BIG 4

[cams]

Tent: Alpinlite Terraform or Tarptent Scarp 2 (depending on conditions)
Bag: MB UL Spiral Down Hugger #3
Pack: Osprey Aether 60 (Current heavy model but with no lid and trimmed down to 1.8kg)
Mat: Neo Air Small

[Lady McGuyver]

Great thread! Good to see what people are using

Typical set up.. give and take a change in tents..
Tent: Wilderness Equipment Tectite 2 (flavour of the month)
Bag: Macpac Latitude 700 (Old Faithful)
Pack: Macpac Traverse (Tough as Guts)
Pad: Exped Downmat (mmmm noice)

Lighter set-up
Tent: MSR Hubba (love it to bits)
Bag: Macpac Latitude 700 (Old Faithful goes everywhere)
Pack: Macpac Ascent (indestructible old friend)
Pad: Thermarest Prolite (can’t kill it)

Kayaking set-up
Not much changes except the choice of tent..bigger, with more room.
And an STS Ultra-Sil tiny backpack thingy for slogging up that mountain you’ve paddled to
Cheers Cyn

[Lizzy]

WOW thanks for the responses guys- we are a bunch of gear freaks aren't we! Nice to see some of the old faithfuls still kicking about too.
Just got my nest in the post this morning for the Shangri-la 5 so will be interesting to see how it compares with our last-minute homemade version.... it is lighter anyway
cheers
Lizzy

[stepbystep]

Tent - Scarp1 or Mountain Hardwear Light Wedge2
Pack - Mont Flyte 75+10
Bag - Denali 800 loft down(cheap, heavy, but warm)
Pad - Neo Air Regular

I'd happily change my pack and bag for lighter models!

[Chief]

Tent - Wilderness Equipment 2nd Arrow.
Pack - Oneplanet Styx II 70L
Bag - Mont Zodiac 500
Mat - Exped Slimlite3.8

[north-north-west]

Hey, Nik!!! Luvverboy might have an Akto for sale soon, if you're interested.

Yeah? But I don't think the Akto really meets my demands. I don't want a tent that requires maintenance (bumping off snow) all through the night during heavy snowfall - that's why I sold my last single person tent.

Then get one with a built in force-field.

[ILUVSWTAS]

Hey, Nik!!! Luvverboy might have an Akto for sale soon, if you're interested.

Yeah? But I don't think the Akto really meets my demands. I don't want a tent that requires maintenance (bumping off snow) all through the night during heavy snowfall - that's why I sold my last single person tent.

Then get one with a built in force-field.

Lol, yeh he aint asking for much is he....

Im having some trouble parting with the Akto though, such a damn fine tent....

[north-north-west]

I'm glad you like it. I still think the vestibule is too small.
I'm still to actually camp in mine. Was going to last weekend, but then I had to work. And the car's in for a service this coming Saturday, so that just leaves me one weekend before I hit Tassie, so I might not get the chance to actually use it in earnest until I'm down there.

[Tony]

A interesting thread.

Here are some of my current big 4 options. Please note that I sometimes mix these options and I do have several other options that I have not posted.

Winter big 4
Tent- Modified MD neutrino 1, 1.5-1.8kg (depending on pegs used)
Pack- Lightwave Ultrahike 60, 1.25kg or Golite Pinnacle, 780g
Mat- thermarest Prolite 4, 680
Sleeping bag- BPL 180 quilt, 575g + Western Mountaineering Summerlite, 525g
Total around 4-4.6kg

3 seasons big 4
Tent- Contrail, 750g
Pack- Golite Jam2, 586g
Mat- Prolite 3 or Neoair,370g or 410g
Sleeping Bag- PL 180 quilt 575g or Western Mountaineering Summerlite, 525g
Total around 2.3kg

Summer big 4
Tent- Zpacks Hexamid, 431g (with pole)
Pack- Golite Jam2, 586g
Mat- Prolite 3 or Neoair,370g or 410g or Prolite XS 230g
Sleeping bag- BPL 180 quilt, 575g or Western Mountaineering Summerlite, 525g
Total around 1.950kg

