Links to Useful Sites
Favorite Gear Sources:
- Garage Grown Gear
- Litesmith
- Directory of backpacking gear vendors
Links to really good gear data tabulations
- Sleeping pads
- Puffy Jackets
- Quilts
- Water bottles
- First Aid and Repair Kit
- Ultralight Tips - Good writeup with pictures. "All the little things."
Links to really good surveys
AT Hiker Heat Map tool here
Places to Get Used Gear or Good Gear Deals:
- Reddit gear trade
- Backpacking Light gear trade
- FB group: Backpacking Gear Flea Market
- FB group: Backpacking Gear Swap
- FB group: UL Hiking Gear Swap
- FB group: Ultralight Outdoor Gear - Buy & Sell
- FB group: Backpacking & Hiking Gear Deals with Outdoor Education
- FB group: Backpacking Gear Sale
- Ebay
Navigation:
Resources:
- Lighterpack
- Backpacking Light
- Food recipes
- Adventure Alan
- Gear Junkie
- Brian's Best-Bang-for-the-Buck gear recommendations
- Reddit/Ultralight
- FB group: Ultralight Backpacking
- FB group: SUL / XUL Backpacking