What's the weight of your BIG FOUR?

[mumblez]

No, it's the Seedhouse SL1. I used the weights on REI.com. I believe the weights on Big Agnes' website are off. REI has what is the right approximate weights on their website.

[hauptman]

Homade Sil-Nylon tarp=6 oz.
Homade pack (basic rucksack design)=6 oz.
Closed cell foam pad (cut short and customized to fold easier for better back support)=8 oz.
Bag-WM Highlite (w/ homade water resistent cover for extra protection against the elements)=20 oz.

Total pounds= a cool 2.5 pounds

p.s., not too bad huh!!! [img]images/smilies/clap.gif[/img]

[Granger]

Just changed out my shelter:

pack: granite gear nimbus ozone 3lbs
shelter: Hennessey Ultralight Asym 2lbs 4ozs (was NF Tadpole, weight 4lbs 7ozs)
sleeping bag: big Agnes Horse Theif, 1 lb 8ozs
sleeping pad: big agnes air core, 1 lb, 3ozs

Total: Just under 8lbs

[hauptman]

changed some of my homade gear and have taken my big four down from 2.5 pounds to only 2 pounds. awesome !!!
Homade pack=5oz.w/extra clothing in shoulder/waist straps instead of padding
Homade Tarp=7oz.w/ 6 titanium stakes and guylines included/ has bug netting
Homade Fleece Bag(6ft. by 30in. at widest point/mummy design)=13oz.
Homade Closed Cell Pad(1/2in.thick by 20in.wide by 50in.long[i trimmed it short])=7oz.

not too bad huh(by the way my total weight with food and water is 12pounds even!!!!!!!!

[neo]

changed some of my homade gear and have taken my big four down from 2.5 pounds to only 2 pounds. awesome !!!
Homade pack=5oz.w/extra clothing in shoulder/waist straps instead of padding
Homade Tarp=7oz.w/ 6 titanium stakes and guylines included/ has bug netting
Homade Fleece Bag(6ft. by 30in. at widest point/mummy design)=13oz.
Homade Closed Cell Pad(1/2in.thick by 20in.wide by 50in.long[i trimmed it short])=7oz.

not too bad huh(by the way my total weight with food and water is 12pounds even!!!!!!!!

i bet this is not your winter gear neo

[Jerm]

Pack: ULA P-1-27oz
Tarp: Oware Cat Tarp 1.1-8.5oz
Stakes: BMW Ti Lazr (6)-1.4oz
Bivy: BMW Vapor Bivy-6.3oz
Bag: Western Mountaineering HighLite-17oz
Pad: Z-Lite (8 segments)-8.7oz

Total: 68.9oz--4.3 lbs.

[sean]

I just got the pack.. but right now
pack: go-lite dawn 14oz
sleeping bag: 55 degrees.. I think it is about 24oz but not sure
pad: winshield reflector, it is huge now, I plan to cut it to about half the size, I'm not sure what it weighs but probably about 20oz
hammock: 31oz

5lbs 9 oz approximate

[capoken]

a 55 degree bag? where do you live? That's cheating. I'd think you'd need 35 degree min.

[Sorcerer]

Western Mountaineering Highlite - 17 oz (long version)
Insul-Mat (no insulation) - 14 oz
Tarp/Poncho (long version) - 14 oz
Granite Gear Vapor Trail - 32 oz (as advertised)

Total = 4 lbs 13 oz (4.81 pounds)

Not too shabby!

[Kerosene]

Big Four from my last section hike (southwest Virginia in June 2005):

Granite Gear Nimbus Ozone w/ The Lid - 50 oz.
Six Moon Designs Lunar Solo with Easton Stakes - 27 oz.
Western Mountaineering HighLite (35*) - 16 oz.
Bozeman Mountain Works TorsoLite - 10 oz.

Total: 103 oz. or 6 lbs. 7 oz.

[justusryans]

Ancient External pack---4lb 7oz
Henry Shire Cloudburst2 ----2lb 4oz
Weatern Mountaineering Aspen (25*)--- 2lb
Thermarest3---1lb 4 oz
Grand Total 9lb 15 oz I guess I don't qualify as ultra-light, I like my comfort too much!