Ultralight big 4
Tent- Zpacks Hexamid, 376g (using walking stick)
Pack- golite Ion, 266g
Mat- closed cell foam, 74g
Sleeping bag, Macpac Snowflake, 484g or Western Mountaineering Summerlite, 525g
Total around 1.200kg

Old big 4
Tent-Jansport 4 season, 4kg
Pack- Berghaus, 2kg
Sleeping mat, old Thermarest 3/4 900g
Sleeping bag, PP Bogong, 2kg
Total 8.9kg

Tony

[Jarrah]

Current big four

Tent: BlackWolf Hornet
Pack: Outer Limits Highland 60L (every walk I swear I'll upgrade to a better pack and then I get home and remember the good times and not the scars)
Bag: Macpac Sanctuary 600 (or a lighter synthetic bag when appropriate)
Mat: Mountain Designs 3/4L

Both tent and pack have gotten by with minor repairs but are on the upgrade list

[Whits]

Current big four

Tent: MSR Hubba or Macpac Minaret
Pack: Black Diamond Axiom 40L or Macpac Cascade 75L
Bag: Western Moutaineering Apache MF, 6'6"
Mat: Thermarest Neo Air Reg

[Turfa]

Tent: Tarptent Rainbow
Pack: Granite Gear Vapour Trail
Bag: Marmot Pounder (Marmot Helium for winter)
Mat: Thermarest Prolite 3 short

[flyfisher]

Tent: Hubba Hubba HP or MD Neutrino1
Pack: Mont Backcountry
Bag: Fairydown Scorpion Entrant
Mat: Downmat 7
A bit heavy at 7.7kg

[norts]

Tent :Macpac Microlight or WE 1st Arrow
Pack: WE Expedition 2
Bag: Fairydown Viper
Mat: Exped Downmat 7 short

[vagrom]

P- Macpac Cascade: 3kg
T- Macpac Microlight: 2kg
B- OP Bushlight Super: 2kg
M- Thermarest thin 3/4: 415gms (fits snuggly into a Sea2Summit XXS string pull storage sack.)
(..and a Pocket Rocket, in a pear tree.)

The Cascade is indeed pretty bombproof but the sail repair guy in Hobart has noted from his repairs experience (and it's my and other's too), that the rigid plastic strip supporting the waist harness, eventually eats through the Cordura(?), lower corner/s of the pack.

[hikingoz]

Tent: BD First light 1300g
Pack: Golite Pinnacle 800g
Bag: WM Highlite 5'6 385g
Mat: MD 3/4 450g

2935g

Getting a WE Bushranger pack 1.2kg + Havn't wieghed it yet
New tent, maybe a TT Moment?? Love my BD, hard to let go...

[walkinTas]

Shelter: Blackwolf Cicada - 3.2kg.
Bag: recon 3 - 1.3kg
Pack: Osprey Eros 58 - 1.2kg
Pad: Thermarest toughskin - 1.1kg (Is there a lighter R5 pad?)

Obviously I don't spend much time above the snow line.

[Singe]

This is my "before" list:

Tent: Kathmandu North Star (~2.5Kg)
Bag: Kathmandu Navigator ~1.5Kg)
Pack: Kathmandu Vardo (~3.5Kg with footprint)
Mat: Kathmandu full-length self-inflating mat
and adding a cheeky 5th item...
Stove: Trangia 27-5 UL

My "after" kit:
Tent - Tarptent Scarp 1 (arrived on Monday! )
Pack: ???
Bag: ???
Mat: Kathmandu 1/2-length self-inflating mat
Stove: Trangia burner with Macguivered pot stand (to be replaced with a pepsi-can stove); Fairydown 850ml aluminium pot

The weight is coming down, slowly...

