Litehiker
Well-Known Member
Experienced backpackers have electronic digital postal scales. These usually have an upper weight limit of 5 pounds and can weigh in either pounds & ounces or kilos and grams by pushing a button. The nice thing about a digital postal scale is that they can be easily zeroed.
Weighing each piece of gear and keeping a gear list with the weights is important because it makes us more conscious of weight and makes us compare what we have to some shiny new piece of gear that attracts us.
GEAR SELECTION:
1st question - Do I (really) need it?
2nd question - How much does it weigh?
3rd question - Are there lighter alternatives that will do the job as well?
4th question - How do I get it past my wife/husband?
Anyway, most of you likely do weigh your gear. The rest of you trust the manufacturers' weight (don't) or just don't give a ****. If you are in that last category by the time you are 50 your knees will give a ****.
Eric B.
Weighing each piece of gear and keeping a gear list with the weights is important because it makes us more conscious of weight and makes us compare what we have to some shiny new piece of gear that attracts us.
GEAR SELECTION:
1st question - Do I (really) need it?
2nd question - How much does it weigh?
3rd question - Are there lighter alternatives that will do the job as well?
4th question - How do I get it past my wife/husband?
Anyway, most of you likely do weigh your gear. The rest of you trust the manufacturers' weight (don't) or just don't give a ****. If you are in that last category by the time you are 50 your knees will give a ****.
Eric B.
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