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    Senior Member Disco's Avatar
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    If you were to start over and money was no object...

    What pieces of gear would you buy to fill this list?

    Summer Setup
    Hammock:
    Tarp:
    TQ:
    UQ:
    Stove:
    Cook kit:

    Winter Setup
    Hammock:
    Tarp:
    TQ:
    UQ:
    Stove:
    Cook kit:
    With beauty all around you, may you walk.

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    Senior Member Brute1100's Avatar
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    If money was no object... One of everything from each of the vendors... But since that's not going to happen...
    Live, Laugh, Love, if that doesn't work. Load, Aim and Fire, repeat as necessary...

    Buy, Try, Learn, Repeat

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    Senior Member breyman's Avatar
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    Luckily, I learned long ago that it's cheaper in the long run to get the right stuff, that you want, right up front. That, and the ability to sell some things here on the site to fund other purchases, has provided me with a near perfect setup (only thing I still need to fund is a cuben fiber tarp).

    I'm also always experimenting and tweaking in small ways, but the following is what works for me.

    Summer Setup (typically backpacking)
    Hammock: Darien UL, 11 foot
    Tarp: HG Cuben Fiber 4 Season Tarp, modded for side pull-outs to be at the RR spreader bars
    TQ: 20* extra wide Burrow
    UQ: 20* Incubator
    Stove: Ti-tri Caldera Cone w/ 12-10 stove. Swap out for Soto Micro-regulator canister stove when alcohol stoves aren't an option.
    Cook kit: .9 liter Titanium Evernew pot and long-handled titanium spoon (I typically go with freezer-bag cooking)

    Winter Setup (when I can use a pulk or car to get my gear around)
    Hammock: RidgeRunner
    Tarp: HG Cuben Fiber Winter Tarp
    TQ: 0* Burrow
    UQ: Winter Full-length Lynx
    Stove: Primus Omni-fuel Ti
    Cook kit: Set of MSR Pots/Pans
    Last edited by breyman; 01-11-2013 at 12:14.
    Brian
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    Father. Husband. Scoutmaster.

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    Senior Member Hototo's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brute1100 View Post
    If money was no object... One of everything from each of the vendors... But since that's not going to happen...
    I second that. After falling prey to the bug I caught, I have developed quite a want list that grows daily.

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    too many options of gear to pick just one
    'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.” ― Mark Twain

    Who cares about showers, gourmet food, using flush toilets. Just keep on walking and being away from it all.

    There are times that the only way you can do something is to do it alone.

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    I started with a ENO DN and Slap Strap Pros, no Tarp, a REI pad and a North Face Cats Meow. If starting over I'd get a ENO DN and Slap Strap Pros, no Tarp, a REI pad and a North Face Cats Meow. I've had too much fun with every little "Tweak" to start with anything else.

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    Herder of Cats OutandBack's Avatar
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    3 Season Setup
    Hammock: WL snipe
    Tarp: TtoT syl 12x8 doors one end
    TQ: 20F WL
    UQ: 30F HG 3/4
    Stove: alky CC
    Cook kit: Ti pot, Ti spoon

    Winter Setup
    Hammock: Winter Gnome 11x60
    Tarp: TtoT 12x8 syl with doors one end
    TQ: 5F WM SB
    UQ:20F WL full, 2QZQ UQP
    Stove: alky CC & MSR whitegas
    Cook kit: Ti pot, Ti spoon, MSR pot with lid for snow melting

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    Senior Member J.Andersons's Avatar
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    Summer to 3 season
    Dangerbird,
    Cuben MacCat hint to Brian!
    Summer HG Burrow
    Summer HG Incubator
    Ligtest stove I could find
    Certainly made of titanium.

    Winter Setup
    Dangerbird
    Cuben winter palace
    Winter Burrow
    Winter Incubator
    Storm proof stove
    Titanium.
    Ride fast
    Live fun

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    I think I can honestly say that I would get most of what I have now, I'd just buy it new instead of used, which is how I got most of it. Changes from what I have now are in bold

    Summer Setup
    Hammock: HHDJ
    Tarp: Stock when no Coastal TX rain is forecast, HH Hex with doors when it is.
    TQ: Silk sleeping bag liner
    UQ: None

    Winter Setup
    Hammock: HH Expedition w/o net
    Tarp: HH Hex with doors
    TQ: Down in the 30* range
    UQ: Down in the 30* range
    Stove: Cheapo Chinese Pocket Rocket
    Cook kit: My own DIY

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    Senior Member born2roam's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by CB4 View Post
    What pieces of gear would you buy to fill this list?....
    Although not sure about weights and all the latest info I would PROBABLY (at the moment) go for something like this:

    Summer Setup
    Hammock: BIAS Weight Weenie Micro (+ buginator)
    Tarp: HG (or Zpacks) custom Asym tarp (as per a fellow HF member, sorry forgot whom, is somewhere in my YT list... too lazy to look now)
    TQ: HG 40 F Burrow
    UQ: HG 40 F Phoenix OR MM Baby Orca
    Stove: DIY 'caldera clone'
    Cook kit: Titanium Snowpeak 600 (with lid)

    Winter Setup
    Hammock: BIAS Weight Weenie Micro
    Tarp: HG Winter Palace
    TQ: HG 20 F Burrow (+ optional 40F)
    UQ: HG 20 F Incubator (+ optional summer quilt; see above)
    Stove: Never change a winning team (or Primus Omnifuel and....this is a mean one ....)
    Cook kit: Never change a winning team (see line above this )

    Now all good and well, and tomorrow my options might change. Pulk, what kind of winter, group size, length of trip, type of cooking bladibladibla.....

    But with this selection I save storage space, the agony of thinking what stuff to take, stay modular

    O boy, a man can dream can he... because once I type this, there are other reactions that got me thinking... mmm why not that quilt or tarp or ...

    Thanks for opening up a can of worms in my head/savings account

    Grtz Johan
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