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Gear Options

The following table lists some of the best lightest currently available. We provide this information to help you identify the available options, but you must do your own research and decide what is right for you. Part of the fun of getting involved in ultralight backpacking is educating yourself on gear options and tailoring your gear to your own personal needs and preferences. Once you purchase your gear, you own it, so choose carefully before you buy.

 

Ultralight

Lightweight

Pack

Removable stays:

Internal Frame:

Gossamer Gear Mariposa - 60 L, 19.3 oz

ULA Equipment Catalyst -75 L, 43 oz

Six Moon Designs Comet - 60 L, 29 oz

GoLite Quest - 72 L, 51 oz

Six Moon Designs Starlite - 67 L, 29 oz

Granite Gear Vapor Trail - 59 L, 37 oz

Six Moon Designs Traveler - 63 L, 31 oz

Gregory Z55 - 55 L, 53 oz

Frameless:

Osprey Exos 46 -  46 L, 30 oz

Six Moon Designs Essence - 51 L. 13 oz

Osprey Exos 58 - 58 L, 38.5 oz

MLD Prophet - 45 L, 5.9 oz

REI Flash 50 - 50 L, 42 oz

MLD Exodus - 52 L, 11.3 oz

REI Flash 65 - 65 L, 50 oz

MLD Arc - 69 L, 14.2 oz

The North Face Skareb 65 - 65 L, 54 oz

GoLite Jam2 - 51 L, 21 oz

The North Face Skareb 50 - 50 L, 48 oz

Pack Rain Cover

Trash compactor bag - 2.5 oz

Coated nylon pack cover - 6 oz

Silnylon pack cover - 2.5 to 3 oz

 

Integral Designs Silcoat Cape – 5 oz

 

Shelter

Poncho-Tarp - 4 to 12 oz

Single wall tents:

SMD Gatewood Cape - 11 oz

Gossamer Gear One - 17.5 oz

Tarp - 9 to 18 oz

Tarptent Sublite - 18.5/21 oz

Bivy bag - 16 oz or less

Gossamer Gear Squall Classic - 22 oz

Floorless shelters:

Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo - 23 oz

Gossamer Gear SpinnShelter -

Six Moon Designs Lunar Duo - 39 oz

Integral Designs Silshelter - 16.5 oz

AntiGravityGear O2 - 28 oz

Integral Designs SilDome - 26 oz

Double wall tents:

MLD Silnylon Mid - 25 oz

Big Sky Intl. Evolution 2P - 49 oz

MLD Spinntex Mid - 19 oz

Big Sky Intl. Convertible 2P - 54 oz

MLD TrailStar - 16 oz

Big Sky Intl. Montana 2P - 43 oz

 

Mountain Hardwear Helion - 53 oz

 

Terra Nova Laser - 42 oz

 

Big Agnes Fly Creek - 35 oz

Sleeping Bag

Mt. Hardware Phantom 32 (32 F) 22 oz

 Any 30 degree bag 1.75-2.5 lb

Marmot Hydrogen (30 F) 25 oz

 Any 15 degree bag 2-3 lb

Marmot Helium (15 F) 31 oz

 

GoLite Adrenaline 20 (20 F) 30 oz

 

WM Summerlite (32 F) 19

 

WM Alpinlite (20 F) 31 oz

 

WM Megalite (30 F) 24 oz

 

WM Ultralite (20 F) 29 oz

 

Montbell Down Hugger #3 (30 F) 23 oz

 

Sleeping Pad

Gossamer Gear NightLight - 4 oz

Therm-a-Rest Prolite 3 Short - 13 oz

RidgeRest - 8 oz

Backpacking Light Torsolite - 10 oz

Z-Rest - 8.2 oz

Big Agnes Clearview Air Pad - 11.5 oz

Ground Sheet

Type 1443R Tyvek - 3.5 to 5 oz

Manufacturer’s tent footprint - 16 oz

Tyvek Housewrap - 4.5 to 9.5 oz

 

Stove

Trail Designs Caldera Cone - 3.5 oz

Coleman F1 UL canister - 2.7 oz

Trail Designs Caldera Keg - 6.5 oz

Snow Peak Lite Max - 1.9 oz

 

Snow Peak GigaPower - 2.5 oz

Cook Pot

Cladera Keg - 6.3 oz

Evernew .9 liter Titanium  4.9 oz

FireLite SUL-1100 Ti Cookpot - 3 oz

MSR Titan Kettle - 4 oz

FireLite SUL-550 Ti Cookpot - 2 oz

WalMart Grease Strainer - 3.8 oz

Water Treatment

Potable Aqua (iodine)

 Timberline Filter - 6 oz

Aqua Mira (chlorine dioxide)

Meridian Designs mUV - 2.4 oz

Klearwater (chlorine dioxide)

McNett Aqua Mira Frontier Pro Filter - 4 oz

Rain Gear

Frogg Toggs Pro Action Suit - 15 oz

Sierra Designs Isotope - 8 oz

RainShield jacket and pants - 9.7 oz

TNF Triumph/Diad - 6.2/8 oz

GoLite Virga jkt. and Reed pants - 15 oz

 Marmot Mica - 7 oz

MLD Rain Chaps - 2.2 oz

 Mountain Hardwear Quark - 9 oz

Stuff Sacks

Silnylon

Coated nylon

Flashlight

Photon Freedom Microlight - 0.2 oz

Petzl e+Lite - 1 oz

Photon ReX Rechargeable - 0.5 oz

 

 

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