2020 BACKPACKING GEAR LIST - Ultra Comfort

hey guys justin here today i'm doing a 20 20 update of one of my most popular videos my comfort item gear list i'm at beautiful ray lake in kane ask us here and this is a perfect trip for bringing comfort items because it's short only 10 kilometers i'm gonna be setting up a bit of a base camp here and exploring around the area and those are the kind of trips where i like to bring a lot of comfort items and we're going to go through them today well this gear is pretty lightweight coming at around 13 pounds it is different than the gear i'll bring on an ultralight trip and a lot of time i will mix and match my ultra light gear with my comfort gear but most of the time i'm probably bringing my comfort gear because it just pays to be comfortable on the trail the only time i really go ultra is if i'm trying to cover a lot of distance and crush miles and i'll be doing a full ultralight gear list as well so subscribe to the channel if you want to get notified when that drops first up is one of the most important items the pack and this is the rei flash 55 pack one of my favorite pieces of gear this thing carries weight phenomenally i can carry up to 30 40 pounds no problem and when you are packing in those luxury items and comfort items you do need to be able to carry a bit more weight on you it also has some really great features like these water bottle pockets on the side here which makes it really easy to reach back and grab your water and it's comfortable i'm not having to jar my shoulder out of its socket in order to get my water i have done a review of this pack and a lot of the gear that i'm going to talk about today and i'll post links to all those reviews in the video description before we jump into what's in and on my pack let's just talk about this orange thing that's on my belly here this is my mountain equipment co-op fanny pack i keep my bear spray on it so if i am going on a little adventure like i'm gonna go watch the sunset tonight then i can carry my bear spray with me and i don't have to bring my entire pack or carry the bear spray in my hand in the fanny pack i usually keep some safety items like my garmin inreach so i use this in order to check in with my check-in back at home today it's my girlfriend as well as coordinate with friends if i'm trying to meet up at the trailhead and there's no cell phone reception i also keep my sunglasses these are my shady ray sunglasses keep my eyes protected and then i also usually have some sort of snack this is just a costco bar here so that's everything that i keep inside my fanny pack on the pack itself i keep an umbrella on the shoulder strap here i really like having umbrella if it's supposed to be intermittent rain which it might be today or tomorrow and i just pop the umbrella up keeps me nice and dry i don't have to scrunch around for my rain jacket and take my pack off in order to put that on i also keep my water bottle smart water bottle with a smart cap on the side here and a nice easy to reach pouch and then on the side i keep my tent pools so when i'm going comfort camping i do bring a two person tent and i'll show you that a little bit but i keep the poles on the outside just so that it's a little bit easier as well as the tent stakes in this really awesome cute little bag that hilltop packs gave me so thanks a lot to bennett hilltop packs really cool dyneema bags and then on the other side i keep my helinox chair zero so it's really nice to have a chair at the end of the day take a load off watch the sunset look at the beautiful views like we have with the lake here the chairs is really really nice to have and then on the front pouch i keep a few other items like my frogtogs ultralight 2 rain jacket so i just keep this easily accessible if i do need to throw it off it starts to downpour i have my trowel in here this is the vargo dig dig titanium trowel i like this one because that's serrated edges which makes it really easy to cut through roots and it's just way more comfortable to use toilet paper and soap then i also keep my hydration system in here so i have a cnoc vecto water bladder here so this is really nice because it opens at the top and you get a really nice wide opening to scoop water up so you're not having to scoop water into a really little opening for the container and then my filter the soyer squeeze screws onto the end there so this is the soyer squeeze and i can filter water directly into my smart water bottles it's a really convenient system i can filter two waters pretty quickly and it's really reliable that's what i like about the soil squeeze it hasn't let me down and that's why i like to bring it just one of those things when you're comfort camping you want to stay comfortable and not have to be dealing with tabs and hydration and things going wrong and the flash 55 has a waterproof brain so this is fully waterproof and in here i keep some some items like my first aid kit this just has some drugs and blister care in it nothing too crazy my driver's license and credit card keys to my car you can see i keep some pretty important things in here my uh diddy bag with toothbrush toothpaste earplugs drugs and i also have my