[SGT Rock]

On my last hike it was a gear test hike for ultralight summer stuff, so don't think this is my normal gear, and these weights are not accurate to the gnats ass -

Shelter - HH Adventure Racer - 17.1 ounces
Pad - GG Nitelite pad 3.5 ounces
JRB Summer Quilt - 14.7 ounces
Etowah Outfitters Town pack - 4.7 ounces
Total 40.0 ounces or 2.5 pounds.

[Kerosene]

How do you like the Adventure Racer, Sarge?

[SGT Rock]

How do you like the Adventure Racer, Sarge?

I'm going to write a review someday soon for that, but I'll throw out some comments using a HH Asym-Ultralight for comparison.

1. The tarp is smaller. If you are someone that has had problems or concerns with the original HH Fly, this one may scare you, it did me and I've never had a problem with the HH fly. BUT, we got a frog strangler the night I used it and I stayed dry.

2. The fly is attached to the hammock permanently, it isn't like the normal HH where you can take a wet fly off and stored it separately. There is only one set of side pull outs that pull out the tarp and the hammock at the same time. This makes for a faster set up but makes it less adjustable than a normal HH. I like to put my snake-skins on so that the tarp is not inside the snake skins so I can store a dry hammock inside the skins and have the wet tarp outside. There isn't a way to do that with the Adventure racer without some sort of modification.

3. The material for the hammock bottom is very lightweight material. I don't know if it will protect as well from skeeters, but that said, I didn't have any issues when I used it and there were skeeters out there.

4. The hammock is a little smaller and has a lower weight rating - 180 pounds. So you can't be a big guy and use this without accepting risk.

5. The Velcro opening is gone, it simply holds closed from body weight. It works, and most of us used to the HH know it works. The clips and mesh pocket are not there either.

The hammock is built to weigh almost nothing and set up/tear down fast for a person that is traveling fast - like adventure racers. I'm not sure how it would hold up under heavy, continuous use. As I remember it, Tom has tried to steer the gram weenies away from this hammock because, as I remember it, he said it was not meant for serious backpackers. That said, a true ultra gram weenie would probably go for this hammock, baby it, and accept the risk of possible gear failure.

I like the hammock. I think that for 17 ounces, it will make a great shelter to carry in the Smokies where there is the chance you may not get to sleep in the shelter you are supposed to. At 17 ounces the weight won't kill you but you have a good, comfortable, dry shelter. I plan to carry it on my 3 day Smoky traverse - that looks like it will happen late September now. I also think someone that was planning to do a fast packing attempt and didn't plan on staying in hotels and shelters all the time would find this shelter a great choice.

[Kerosene]

Thanks, Rock.

[SGT Rock]

No problem, did it make enough sense for you to understand what I think I am trying to say?

[Lilred]

ULA P-2 47oz
Tarptent Squall 30oz
Campmor 20* 32oz
Thermarest 3/4 16oz


Total.................125oz
7lbs, 13oz

My summer bag trims another pound off.

[Seeker]

Go-light Gust backpack, trimmed 20 oz
WM Caribou (40*) bag w/silnylon stuffsack 21 oz
Hennessy Hammock UL Backpacker Asym 32 oz
3/8" Blue foam pad w/wings added 13 oz

total is 86 oz, or 5.5 lbs

if i know it's going to be really wet, i switch to a larger tarp, adding 7 oz.

[jackiebolen]

Seeker...it's like we have the same hiking gear brain!

I also have the gust, a Hennessy Asym and a blue foam pad.

I use a The Mountain Hardwear Phantom 45 Bag to complete the deal....

Total weight: 16 (bag), 20 (pack), 10 (pad), Hammock (32) = about 5 pounds.

On short trips I go even lighter, essentially using a daypack of sorts that's only about 10 ounces.

[Slim aka Nancy]

Pack - GG Vapor Trail -- 2 lb.
Sl Bag- Marmot 15 degree down -- 2 lb.
Tent- SlimLite2 (for two) -- 2 lb. with everything
Mat- 3/4 z-rest -- 7oz

Total 6 lb 7 oz. four seasons
Slim aka Nancy