Sleepers for securing them to a quilt or foam pad. The design of the GG pads minimizes that issue.įeature useful to some hikers is integrated tabs on the sides of the The footĮnd drop-off of other manufacturer’s pads makes it feel like your feet are ![]() Thickness is also tapered to minimize the drop-off at the foot end. Gear describes this feature as follows: “Slightly higher side rails to let ![]() Larger in diameter to help a sleeper stay centered on the pad. Happy hiking! WillĮvident from the table, and other observations: I hope readers will add their own wisdom and comments, respond to my questions, ask their own questions, and correct me if I get something wrong. It's a passion after all, so we just plain enjoy talking about it. My goal for Ultralight Insights is to understand, test, and report on new technologies and gear of interest to lightweight and ultralight backpackers. Also, there is a lot of information here (and on our informational website Southwest Ultralight Backpacking) on useful techniques and backcountry etiquette - food for thought for hikers wanting to lighten their load and their impacts. For hikers wanting to keep up on the latest and greatest ultralight backpacking gear, this is a good place to hang out. I'm always looking for the lightest, most functional gear to improve a lightweight or ultralight backpacking kit, and report my impressions and field testing results here. I prefer it on the outside of my pack for the dry back option, what a winner! and as a handy trail seat for rest stops.Welcome! Ultralight backpacking is my passion, and keeping up on new technologies, gear, and techniques relevant to UL backpacking is what floats my boat. I suspect the idea originated first with Ray Jardine ( ). You could try this anyway if you aren’t handy at sewing. We added this system ourselves with some elastic to a pack with spectacular results, not least being a dry back! Mountain Laurel Designs have a load transfer system ( using a Klymit pad which goes inside your pack). If you don’t own a Gossamer gear pack but want to add an Air beam to another frameless pack for load transfer you could try this idea: The pad can also be used to extend the length of a 3/4 length sleeping pad (eg Thermarest Neo – 230 grams), so the extra 12 grams can be seen as a saving of 98 grams as compared with carrying the Thermarest Neo Xlight Womens which I normally use: See also: & & Īnother great Klymit product is their sub 1kg, sub $200 Grade 2 ready packraft: I also hope to be able to modify a drinking bottle cap with a 1/4” irrigation fitting and some glue – somethig like my post here: ) so I can blow the pad up (if necessary) with my Platypus/Sawyer drinking bottle. I am working on plugging the ¼” inflation tube with a ¼” irrigation plug(or similar). The pad is quite difficult to blow up by mouth (but on most trips re-inflation should not be necessary). ![]() The pad itself (12” x19” x ¾”) weighs 68 grams compared to the ‘Sitlight’ 49 grams. ![]() This new pad beats them hands down for comfort and getting that weight down onto your hips where it belongs. I have always used Gossamer’ Gear’s ‘Sitlight’ pad as padding and partial load transfer in my GG and Zpacks packs. South Coast Track (Fiordland) Menu Toggle.
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