylong Poncho/tarp
Altra Lone Peak shoes
Moreno Wool Buff