What's the weight of your BIG FOUR? - WhiteBlaze

Happy · 03-02-2004, 20:47

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
______
91.6oz
Total : 5.73 lbs. for the big four

What do you use??

A-Train · 03-02-2004, 21:58

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 · 03-03-2004, 00:40

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 · 03-03-2004, 06:52

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 · 03-03-2004, 08:02

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 · 03-03-2004, 08:20

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)
_____
89oz....or 5lb.9oz

Smee · 03-03-2004, 09:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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
______
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 · 03-03-2004, 09:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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)
_____
79oz....or 4lbs.15oz

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

slabfoot · 03-03-2004, 11:18

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

total 3.75lbs.

brian · 03-03-2004, 13:46

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 · 03-03-2004, 14:12

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 · 03-03-2004, 15:59

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 · 03-03-2004, 16:23

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 · 03-03-2004, 17:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 03-03-2004, 17:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lilredmg

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 · 03-03-2004, 21:00

Squuuuueeeessse me! Im artist don nonomaft....

ezdoesit · 03-04-2004, 07:33

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 · 03-04-2004, 08:23

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
----------------------------------
Total: 108.1oz (6lbs 12.1oz).

Jaybird · 03-04-2004, 09:13

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 · 03-04-2004, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by azchipka

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.

03-02-2004, 20:47	#1
Happy Registered User Join Date: 01-13-2003 Location: Smyrna, GA Age: 61 Posts: 424	What's the weight of your BIG FOUR? 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 ______ 91.6oz Total : 5.73 lbs. for the big four What do you use??

03-02-2004, 21:58	#2
A-Train Registered User Join Date: 01-12-2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY View my gallery 10 Age: 27 Year of thru-hike: 2003, 2007 Posts: 3,022 Images: 10	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. __________________ Anything's within walking distance if you've got the time. GA-ME 03, LT 04/06, PCT 07'

03-03-2004, 08:02	#5
flyfisher www.imrisk.com Join Date: 03-10-2003 Location: Beavercreek OH Age: 57 Posts: 453	Hammock set up - 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 __________________ Walk Well, Risk Author of "A Wildly Successful 200-Mile Hike" http://www.wayahpress.com Personal hiking page: http://www.imrisk.com

03-03-2004, 08:20	#6
Kozmic Zian Just Passin' Thru.... Join Date: 11-04-2003 Location: Weekie Wachee, FL View my gallery 159 Age: 59 Year of thru-hike: 1996 Posts: 682 Images: 159	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) _____ 89oz....or 5lb.9oz __________________ *Kozmic Zian@ :cool:* ' My father considered a walk in the woods as equivalent to churchgoing'. ALDOUS HUXLEY Last edited by Kozmic Zian; 03-03-2004 at 20:57..

03-03-2004, 11:18	#9
slabfoot daytripper; section hiker Join Date: 09-17-2002 Location: Harrisburg, PA Age: 58 Posts: 84	homesewn pack 14oz. homesewn quilt 21oz. silnylon tarp 16oz. 3/4 ridgrest 9oz. total 3.75lbs. __________________ SEMPER PARATUS

03-03-2004, 00:40	#3
jec6613 Registered User Join Date: 03-01-2004 Location: Storrs, CT Age: 28 Posts: 48	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.

03-03-2004, 06:52	#4
chris Registered User Join Date: 09-05-2002 Location: Lakewood, WA View my gallery 118 Age: 36 Posts: 1,971 Images: 118	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.

03-03-2004, 13:46	#10
brian GA to ME someday... Join Date: 02-17-2003 Location: West Point NY View my gallery 8 Age: 22 Posts: 278 Images: 8	Moonbow Gearskin: 21oz Hennessy Hammock w\ Homemade Silnylon fly: 29oz Feathered Friends Kestrel: 31oz 24"x40" Closed cell pad: 8oz Total: 89oz =>5lbs 9oz

03-03-2004, 14:12	#11
borntired Section hiker Join Date: 03-02-2004 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 8	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.

03-03-2004, 15:59	#12
Kerosene LT '79; AT GA+Max Patch-NH in sections; Donating Member Join Date: 09-03-2002 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan View my gallery 336 My trailjournals.com Age: 53 Posts: 3,694 Images: 336	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 __________________ GA←↕→ME: 1973 to 2013!* Last edited by Kerosene; 01-28-2005 at 08:32..

03-03-2004, 16:23	#13
Sleepy the Arab King of Zeroes Join Date: 10-27-2002 Location: N'Hampshire View my gallery 1 Year of thru-hike: 1999, 2001, 2006 Posts: 505 Images: 1	The Masochist report 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. __________________ "I too am not a bit untamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." - W. W. obligatory website link

03-03-2004, 21:00	#16
Kozmic Zian Just Passin' Thru.... Join Date: 11-04-2003 Location: Weekie Wachee, FL View my gallery 159 Age: 59 Year of thru-hike: 1996 Posts: 682 Images: 159	Squuuuueeeessse me! Im artist don nonomaft.... __________________ *Kozmic Zian@ :cool:* ' My father considered a walk in the woods as equivalent to churchgoing'. ALDOUS HUXLEY

03-04-2004, 07:33	#17
ezdoesit Registered User Join Date: 08-25-2003 Location: Woodland Park, New Jersey Age: 60 Posts: 28	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 __________________ EZ-DOES-IT

03-04-2004, 08:23	#18
DeoreDX Registered User Join Date: 02-16-2004 Location: Alabamastan View my gallery 5 Age: 34 Posts: 47 Images: 5	The Big 4 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 ---------------------------------- Total: 108.1oz (6lbs 12.1oz). __________________ -DeoreDX http://www.mindspring.com/~jine/DeoreDX.jpg

03-04-2004, 09:13	#19
Jaybird Join Date: 02-07-2003 Location: Springfield,TN USA View my gallery 369 My trailjournals.com Age: 56 Posts: 2,158 Images: 369	My Big 4 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?" __________________ see ya'll UP the trail! "Jaybird" GA-ME... "on-the-20-year-plan" www.trailjournals.com/Jaybird2010 Last edited by Jaybird; 04-25-2004 at 08:22..

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