Three season UK hills, usually four nights. 8.4kg base: 1.9kg tent (two-person, used solo), 1.4kg pack, 1.1kg sleeping bag, 550g mat, 480g stove kit with a 1.2L pot, 900g of clothing including a fleece and a hardshell, rest is odds and ends. I've already dropped the camp chair and a second pot. Where is the weight actually hiding?
Before spending anything: 900g of clothing for three season UK is reasonable, but check whether it's the right 900g. A fleece plus a hardshell with no wind layer means you wear the shell for wind and get clammy. A 90g windshirt often replaces the fleece's daytime job and half the shell's.
8.4kg is already decent and the last kilo costs more than the first three did. If the pack is comfortable and you enjoy the trips, the honest advice is to spend on pack fit rather than chase a number.
Then it's definitely the pack. A 1.4kg pack that's uncomfortable at 16kg is the worst of both worlds, you're paying the weight penalty of a frame without getting the benefit.
Fair, and I do enjoy them. It's that four nights of food on top puts me near 16kg and that's where my shoulders start complaining.
Solo in a two-person tent is a kilo of comfort you might genuinely want in UK weather when you're stuck inside for an afternoon. Decide that one on purpose rather than because it's the heaviest line on a spreadsheet.
@onebag_ozzy · 4mo ago · 3 replies
Your big three are 4.4kg of an 8.4kg base and that's where the whole answer lives. Nothing you do with odds and ends competes with one change there.
In order of weight saved per pound spent:
That's 1.7kg without touching your sleep system, which at 1.1kg plus 550g is already reasonable. Also weigh the odds and ends individually and post the list, because that's where people find 400g they'd forgotten about.
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@packlist_pen · 4mo ago
Weighed everything separately and the odds and ends came to 1.6kg, including a 210g first aid kit that is mostly packaging.
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@weatherfront_wu · 4mo ago
The first aid repack is the classic one. Mine went from 240g to 80g by binning the box and putting the actual contents in a small zip bag.
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