nitecore nu25 headlamp in case it gets dark when i'm hiking or to use at night as well as a 6700 milliamp hour anchor battery bank so this is usually what i need for overnighters or weekend trips has enough juice to keep everything charged pretty easily now let's jump inside the pack pull the brain back it is a roll top pack which i really like one of my favorite features of the pack and at the very top i keep my food normally when i get to camp one of the first things i do is i go hang my food bag up so this is the ursac xl bear bag this is bear a bear resistant bag bears are not supposed to be able to get into this bag or at your food in here i keep my food so just quickly we got my lunch for tomorrow some snacks i have my vargo titanium long-handled spoon and then in here we have my cook system so i have an ever new medium-sized passport this is a one liter pot has a really nice lid handles and then inside i have my msr pocket rocket deluxe fuel canister and then a pack towel just for drying things off and a blue mini pick lighter also in here i keep a mug i don't bring my mug on all my trips but i like to have it just to have a little bit of a hot drink at the end of the day especially if it's cold out may put a little bit of whiskey in there it's nice to have a second mug in there so you're not having to drink out of your pot and i'm bringing hot apple cider for this trip so it should be a nice little treat at the end of the night then some more snacks breakfast more snacks and then my dinner for tonight happy yak express shrimp curry with rice i've heard this is really good jim baird eats happy yak and maybe if i eat happy act two i'll get as extreme as jim baird and i'll be soloing rivers in the territories of canada and traversing arctic the arctic circle uh we'll see we'll see what's happening after eat that so everything in the bear bag the other items that we have in here i also have slippers so i keep some slippers right at the top there as well these are baffin cush slippers definitely a luxury item but really nice to have take my shoes off dry my shoes out put on some nice comfy warm slippers they're super light too so i love to bring these and put them on during the day now things are going to get a little bit crinkly because i keep all of my stuff that i need to keep really dry within a nio flume bag years it's a waterproof kind of garbage bag that i put things like my tent so i have my tent at the top here this is the marmot tungsten ul2 tent and i keep the fly and the mesh inner separately because you can actually set this tent up fly first and then set the interrupt inside of it if it is raining which is a really really great feature and one of my favorite features and then if the fly is wet then you can leave it outside your pack and dry and you can pack your mesh inside your pack in the dry area here then i have another bag all these bags eh definitely not an ultralight trip with my clothes and i keep a fleece long sleeve here for the night my toque some patagonia kapolein long johns an extra pair of underwear which is definitely a luxury item on most trips for me extra pair of socks and then i also keep my decathlon trek 100 down jacket here just a nice warm down jacket that i can put on at night when it's getting cold or if i'm sleeping and it starts getting really cold then i can throw this on and be really comfortable now into my sleep system so first up we have the sea to summit etherlight xt men's size large sleeping pad this is the most comfortable sleeping pad that i've come across i've tried a whole bunch of other sleeping pads recently and i'm gonna do a comparison between all of them it has that air sprung technology which makes really nice baffles in the pad and is just all around a very comfortable pad to use next up we have my pillow this is the trachology 2.0 pillow very comfortable this pad strap is a game changer if you're sick and tired of your pillow running away from you in the middle of the night get the trichology the pad strap really keeps it locked in place and overall the pillow is very comfortable as well it has a really stretchy material on it which is comfortable and the baffling in it makes it very supportive and comfortable to sleep on definitely for 15 definitely the best pillow on the market and then last but not least is my quilt so this is also in a hilltop's pack dry bag here and this is an enlightened equipment enigma 20 quilt now i've used this quilt down to 20 degrees fahrenheit and been very comfortable in it i love quilts i like quilts way more than sleeping bags this is a comfort item for me i toss and turn a lot at night so having a quilt allows me to do that without getting tangled up like i would in a sleeping bag so definitely one of my favorite pieces of gear that's everything guys i'm going to go sit in my chair cook dinner and then watch the sunset if you want to check out my ultralight gear list i'll post that up there once it drops otherwise thanks for watching guys and we'll see you next time

Channel: Justin Outdoors

Views: 93,318

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Id: Jjv-5i7ACLQ

Length: 9min 9sec (549 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 03 2020