What's the weight of your BIG FOUR?

[Happy]

Everyone says to try and reduce the weight of the big four to lightest, based upon what works for YOU!

I use the following:

Pack--GVP G4 15.7oz
Tarptent Nomadlite (including groundcloth, ti-stakes and max ties) 33.0oz
Sleeping Bag WM Ultralite (plus Jagbag mummy silk liner) 32.0oz
Pad (3/4 Z-rest) 10.9oz
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91.6oz
Total : 5.73 lbs. for the big four

What do you use??

[A-Train]

Western Mountaineering Ultralite 30 oz
Ridgerest 14oz
Just got a : Hennesey Hammock 32 oz (weight seems to be different from each person who mentions it. Bag says 28 oz
Mountainsmith Ghost 38 oz as advertised...

114ish oz- just under 7 lbs.

[jec6613]

Well, my pack weighs in at 7 lbs fully configured (knife, flashlight, compass, lanyards, radio hookup, pack repair kit, duct tape, extra batteries, etc.), probably around 4 lbs stripped, give or take an ounce or two. Generic no out of business company, but it's an external and I like that. I figure the 7 when calculating pack weight so I don't have to add up all of the small stuff individually (and, more importantly, I don't forget it and it's always ready to go since I sharpen, replace batteries, etc. after every trip).

Sleeping bag is a North Face Polarguard, one of the originals and rated to 20 (I've gone down to 0 in it no problem, so I think they underrated it), 4 lbs 2 oz including sack and 2 oz pillow. For summer I take a 50 degree bag weighing in at 2 lbs including sack and pillow, I forget who made it, it's in storage right now.

Pad is 10 oz full length closed cell foam including nylon sack to prevent damage.

Tent is either a 4 lb 15 oz North Face Tadpole 23 (on order, I'm quoting mfr weights, but it should be close; my old tent just got too old), or in the summer during good weather on a weekend I just take my poncho and some stakes and use my hiking stick, which comes in at 6 oz.

Total for heavy (used for long distance where weather might change, etc.) is 16 lbs 11 oz, or 13 lbs 11 oz with a stripped pack.

Total for light (short term and summer only) is 10 lbs even, or 7 lbs even with a stripped pack.

[chris]

WM Highlight w/ ID silk liner 24.1 oz
ULA Zenith 19 oz
3/4 Z-rest 12
DL Tacoma Tarp w/ 8 stakes and CF Pole 17

Total of 67.3 or 4 lbs 8.1 oz.

[flyfisher]

F2 Pack - 10.4 oz
doublebottom hammock with 5x10 tarp and stakes - 32.5 oz
Risk's Bag (down quilt) - 24 oz
Target 27" wide pad - 7.6 oz

= 4.66 lb

All home-made (except stakes and pad)
Pad cut in half and used as an OverlapPad.
For temps below 40 F with wind, add TravelPod, 8 oz, making it good down to 10 F.

F2 Pack:
http://www.imrisk.com/F2pack/F2pack.htm
hammock:
http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/ultraquarterweight.htm
quilt:
http://www.imrisk.com/bag/bag.htm
Overlap Pad:
http://www.imrisk.com/overlappad/overlap.htm
TravelPod
http://www.imrisk.com/hammock/travelpod.htm

[Kozmic Zian]

Yea.....Weight of 4 items.
1) Backpack - Go-lite Speed......31oz
2) Tent - Slumberjack Bivy........320z (w/2pegs, alum poles, fly, stuffie)
3) Sleeping Bag - Home Job Day Quilt....10oz.
4) Mattress-TRest UltraLite 3/4...16oz (w/stuffie)
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89oz....or 5lb.9oz

[Smee]

Everyone says to try and reduce the weight of the big four to lightest, based upon what works for YOU!

I use the following:

Pack--GVP G4 15.7oz
Tarptent Nomadlite (including groundcloth, ti-stakes and max ties) 33.0oz
Sleeping Bag WM Ultralite (plus Jagbag mummy silk liner) 32.0oz
Pad (3/4 Z-rest) 10.9oz
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91.6oz
Total : 5.73 lbs. for the big four

What do you use??

I use the following:

Homemade GORTEX pack - 24 oz.
Hennessy Hammock - 25 oz.
Down Under Quilt - 20 oz.
8' x 10' silnyl tarp - 16 oz.
Down Sleeping Quilt - 24 oz.

Total = 109 oz. (6.8 lbs)

During the warmer months the sleeping quilt is replace by a cut down Army poncho liner that weighs about 12 oz.

[chris]

Yea.....Weight of 4 items.
1) Backpack - Go-lite Speed......31oz
2) Tent - Slumberjack Bivy........320z (w/2pegs, alum poles, fly, stuffie)
3) Sleeping Bag - Home Job Day Quilt....10oz.
4) Mattress-TRest UltraLite 3/4...16oz (w/stuffie)
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79oz....or 4lbs.15oz

I think you mean 89 oz, or 5 lbs 9 oz. Isn't mathematics fun?

