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The original was posted on /r/Ultralight by /u/Belangia65 on 2025-06-01 20:29:53+00:00.

Here is an XUL (sub-3 lb) gear list that I went out with a few weekends ago for an overnighter. It was my attempt to put together the most robust and comfortable 3-lb backpacking kit I could muster. This was both for the fun challenge of it, but also to help me think critically about what gear I value and why. I was aiming for a kit that would work with nighttime lows of 50F, could handle itself in rain, could deal with light bug pressure, and that I could take out for a typical 3-day, 2-night weekend trip.

For additional context, I am bi-coastal and hike mostly in Southern Appalachia and Northern California. On the overnighter I took with this gear in Pisgah National Forest in NC on May 25-26, it didn’t get tested much — lows were around 60 and highs around 72 with slightly cloudy skies and no precipitation. Total pack weight was 7.3 lbs.

This is not really a shakedown request — call it shakedown-adjacent. I’m not necessarily looking for ways to cut weight. I can think of several ways to make it lighter still, but there are diminishing returns to dropping base weight when you’re at these levels. Rather, I’m looking for any ideas you all might have to make it better and still come in at 3 lbs. “Better” may mean ideas to extend the range of weather conditions it would work in, or ways to make it more comfortable, or upgrades to specific gear items, or even idiosyncratic preferences you might have. Any ideas welcome!