Gear List Advice

[cliffdiver]

This is my current list for my NOBO hike, now scheduled for February 25th. I would like any and all suggestions, ideas or idle banter about what I'm carrying or should be carrying. This is not the final list, but I would like to cover my bases in case I'm forgetting something, so have at it.

http://www.geargrams.com/list?id=10977 or

Item Name	desc	qty	weight	unit
Cho-Pat Dual Action Knee Strap	Braces for my knees.	2	3.5	ounce
Icebreaker Bodyfit 260 Leggings w/Fly	Base layer,	1	10.6	ounce
Mont Bell Stretch Semi-Long Spats	Low profile spats	1	2.1	ounce
Outdoor Research Ninjaclava	Balaclava	1	2.1	ounce
Pategonia Down Sweater	Down jacket, 800 fill weight. For use at camp	1	15.2	ounce
Icebreaker Peak Hat	Merino wool soft hat with ear flaps	1	2.6	ounce
Marmot Pre-Cip Full Zip Rain Pants	Rain pants	1	13.3	ounce
Icebreaker socks	Hiking socks- mainly for sleeping.	1	2.9	ounce
Marmot PreCip Rain Jacket	Lightweight rain jacket	1	13.1	ounce
Mountain Hardware Spearhead Mitt	Waterproof mitt with fleece liner	1	7.7	ounce
Smartwool Hiking Socks	Medium weight hiking socks	1	3.5	ounce
Merrill Hiking Boots	Mid top hiking boots	1	45.5	ounce
SmartWool Phd Socks	Medium weight hiking sock	1	3.2	ounce
Ace knee compression sleeve	Additonal brace for knee	1	2.3	ounce
Icebreaker Tech Long Sleeve Half Zip	Midweight baselayer. Half-zip top.	1	14.8	ounce
Patagonia Shorts	Baggy nylon hiking shorts-everyday use.	1	7.7	ounce
Icebreaker Glove Liners	Simple wool glove liners	1	1	ounce
Patagonia Capilene 2 Bottoms	Wicking baselayer leggings, everyday use.	1	6.4	ounce
Patagonia Capilene 2 T-Shirt	Wicking t-shirt for everyday use.	1	5.8	ounce
Evernew Titanium Fork & Spoon Set	The better to eat with.	1	1.1	ounce
Ursack Minor Food Bag	Dedicated food bag	1	5.2	ounce
Trail Designs Fusion Tri-Tri Stove	Alcohol and esbit stove on thru-hike.	1	2.3	ounce
MLD 850ml Titanium Pot	Cooking pot	1	3.3	ounce
First Aid Kit	Adventure Medical Kit.	1	8	ounce
MSR Packsoap	concentrated soap	1	2	ounce
Sawyer PointONEâ„¢ All in One Filter	Water filter	1	2.5	ounce
WX-Tex Pneumo Dry Bag	Dry bag	1	3.4	grams
LightHeart SoLong 6 Tent	Tent made for 'big and tall' like me.	1	30.4	ounce
Granite Gear Rock Solid XL	Compression sack/Dry sack	1	10.1	ounce
Stuff sacks	Sacks to put my stuff in.	3	1.5	ounce
Western Mtn Versalite Sleeping Bag	10 degree down bag	1	34	ounce
Neo-Air XLite Air Mattress	Super lightweight air mattress	1	16	ounce
Sea to Summit Reactor	The Reactor liner	1	8.7	ounce
MLD Klymit Cush Pillow/Seat	My luxury item, I have to have a pillow.	1	3	ounce
ULA Catalyst Backpack	One of the lightest full 4200 cu. in. packs	1	48	ounce
Chameleon Flashlight	Lightweight flashlight	1	5.9	ounce
Pack Liner Bags	2 backpack waterproof liner bags	1	1.2	ounce
Dynaglide Throw Line	50' of light, strong bear line/clothesline	1	1.28	ounce
Rite In Rain Notebooks	For my journal needs.	2	0.6	ounce
Gossamer Gear Roksak	Small bivy bag for slinging bear-line .	1	0.49	ounce
Trailpilot 2 Compass	Lightweight compass/thermometer	1	1	ounce
MLD Pack Rain Cover	Rain cover for backpack.	1	2.5	ounce
Dry Quick Hand Towel	Fast drying hand towel	1	0.7	ounce
RichardSolo 9000 mAh Mobile Charger	Recharge iPhones up to 3X per	1	12.8	ounce
Black Diamond Storm Headlamp	Fully waterproof, 100-lumen Storm	1	3.9	ounce
Leki Corklite Trekking Poles	Great handles and aluminum shafts	1	19.4	ounce

No camp shoes listed...I still have not found a pair I like yet.
No radio/mp3 player...none found that are light enough with extended battery life, still looking.
Water storage...2 Gatorade bottles, possibly a Platypus water canteen.

Thanks guys for any help or opinions you can give me.

[Hosaphone]

Looks good. Lots of little things that could use refining, but you'll figure that stuff out once you get going.

No radio/mp3 player...none found that are light enough with extended battery life, still looking.

I've got a Sansa Clip+ I'm pretty happy with. Very inexpensive so no worries if I ruin it, can take microSD cards, weighs ~.7oz with the clip removed (actually it broke off...).

Battery life around 15 hours but I've taken steps to get it that long - put on a 3rd party OS (rockbox), keep volume low, select a simple text-based UI (no fancy pictures, etc), set backlight to turn off very quickly. Has radio and mp3. Its internal battery is only ~300mah. I wish it ran on AA instead, but if you're carrying a 9k mah charger around you could literally run this thing for weeks nonstop if you wanted to...

[Hosaphone]

Battery life around 15 hours

They claim 15 hours, but a lot of people find it doesn't last that long for them. I find that how you use it has a big impact. FLAC files seem to eat up more battery than mp3s, and turning the volume up really kills the battery fast. Also I suspect that the OS it comes with is probably crap, and simply installing RockBox probably helps a lot.

[q-tip]

+ on Sansa Clip-I have 450 albums on the thing--but it will only hold 4,500 songs even if you have additional memory-good deal.

[Stink Bug]

With the charger you have, I assume you have an iPhone too? I use my iPhone 4 (in SIM lock) as my camera, Kindle and MP3 player. Hiking the JMT last September, I only had to recharge once and that was with maybe 4 hours a day of listening to music and 45 minutes reading in camp plus maybe 500 photos along the way!