fullofadventure
08-14-2004, 02:30
WOW I just checked out backpackinglight.com and they have news from the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2004. OMG. Stop!!!! Don’t buy anything yet, wait and check out what is just around the corner. There is new crazy gear coming out. I am so light headed right now. Absolutely amazing stuff coming soon to a gear store near you.
They talk about the 2 new MSR stoves. The capillary one with complete system will be less than 18 oz’s. The other is a canister stove with integrated heat exchanger and windscreen. Cool stuff but not both not available until mid and late next year. Cool looking stuff though.
In the rain jacket department there is a new redesigned Patagonia Spectra made from a lighter 1.9oz/yd ripstop nylon, which brings the weight down to 6.6oz’s. It is now the lightest rain jacket on the market. They also claim it is more breathable than eVENT and GTX XCR. Strange how the did not mention PacLite.
Integral Designs does it again. They now have the lightest eVENT rain jacket beating out Montane by 5.5oz. Their new jacket will weight in at 9.5oz’s. Can you say sweet? It looks like it has waterproof zippers and one chest pocket but no pit zips. They are totally relying on the eVENT fabric to vent moisture. It has a non-adjustable elastic hood, which they say is surprisingly good.
Outdoor Research has two new GTX jackets out. One called the Zealot, which is a truly minimalist jacket with no pit zips and is now the lightest Gore-Tex based jacket at 7.7oz’s. Second it their Celestial jacket made from PacLite weighing in at 10.2 oz’s. It has two chest pockets and TorsoFlo side zips for ventilation.
Also there is a hoodless Tyvek rain jacket that weights less than 3 oz’s. Not that breathable but cheap and effective. Zero features on this one, as you would expect. Jackets can be ordered by e-mailing the company directly at [email protected]. Tell ‘em you saw it at BackpackingLight.com!
Marmot has a full zip jacket with elastic cuffs, drawcord hem, drawcord hood aperture and small chest pocket that is 8.6oz’s.
In the tent department Big Agnes has something very different.
Big Agnes’s Sarvis are slightly larger and more livable than the Seedhouse SL tents in both 1+ and 2+ person versions.
The tents use the same pole design and body fabrics as the Seedhouse SL but to save weight they made, the rear half the tent single walled. This saves weight. The tents maintain most of the breathability of a double walled tent but save weight being half single wall too.
Backpackinglight.com said they really liked the ability to roll back the front rain fly portion of the tent for excellent stargazing and ventilation in fair weather and we’re also excited about the option Big Agnes offers of selecting eVENT panels in the rear single-walled portion of the tent to improve breathability (the Sarvis tents come in standard and eVENT-paneled versions).
Sarvis Super Light 1+: Trail wt 2 lb 10 oz, 25.5 sq ft tent, 5 sq ft vestibule, 38 in head height
Sarvis Super Light 2+: Trail wt 3 lb 14 oz, 32.5 sq ft tent, 6 sq ft vestibule. The SL 2+ also has a higher head height, 46 in vs. the 38 in of the Seedhouse 2.
In the backpack section if you like the Dana Designs Racer X or Moonbows Gear Skin well then hold on to you horses. The Wookey Dragonfly UL Pack Skin just might be what you a looking for. At 1 lb 3 oz for the pack skin and 3.0 ounces for removable hip and shoulder padding it sounds promising. You can wrap the skin around a any large stuff sack or use the included 3,800+ cubic inch capacity dry bag to achieve a manageable compressed volume as low as 1,200 cubic inches.
I just want to say that this is why I like my subscription to backpackinglight.com and have to give them full credit for all this info. I just wish I could post all these pics because some of this stuff is very cool looking.
They talk about the 2 new MSR stoves. The capillary one with complete system will be less than 18 oz’s. The other is a canister stove with integrated heat exchanger and windscreen. Cool stuff but not both not available until mid and late next year. Cool looking stuff though.
In the rain jacket department there is a new redesigned Patagonia Spectra made from a lighter 1.9oz/yd ripstop nylon, which brings the weight down to 6.6oz’s. It is now the lightest rain jacket on the market. They also claim it is more breathable than eVENT and GTX XCR. Strange how the did not mention PacLite.
Integral Designs does it again. They now have the lightest eVENT rain jacket beating out Montane by 5.5oz. Their new jacket will weight in at 9.5oz’s. Can you say sweet? It looks like it has waterproof zippers and one chest pocket but no pit zips. They are totally relying on the eVENT fabric to vent moisture. It has a non-adjustable elastic hood, which they say is surprisingly good.
Outdoor Research has two new GTX jackets out. One called the Zealot, which is a truly minimalist jacket with no pit zips and is now the lightest Gore-Tex based jacket at 7.7oz’s. Second it their Celestial jacket made from PacLite weighing in at 10.2 oz’s. It has two chest pockets and TorsoFlo side zips for ventilation.
Also there is a hoodless Tyvek rain jacket that weights less than 3 oz’s. Not that breathable but cheap and effective. Zero features on this one, as you would expect. Jackets can be ordered by e-mailing the company directly at [email protected]. Tell ‘em you saw it at BackpackingLight.com!
Marmot has a full zip jacket with elastic cuffs, drawcord hem, drawcord hood aperture and small chest pocket that is 8.6oz’s.
In the tent department Big Agnes has something very different.
Big Agnes’s Sarvis are slightly larger and more livable than the Seedhouse SL tents in both 1+ and 2+ person versions.
The tents use the same pole design and body fabrics as the Seedhouse SL but to save weight they made, the rear half the tent single walled. This saves weight. The tents maintain most of the breathability of a double walled tent but save weight being half single wall too.
Backpackinglight.com said they really liked the ability to roll back the front rain fly portion of the tent for excellent stargazing and ventilation in fair weather and we’re also excited about the option Big Agnes offers of selecting eVENT panels in the rear single-walled portion of the tent to improve breathability (the Sarvis tents come in standard and eVENT-paneled versions).
Sarvis Super Light 1+: Trail wt 2 lb 10 oz, 25.5 sq ft tent, 5 sq ft vestibule, 38 in head height
Sarvis Super Light 2+: Trail wt 3 lb 14 oz, 32.5 sq ft tent, 6 sq ft vestibule. The SL 2+ also has a higher head height, 46 in vs. the 38 in of the Seedhouse 2.
In the backpack section if you like the Dana Designs Racer X or Moonbows Gear Skin well then hold on to you horses. The Wookey Dragonfly UL Pack Skin just might be what you a looking for. At 1 lb 3 oz for the pack skin and 3.0 ounces for removable hip and shoulder padding it sounds promising. You can wrap the skin around a any large stuff sack or use the included 3,800+ cubic inch capacity dry bag to achieve a manageable compressed volume as low as 1,200 cubic inches.
I just want to say that this is why I like my subscription to backpackinglight.com and have to give them full credit for all this info. I just wish I could post all these pics because some of this stuff is very cool looking.