[slabfoot]

homesewn pack 14oz.
homesewn quilt 21oz.
silnylon tarp 16oz.
3/4 ridgrest 9oz.

total 3.75lbs.

[brian]

Moonbow Gearskin: 21oz
Hennessy Hammock w\ Homemade Silnylon fly: 29oz
Feathered Friends Kestrel: 31oz
24"x40" Closed cell pad: 8oz

Total: 89oz =>5lbs 9oz

[borntired]

Gust - 22 oz.
Sil shelter - 15 oz
WM Highlight - 16 oz
closed cell pad - 10 oz
3 lbs. 14 oz., add 8 oz for the stakes.

[Kerosene]

For a "Somewhat Lighter" hiker, here's what I carry for "shoulder season" hikes:

Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone - 48 oz.
Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo with 3 stakes - 25 oz.
Western Mountaineering Ultralite (20*) - 26 oz.
Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3s - 13 oz.

Total: 112 oz. or 7 lbs. even

[Sleepy the Arab]

Pack = Dana Designs K2 Shortbed, 7ish lbs
Tent = Old school Clip Flashlight, 4.5ish lbs
Sleeping Bag = Marmot Helium, Almost 2ish Lbs
Pad = Some kind of full lenghth Thermarest, almost 2ish, maybe.

So I guess I come in at 15 (as two "almost ish" anything is -.5 lbs). But it don't matter - I'm nice and comfy.

[Lilred]

Pack = Dana Designs K2 Shortbed, 7ish lbs
Tent = Old school Clip Flashlight, 4.5ish lbs
Sleeping Bag = Marmot Helium, Almost 2ish Lbs
Pad = Some kind of full lenghth Thermarest, almost 2ish, maybe.

So I guess I come in at 15 (as two "almost ish" anything is -.5 lbs). But it don't matter - I'm nice and comfy.

Nice to see someone else not into the ultralight

Tent = Old Style Kelty Zen.......5lb 1oz
Pack = Kelty Trekker 3900........5lb 12oz
Bag = Campmor 20* down .......2lb
Pad = 3/4 Ridgerest.....................10oz

total......................................13lb 7oz

I agree, I like my comfort.

[azchipka]

Nice to see someone else not into the ultralight

Tent = Old Style Kelty Zen.......5lb 1oz
Pack = Kelty Trekker 3900........5lb 12oz
Bag = Campmor 20* down .......2lb
Pad = 3/4 Ridgerest.....................10oz

total......................................13lb 7oz

I agree, I like my comfort.

Tent = 0
Hammock = Hennessy Ultralite Backpacker A-SYM w/ mods 2Lbs
Bag = some no name 20 degree down mummy 2.4 lbs
Pack = internal fram 4,900+ ci 3.1lbs
Pad = 0 i have a hammock no need for pad

Total = 7.5lbs

[Kozmic Zian]

Squuuuueeeessse me! Im artist don nonomaft....

[ezdoesit]

Ok I havn't posted anything in a long time so here goes.
Backpack-Go-Lite Breeze size large=13.8 ounces
Shelter-8 X 10 Sil-Nylon tarp-14.6
8 Titanium Pegs + Stuff Sack-1.8
Ground Cloth-1.8
Sleeping Bag-Freathered Friends 20 % Down-25.1
Stuff Sack/Sleeping Bag-0.9
Pad Z-Rest 36"-6.8

Grand Total=64.8 Ounces or 4lbs.0.5 ounces

[DeoreDX]

Pack: Equinox Kathadin 26oz
Tent: Tarptent Cloudburst 37.4oz w/ stakes + Sewn in floor
Pad: Prolite 3 Short + 30" Section of Ridgerest: 12.1oz + 5.6oz = 17.7oz
Bag: Western Mountaineering Megalite + 2oz down overfill: 27oz
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Total: 108.1oz (6lbs 12.1oz).

[Jaybird]

my big 4 (or 3 in my case..):


pack: REI MorningStar75 4lb 5oz
tent: Kelty Dart-2 2lb 7oz
sleep bag: Seirra Designs Wild Bill 3lb 0oz
NO SLEEP PAD 0

TOTAL: 9lbs 12oz

YIKES!...."where's my Ray Jardine book?"

[flyfisher]

Hammock = Hennessy Ultralite Backpacker A-SYM w/ mods 2Lbs

Pad = 0 i have a hammock no need for pad

How do you stay warm? I find a pad necessary to stay warm in a hammock if the temperature is below 70 F. The sleeping bag compresses to nothing and I begin to quickly cool off to much.