Built for serious adventures with lots of external attachment points with very durable construction It’s expensive, but dang, is this brand durable! In our testing, despite climbing, rolling, and unrolling the top closure hundreds of times, placing sharp objects in the main compartment, sitting on them in rafts, and getting brushed and harassed by thorny wilderness on miles-long treks, there was not a single hole or tear.

Are you thinking about walking to work but are worried about how to make yourself more visible when travelling in the darker winter months? If you decide to go with theGossamer Gear Gorilla 40, keep in mind that you will need to fully embrace the ultralight program. What I mean is, that 40 litres isn’t an eternity of space to work with. You’ll need ultralight, ultra-small, minimalist everything to make it work. Even in the town, not everyone lives in a well designed modern estate where pedestrian access is baked into the estate design from the start. There are always urban areas which aren’t well lit and if you are walking home from a shift in the middle of the night, the street lights might even be off. Older parts of towns often have narrow pavement where you might be close to the traffic or worse, streets where the parking situation means that pedestrians are forced into the road. An average of 8 pedestrians died and 115 were seriously injured per week in reported road collisions. Alas, you have made it to the end of my review. Well done! You are now ready to drink the ultralight cool aid and join in all of the lightweight fun.Fuel. Don't cook rice porridge or twelve-minute macaroni in the woods. When you only boil water, you consume only little gas or other fuel. The most common contributory factor allocated to vehicles was ‘Driver or rider failed to look properly’. It’s the top of the first climb of the day, sweat is pouring off you, your shoulders want to kill you, and suddenly that five-pound tent you thought would be essential starts sounding a lot less awesome. You get home, saw your toothbrush in half, and start to research. My first sleeping bag and sleeping pad turned out to be too cold in the conditions where I hike a lot. In the second round (or maybe third), I invested in as light and warm a three-season set as possible. Sea to Summit's Women's Flame III (665g, 1 lb 7.46 oz) and Thermarest Women's Neoair Xlite (340g, 11.99 oz) inflatable pad have proven to be pretty perfect choices for my needs as a cold sleeper. Reducing equipment should not mean compromising on safety. So, learn wilderness and survival skills well so that you can also manage with lesser equipment. Don't bring anything 'just in case'. But don't leave your tent repair or sleeping pad patching tools at home to shave the weight.

My two-person MSR Hubba Hubba NX tent has passed all the tests, from raging winds to floods to freezing temperatures. The tent is light, but not ultralight (approx. 1.6 kg, 3.5 lb depending on the setup). The Crown3 uses the same material as the Crown2’s 210-denier, high-tenacity nylon, which we put through more than 2,000 miles of testing. So we expect it to hold up at least as well as the old version. I've also been dreaming about all kinds of ultralight DIY gear. Their materials are also often valuable, so you don’t want to make many mistakes when making them. For a sewing and handicraft enthusiast like me, making your own lightweight gear opens up new and exciting hobby opportunities. Heavy break sandals. There is a surprisingly large variation in the weights of outdoor sandals. Crocs are on the lighter side. You can also craft DIY slippers from strips of foam.A wooden mug. The wooden mug is certainly beautiful, but it weighs a lot. Cut the weight half by changing to a Kupilka mug. Cut the Kupilka weight half by switching to a plastic folding cup. The price comes down along with the weight! But the really scary stats come from the Office of National Statistics’ report, ‘ Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: Pedestrian Fact Sheet 2021’:

Basically, if ever there was a travel bag to cover ALL of your short term travel needs, the Nomatic Travel Bag would be at the very top of the list. Remember to handle ultralight equipment with care, as they may break more easily than equipment made of stronger materials. This is easier said than done, especially in challenging circumstances. In Sarek, I literally got my ultralight rain pants to shreds, and I even had to fix some holes in the tent fabric with tape.Water. Don't carry excess water with you. Drink a lot when water is available and carry only the necessary amount in a water bottle depending on the hiking destination. Within the space of a couple of months, most commuters working standard office hours will be walking home in the dark, even without adding in the effect of rain and storms which reduce visibility even further. The smaller Arc’teryx Aerios 30 was chosen for our Outdoor 100 2021/22. Read our full Arc’teryx Aerios review. BUY NOW: ARCTERYX.COM Some people use the term 'The Big three' and others use the term 'The Big four' when referring to the above items. The content is roughly the same, but some talk about ‘a sleep system' and combine the sleeping bag and sleeping pad into one whole or drop the pad from the list. Shelter Don’t focus too much on going lightweight that you sacrifice essential elements of safety in the wild, or bring a setup that is going to fall apart after 2 days on trail.