I was making an excel sheet for my gear, then I made a hypothetical XUL one, then I started making a heavier one to be very comfortable and around 15lb. But I couldn't do it! Can you help? The idea is justifiable comfort/weight tradeoffs, so no silly Gregory packs or Kelty tents, but maybe some 'just because items'. Even when I try, I can't come in over 10lb :(((

Luxurious Lightweight List:
Ray-Way Quilt 25
Pocket Rocket 4
pot 6
Gorilla 23
Neo Air 9
Platys+AM+FP 10
Lunar Solo 26
Tikka XP 5
Frog Togg pants 6
eVent Jacket 10
Lofty pullover 7
wool l/s 8
pack liner 1
hat/gloves 2
wool longjohn 5
extra socks 3
FAK 2
Bear bagging 2
10 essentials 5

159oz=9.94lb

pffft. I weighed my luxury baseweight last week at 48lbs.

one day...

What, no pillow

Add some down booties to your decadent list! And a pot scraper and collapsible sink.

Funny you mentioned this. I've actually been giving myself a serious guilt trip over my luxury items!

I don't even want to tell people on here what I'm contemplating bringing!

"pffft. I weighed my luxury baseweight last week at 48lbs."

Jack, You've already eaten 8lbs of chips out of that sack of spuds?

Edited by justaddfuel on 03/25/2010 08:08:06 MDT.

Beer?

Book(s)
Camp chair
Sandals
Beer
Fresh fruit
Bacon
Bagels

Yall bring up a goood point... if I can keep my luxury baseweight low, it means more space for 'luxury consumables'. Maybe a hammock for lounging, an ipod... I'm finding it funny how bad at this I am.

Looked through Campmor to get some ideas... it's been so long! Look at this stove! Burns jet fuel! 56 oz! Ahhh the nights as a child I spent with a flashlight blackening my thumbs on their newsprint...

+1 on David's list and add:
Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers
Hammock
Fishing gear
Good cheese
Good bread
Folding bowsaw=big fires (yes, deadwood only in auth areas)
Kite
Slingshot

"You might be a redneck" category:
Fireworks
Large gun outside of hunting season
Portable DVD player
Loud speakers for your MP3 (I'm seeing more of these, ugh)
Drunken friends for fighting (seen some of these too)

- Down filled mat (e.g. Exped or Big Agnes).

- Down filled pillow.

- eVent pants.

- Hard plastic bottles on top of your platys.

- Extra clothes for sleeping in.

- Wet Wipes.

- Beer.

Sid

A few items I actually backpack with that are definitely luxury items:

--Cushy XP pillow from Arrowhead Equipment
--Japanese pull saw, weighs about 5 oz. (not on all trips, but on any trip I think a nighttime fire might be nice)
--A knife for batoning
--2 titanium mugs - one for hot chocolate and a small one for scotch/coffee
--Scotch (in a titanium flask)
--A 2-cup ziploc container with lid and cozy for rehydrating/eating
--A cozy for my MLD 850 pot
--Down booties in colder temps

I also prefer backpacking with a hammock, so a bit extra weight there. I don't pretend to be UL, just a lighter weight backpacker (my base is still around 15 pounds in colder temps)

Douglas--do you have any more info on that Japanese saw? That's pretty light if it works well and carries OK.

A watermelon

"A watermelon"

Lol. I did this once. It weighed about the same as the rest of my kit. I carried it across a causeway onto the tiny island of Ciovo off the coast of Croatia and along a cliff ledge for 2 miles to our destination, a tiny fishermens chapel with a well overlooking the Adriatic.

I must return.

I just weighed it, it's 172 grams (just over 6 ounces, with the plastic 'cover' on the blade). I bought it at Harbor Freight Tools, I think it was called. Pic below next to tent stake for comparison. Of course, a concerted ULer could lighten it up by putting a different handle on it. They make a smaller one as well.

It works great, I've used it to cut through 4"-5" pieces of tree (already down, of course) for fires. Goes through it pretty quickly.

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Edited by idester on 03/25/2010 17:24:00 MDT.

Douglas--I like that saw. Maybe not an every trip item, but for more leisurely trips it's perfect. This along with a knife for splitting wood and you can really go pyro even when it's wet. Thanks for the photo.

Here is a lighter Harbor Freight pull saw. I don't have this but if I remember correctly it was just over 2oz.

Luxury Saw!

Edited by Bender on 03/25/2010 20:21:25 MDT.

Yup, 2 oz. (on my cheapo scale). I bought that one too. But I haven't used it, I like the larger one so much I haven't bothered to bring the smaller one yet.