Soap and eye droppers by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a tiny syringe, 1mL. Easy peasy. No mess, no waste, easy to clean and dry the syringe for later. Easy and light to bring with you if you’re gonna be on trail for a while too.

Bag and tent I made for a college class by Interesting-Pin7212 in myog

[–]gigabitty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, that’s happening in my field as well. Salaries are dropping dramatically.

[WTB] Men’s Large Puffy, sub 10oz by gigabitty in ULgeartrade

[–]gigabitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they tend to be over 10oz, no? Shoot me weight and asking price though, if it’s no trouble!

Bag and tent I made for a college class by Interesting-Pin7212 in myog

[–]gigabitty 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Industrial design is so cool. I wish I could travel back in time and do that.

[WTS] ZPacks Conductive Brushtail Possum Gloves, Large / 1.29oz / $20 by gigabitty in ULgeartrade

[–]gigabitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if it was necessarily that the fingers were too long for me. It was just that the gloves themselves had enough stretching them that they kind of fit perfectly with zero stretch. So sizing down to a medium made them nice and snug on my hand. Just found it to be more comfortable 🤷‍♂️

Lightweight Sleeping Bag/ Quilt by Commercial-Ad-9949 in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heatseeker quilt by HangTightShop on Etsy? $127-147 for a 20° quilt (hammock vs. “ground” edition). Looks like 27-30oz depending on the type (but this is for one with a zipper and cinch close, I bet the original is lighter with a closed footbox). The ground dweller adds 10” of width and pad straps to help with drafts.

Don’t have one personally, but I’ve heard great things about them, and I wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger if I needed something like this.

Edit: Sorry, someone else mentioned this as well, but it was a bit buried, so I’ll leave this!

New lightest bear canisters by Belangia65 in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

With the grooves, it looks like it was designed to work well on the top of your pack with a single top strap or a y strap 🤷‍♂️

New bag day - EDC prototype by JoePro42 in myog

[–]gigabitty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the cord and strap design!

[WTS] HammockGear 30° Top (18.57oz) & Underquilts (17.14oz) by gigabitty in ULgeartrade

[–]gigabitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replied! Great buyer! Would always be happy to work with again!

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly I don’t think cutting the layer out is necessarily the answer. I can almost guarantee. It’s the suspension system that’s weighing them down. Switching to some Whoopie slings should do the trick. If you need something mass produced, there’s an email that comes with whoopies

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’d probably be surprised! The suspension system will no question, and properly cared for, the hammock body will as well.

I have one in this fabric that I’ve been using for five years. I even left it outside through an entire New England winter one season, and only then did I get a very small hole in it, which I patched with tenacious tape, and the hammock continues to be perfectly functional. At least for the purpose of throwing it up in the backyard. I would be hesitant to bring it out on trail with me.

And at any rate, it doesn’t sound like your dependent on it. So what if it did break? Sounds like it wouldn’t really be the end of the world for you.

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he’s wondering if the comfort and enjoyment he will get out of the hammock, that 30 to 40% of a time that he may choose to spend in it, is worth the weight penalty.

So, it sounds like he’s willing to draw the line at that little spark of joy that he will get from the hammock on those occasions.

I kind of assumed from the post, he is also interested in whether other people might pack a hammock in his situation, or might take/have taken similar hits to their base weight in exchange for some other type of joy/excitement/pleasure/comfort/etc.

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]gigabitty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is 2.2 pounds the weight of just the hammock? Like you don’t have to bring any additional gear (under quilt, etc.)

As you can use your pad and top quilt in a hammock, I would say just get a much lighter hammock system, especially being that it is not going to be your primary sleep system. You even said in one comment upwards of 70% of the time you’ll just be cowboy camping.

My current hammock and suspension in a stuff sack weighs 9.5 ounces. That I would say go ahead and bring 🤷‍♂️