[Dave051w]

Tent: MacPac Olympus or Minaret (depends what I'm doing)
Pack: MacPac Torre 25th Anniversary model
Bag: MacPac Latitude 700g
Mat: Therma Rest Pro-Lite

Yeh I like MacPac

[Franco]

Pad: Thermarest toughskin - 1.1kg (Is there a lighter R5 pad?)

The Exped Downmat 7 (183cm) is about 880g (built in pump) ,rated R5.9.
Franco

[eddie the eagle]

Tent: Tarptent Scarp 2, or Mont Moondance II (more rugged than the Tarptent,) or an old Lightwave Cylq 1 with massive vestibule for wet weather.
Pack: MacPac Cascade 75
Bag: MacPac Latitude 700g or a One Planet 5C bag, depending on conditions
Mat: Exped Synmat 7 (with integrated pump - very comfortable and warm)

Have just spent a week travelling/walking/camping - currently washing and drying all the gear on a sunny Sydney day.

Cheers,

eddie

[walkinTas]

Pad: Thermarest toughskin - 1.1kg (Is there a lighter R5 pad?)
The Exped Downmat 7 (183cm) is about 880g (built in pump) ,rated R5.9.
Franco

Thanks Franco. I didn't like the pump when they first came out, but might be worth another look.

[eddie the eagle]

wT,

The pump's fairly easy to use - takes about 90 seconds or so to inflate a mat once you get the hang of it.

Cheers,

eddie

[Puddle Duck]

TENT - Salewa Sierra - Way too heavy (4 kg+) but bomb proof & roomy
PACK - Osprey Aether 70
BAG - MontBell UL Alpine #1
MAT - Therm a Rest Prolite

Trying to persude the GF to upgrade to a lighter tent but she prefers the solidness and room of the Sierra AND she doesn't have to carry it
Still manage a 4 day hike with my pack @ 17kg & hers @ 14kg (inc 1 ltr of water each)

[marangaroo86]

TENT= Salewa Sierra, Nemo Losi 2 , Exped Orion Extrem
PACK=Macpac Cascade, Granite Gear Meridian, Golite Peak
Bag= Roman Treklite, Rab Quantum 250 Endurance, Rab Quantum 400
Mat= Old Thermarest, Exped Syn Mat 7DLX, Exped Sim Light Mummy 2.5

I have older gear I still use and winter kit.

[Mickeymoo]

Interesting thread to see what everyone else is using! Looks like I'm a sucker for punishment

Tent: Macpac Olympus (3.2kg) or Asolo Ptarmigan (4.2kg)
Bag: Mont Glacier 900? (around 1.7kg)
Pack: Wilderness Equipment Karijini (3.2) (awsome pack for heavy loads )
Mat: Exped DownMat 7 LW (1.1kg)

Total with olympus = ~9.2kgs

[bushwalker zane]

Tent: Eureka spitfire solo
Sleepingbag: Mountain Designs 800 Torre Series
Bag: 80L Wilderness Equipment Breakout
Mat: Ulti Mat

I can't remember the weights at the moment, but it's all pretty light and works great for me!

[ULWalkingPhil]

Tent: Hilleberg Nammatj 2 GT 3.4kg
Sleeping Bag: Aurora brand,snowman type. 800 gram fill featherdown apx 1.5kg
Backpack: Oneplanet McMillan apx 3.0kg
Mat: Exped Downmat 9 DLX 1.2kg

Total weight= 9.1kg

[ILUVSWTAS]

Very Interesting.

Tent- Terra Nova Photon 600grams
Sleeping bag Mtn Hardware- 600grams
Pack OP Traverse 38l or for longer than 2 nights, OP Mungo 60l 2.3kg
Pad NEOAIR 400gram.

3.7kg

I just wanted to quote this after seeing a couple of guys with 9+ KG although the Mungo is actually 2.5 and the Photon is 700g
so it's more like 4kg.

[north-north-west]

I'll try to remember to take a few bits in to work with me on Sunday and weigh them. It would be interesting.
Although, frankly, I'm not sure I really want to know.