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My pack weight for multi day trips. A couple of things might get left behind, this does include rifle etc and using the Spika pack which is a fantastic load carrier.
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My pack weight for multi day trips. A couple of things might get left behind, this does include rifle etc and using the Spika pack which is a fantastic load carrier.
@Happy Jack IF you add on a tent, food for five plus days realistic number for spare cloths, ice axe that's about where i am sitting
The most difficult bit of "multi day trip" equipment to sort I think is the daypack/knifebelt/binopouch thing. I like to leave my main pack in camp, usually nice and tidy with most stuff stowed in case a quick exit is required- weathers setting in/shoot something right on dark and want to get out ahead of the game.
My usual day pack (twin needle mollyme) is way to heavy to carry "extra",a bumbag doesn't sit well under a normal pack/waist belt (for me anyway) and a bino pouch's I've seen don't have enough room to carry all the day stuff ....Thought on what works for you ??
ok heres mine, its always changing a little
Pack:
Kuiu 4000Lt and rain cover 2.35Kg
Sleep System: 2.25 Kg
Kuiu Summit Star
Sea to summit Spark 3 Sleeping bag
Thermorest neo Air
sea to summit pillow
Reactor liner
Cooking: 1 Kg
Msr Pocket rocket deluxe
Jetboil frying pan
Tokes titanium plate
350ml titanium cup
small knife
full gas can
small bag with lighter, spices, spork etc
Packed Clothes: 1.4kg
all Kuiu :oh noes:
240 hoodie
zip off long johns
kutana rain jacket
super down pro puffer
axis gloves and neck gatier
few other bits like chargers headlamp, lantern, game bags, butchery knife/steel, first aid kit, poo roll and water bottle puts me at 9.3Kg before food
That is packed and ready to go for 2 nights next weekend, food will probably be another 1 - 1.5kg
@Tentman on walk in trips I take and use a fleece pikau, weighs sod all and doesn’t take up much room. https://huntechoutdoors.com/product/pikau-bags/
@Happy Jack what’s this pillow you have that weighs 910gms :D that’s heavier than my sleeping bag! I just use my down jacket inside a pillow case (meat bag) as my pillow.
My list already had the tent added
That's a typo re pillow it should be 91gramsQuote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
Oh man i was hoping it was some super fancy fluffy pillow you couldn't be with out hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
You are really an outdoor people :thumbsup: I got most of your stuffs as well, some new brought are still as new in storage.Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart
Me and my wife used to hiking a lots, I found a good backpacking system really will help with those weights. Same load in different backpack, I feel different weights on my shoulders and a good system will give me more mobility. I brought two aluminum frame backpacks, one for fishing with two wheels, the other one is for hunting, no wheels but bit lighter and stronger, have more attachments for holding all sort of gears as well for what you hunted.
Do none of you guys feed your dogs out hunting 😅
@Pop Shot they don't have enough food to feed them selves :D
I don’t get it….Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
She Carry’s her own… food is another topic all together, i vac seal steak and onions. Bacon and sausages for breakfastQuote:
Originally Posted by Pop Shot
I have a ‘danz bags’ bum bag, which folds up really small, and a canvas meat bag/pikau. The latter rolls up to about the size of a tin of beans. The bum bag has plenty of room, and the pikau is only used to cart meat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tentman
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So was I but sadly no its a blow up Aliexpress job but works fine for $17Quote:
Originally Posted by 199p
Ive done a bit of Lightweight shopping and here's my list
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@burtonator what’s your food for 500gm a day? my food bag for my first roar trip this year was 6kg for 6 nights/7 days, over the 2 trips I did I lost 3kg
That 500g is basically 3 dehi meals and a choc bar
I generally don’t run that on a 2-3 day trip. A bit of fresh food goes a long way. :)
...But not the blow up "three inviting orifices" type I hope...:omg:Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy Jack
general rule of thumb for me is a gear weight of about 16kg for summer, 18 for winter. that's my sleep system, rifle etc.
water depends on where I'm going but I'll usually assume I've got about 2l (so 2kg) on me at any given time, plus 1kg of food per day
Sorry. What I meant was by those items you listed, I see you must love doing outdoors. And, I got items and gears like yours, some of gears, equipment are still new, never used yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart
I have to admit I end up taking knives to test, and camera gear and that adds to the load, so I make exceptions in key items:
1. Pack from https://seekoutside.com/blog/product...utside-brooks/ (now discontinued) It's a "modern" external frame and weighs about 2kg which is amazing considering it is max 120L and can carry heavy loads.
