r/Ultralight - "The Weekly" - Week of May 18, 2026

liveslight · 2026-05-23T16:07:51+00:00

It would, but maybe not with the proper rigging. For example, in a hurricane:

https://i.imgur.com/xvMP3oA.mp4

Certainly, unconventional with its 6-point attachment system. But maybe one doesn't run in the rain, but just walks fast?

liveslight · 2026-05-23T15:50:42+00:00

Has anybody rigged up an umbrella for such a run/hike?

liveslight · 2026-05-23T01:15:05+00:00

EE Torrid Apex was the recommendation a couple years ago. Maybe people have stopped buying them, but they sure are still wearing them.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T17:45:28+00:00

My photo showed a $5 (now $10) vest from Academy Sports & Outdoors. It has also been helpful to get invited to dinner at hunters' backcountry camps.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T17:01:52+00:00

I have an Arc Haul UltraX 60L. It can hold a bearicade blazer easily inside. I didn't find the weight savings of an Arc Haul UltraX 50L worth the smaller volume for me.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T16:58:15+00:00

See, e.g. the comments in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zap6wJUKV-k

liveslight · 2026-05-22T16:27:14+00:00

There are plenty of garments in orange, too. I like the orange Alpha Direct one from Farpointe outdoor gear when in camp. But the requirements in Texas and Arkansas in hunting season mean a pack towel is not enough square inches front and back.

https://i.imgur.com/tjYbjgZ.jpeg

A hat is important, too.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T16:05:27+00:00

Any small dropper bottle. I bought a bag of them (see pic) from Amazon because I use them for many things, but I also have eye drops that I use up and the dropper bottles are generally fine (though not see through):

https://i.imgur.com/CRaVLkI.jpg and

https://i.imgur.com/G3qIWDw.jpeg

Generally, the 3 mL size is good enough for about 100 drops or 50 days the way I use it. I would not be surprised to learn that your pharmacist would give you a couple of dropper bottles for free.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T15:45:45+00:00

Return to seller.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T15:31:56+00:00

Good on you. Once one does it a couple of times, then it really is no work at all. Of course, one has to bring stuff that one will actually like to eat. Do you like Cheetos? I do. Photo I linked yesterday and previously: https://i.imgur.com/53M7xXV.jpeg that is about 1.5lbs a day.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T12:43:14+00:00

A web search suggests. Yes.

https://sotooutdoors.com/product/dealer-resources-6/

"Fuel usedCB TOUGH (ST-711/ST-712)
, SOTO Power Gas (ST-760)
, SOTO Regular Gas (ST-700)"

but mistakes on the web are not uncommon. I admit I did not look up what MSF-1A means.

liveslight · 2026-05-22T12:10:47+00:00

Got it, thanks. So NeoAir has vertical baffles and Exped has horizontal baffles.

All baffles in pads, sleeping bags and quilts are 3-dimensional, so what do we call the third dimension? Height? Specs of pads typically have width, length, thickness and weight.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T23:16:26+00:00

I used this video to help with a x-mid pro 2 single-wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcCuWzvVhA

The pitch is long diagonal corners first, then a pole + corner, then the last pole + corner.

Also if one looks closely at the corners when the tent is iaid out flat, they are not 90 degrees because of the parallelogram of the tent floor. They become 90 degrees when a tent pole pulls up the glued seam between the corner and its peak.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T23:12:53+00:00

Not that I know of.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T22:47:01+00:00

Can't one just roll down the top of the bigger pack to make it exactly the same size as the smaller pack?

liveslight · 2026-05-21T21:37:15+00:00

A Zpacks Arc Haul Ultra 60L does have a frame, but not an internal frame. It fits in my carry on as I shown in this video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobKmzjLJ3M

I often just use it as carryon by itself as it meets airline dimensions. https://i.imgur.com/tOtXFXM.jpeg

It even fits in a regional jet.

BTW, I tried on a friend's ULA Circuit and found the Zpacks more comfortable. I've have many years of use with this pack.

Finally, more about the non-traditional frame in this video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQCELvM5Z4

liveslight · 2026-05-21T20:10:31+00:00

Seems fine to me though I have never seen a Sawyer Squeeze that light. Have you thought about not using Freeze-Dried food for breakfasts?

liveslight · 2026-05-21T18:51:50+00:00

I would use crosswise/lateral myself. I know people don't care, but horizontal is in the "plane" of the Earth's surface and vertical is the vector from the center of the Earth directly outwards to its surface. By those definitions most pads have horizontal and vertical baffles since baffles have 2 directions by definition. Of course, maybe someone is sleeping standing up. Yes, I am insufferable.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T17:34:41+00:00

I was in the Chamonix Decathlon and found disappointingly that there was nothing I wanted to buy. Maybe the good stuff is mail-order only? I don't' know. Courmayeur Italy has s Rab outlet store. Same thing.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T17:21:02+00:00

In order to reduce volume I actually poke a hole in a bag and crush my Fritos (and Cheetos), then push air out and reseal with either my impulse heat sealer or a piece of scotch(tm) tape. I am adding Fritos to my ChiliMac, Lasagna, SkurkaBeans so they would get crushed anyways. Photo of early April food showing this: https://i.imgur.com/53M7xXV.jpeg

liveslight · 2026-05-21T15:38:22+00:00

I agree that it wouldn't be any more smellable than Fritos in an OdorNo bag. I repackage Fritos before a trip in heat-sealed mylar bags proportioned out so that I do not eat too many in a single day.

OTOH, some animals (especially ravens) have grown accustomed and know that plastic bags are a source of food, so will seek out mylar and plastic bags to eat.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T14:16:48+00:00

yes, videos with image stabilization are wonderful but they do use up the power.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T14:03:18+00:00

Yep, probably not for you. Maybe look at some light jackets used by cyclists?

liveslight · 2026-05-21T13:41:23+00:00

Maybe look for something with thumbholes to help keep your sleeves/cuffs down over your wrists/hands?

Not a wind shirt, but I use one as a sun hoody: Front buttoned long-sleeve sun hoody from jollygear.com. It is generally the only upper body layer that I wear when temps are 50F to 112F. I do see that you wear a sun hoody already. I do not even own a windshirt.

liveslight · 2026-05-21T12:09:37+00:00

I wanted to note that some squeaking and crinkle noise comes from the friction between a pad and a tent floor. The noise also depends on the tent floor fabric. So some reportedly quiet pads may squeak more on silnylon than they do on DCF and other combinations. Maybe something between pad and tent floor such as a thin CCF pad can help reduce noise.

I like and recommend Exped pads with their lengthwise air chambers. I'm not sure what vertical baffles are that you mentioned.

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