2. Tent - https://3fulgear.com/product/ultrali...shan2-classic/ I haven't used it much but this thing is super light and small... smaller pack size than a tarp + bivvy bag, but its a full tent. Well reviewed by the ultralight community. You do need trekking poles though, which I use anyway for my poor knees.
3. Stove - I mostly use alcohol/meths but you have to be patient, use windscreen and not for high altitudes. Trangia clones and a stand + fuel are significantly lighter than most canisters + jetboil type systems.
Pack, clothes, cooking, bits'n'pieces, optics, food for 4 full days 15.6kg.
Rifle, scope, suppressor and sling 3.9kg
Boots 1.3kg
Total 20.8kg
previous post includes a sleeping bag too, no tent.
north island tops camping, try to keep it under 13 kgs for a week. (dont include gun in that)
tent it msr Access 2 = 2kgs
sleeping bag is Monte bell 700 gms,
pack is Macpac 45 litre (its very full!)
Just got out from a trip into Fiordland. Pack weighed 18kg not including rifle or water. Shoulder are burning!
@bigbear
3.44kgs seems heavy for a tent these days what you running??
For example my mountain star is 1.5kg
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I'd probably top out at 15kgs for 3 days with luxurious meals. Maybe the same for 5 days with packet shit. Only carry extra water than what's needed if going into an unexplored area
Pack is only a 65L Osprey. Found I was carrying way too much shit in a bigger pack. Lightened up equipment a lot and scaled down many items.
Average all up weight in service days was like: 10kgs for webbing/chest rig, 30-35kgs for pack, like 14 -15 kgs for weapon system (including spare barrel and couple hundy extra rounds of belted ammo). Plus clothing etc.
I was 78kgs carrying around 55 - 60kgs at pace over long distances and wondering why knees are fucked!
From what I hear the equipment has muchly improved.
Ha, just decided to re weigh my rifle, since its gone through a couple of changes. 5.3kg unloaded.
After that I went through and re did everything. 20.45 kg plus water and food now.
My biggest issue is I get so cold trying to sleep, I roll with a 1.9kg sleeping bag (minus 11 comfort) plus 300gm liner plus 730 grams of sleeping mat (R5) and I'm still bloody cold half the time. Any suggestions there?
Big breakfast of a high fat type, Eat more during the day, stop for a decent hot midday meal. Mustering we slept in some pretty cold conditions with shitty old gear, but a feed of chops at brekky and plenty of lunch washed down with a hot drink made a big difference to the sleep ya got.Quote:
Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish
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Few luxuries this trip,
Is that for an overnighter or weekend?Quote:
Originally Posted by stuart
2 nights 3 days
One night you’re having 3 beers and the other night 2.. tough decisions to make..!
man if you need a 235grm rubber,there is no way Im bending over anywhere near you!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by burtonator
a hot water bottle.....nah being serious...you get into a down bag cold...you stay cold...you get in warm and you stay warm....try wearing thermals to bed....Quote:
Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish
I have a 750g macpac bag and sleep really warm with a cheap warehouse bag liner...for really cold winter nights I used to have a winter weight single bed sheet sown into a sack and used it as a liner...bulky and heavy but very warm,there are polarfleece options now..a liner boosts bags rating by heaps as it keeps the warm in close to you....it sounds like you are cold to begin with.......a hottie is or course far too heavy to carry BUT a drink bottle of warm water poked into sleeping bag just before you get in and taken out soon afterwards might help get the air inside bag warm,zipped up it will stay warm..take bottle out so you dont roll over and wet the bed!!!!
a sleeping bag cover like the old japara ones the defence force had (mine must be 50 years old) also boost warmth by huge amount...I didnt realise how much by untill got sick of my mate freezing in his cheap lightweight bag on week long trip so gave him mine to use....I felt the cold a little more afterwards...again it must be the trapping of warmth and the cover stops moving cold air from robbing it from you.
Talking about water supply in wild, in my hiking days I drink clear water from rocky creek without purifying it and so far no problem. So, is safe to drink water directly from Alps rivers, streams in mountains directly? Since, water is heavy to carry and I drink 1.5L a day at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Preacher
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Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Nalgene bottles will handle boiling water no problems, ive boiled water and filled mine and thrown it in my sleeping bag a few times on tahr trips etc and works well, actually stays warm for quite a while. Does double duty as your main water bottle also
I ask myself...has someone likely to have crapped or washed their ballsack in stream above me lately???? then depending on how thirsty I am...drink anyway.... if suspect it will be dodgy...boil the billy and have a cuppa tea.Quote:
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