| $250 Ultralight Equipment List | |||||||||||
| Price | Lbs | ||||||||||
| $68.00 | 1.3 | Sleeping | |||||||||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | Shelter | |||||||||
| $62.00 | 2.4 | Pack | |||||||||
| $71.00 | 2.5 | Clothes | |||||||||
| $5.00 | 0.5 | Water & food storage | |||||||||
| $23.50 | 1.2 | Essentials | |||||||||
| $229.50 | 9.0 | Basic Pack Weight | |||||||||
| $20.00 | 3.8 | Items worn or carried | |||||||||
| Price | Oz | Lbs | Source | ||||||||
| $249.50 | 12.8 | Total FSO | $20.00 | 10.0 | 0.63 | Fleece Vest | Target, Old Navy, etc. | ||||
| * | $16.00 | 12.0 | 0.75 | Nylon Poncho | Campmor | ||||||
| Price | Oz | Lbs | Source | $10.00 | 6.0 | 0.38 | Polypro undershirt | Campmor | |||
| $12.00 | 0.8 | 0.05 | SA Classic Knife | Campmor | $10.00 | 6.0 | 0.38 | Polypro bottoms | Campmor | ||
| $8.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Compass, Sunto Starter | Campmor | $8.00 | 3.0 | 0.19 | Heavy Poly Balaclava | Campmor | ||
| $2.00 | 0.3 | 0.02 | Whistle, Survival SOS | Campmor | $7.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Polystretch gloves | Campmor | ||
| * | $1.50 | 2.0 | 0.13 | Rayovac 2 AAA Al penlight | K-Mart | $0.00 | 2.5 | 0.16 | Socks (spare) | Home | |
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Maps & stuff in zip loc | Home | $71.00 | 2.53 | |||||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Watch | Home | |||||||
| $0.00 | 4.0 | 0.25 | Boo boo (1st aid) kit | Home | * | $60.00 | 38.0 | 2.38 | REI Alpine Pack 3000 cu in | REI | |
| $0.00 | 1.5 | 0.09 | Sunscreen & chap stick | Home | * | $2.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Mylar food bags (stuff sacks) | Grocery Store | |
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Lighter, b'candle, matches | Home | $62.00 | 2.44 | |||||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Toilet Paper | Home | |||||||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Toothbrush & paste | Home | * | $0.00 | 9.0 | 0.56 | 6x9 Tyvek sheet bend tarp | Scrap from building site | |
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Duct Tape | Home | $0.00 | 3.5 | 0.22 | Shelter Cord | Home | ||
| $0.00 | 0.9 | 0.06 | Bandana | Home | $0.00 | 4.0 | 0.25 | Tyvek Ground Sheet | Scrap from building site | ||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Wallet and Money | Home | $0.00 | 1.03 | |||||
| $0.00 | 2.0 | 0.13 | Insect repellant & soap | Home | |||||||
| $23.50 | 1.22 | * | $58.00 | 16.0 | 1.00 | Homemade quilt | 1.1 oz nylon & primaloft | ||||
| $10.00 | 4.8 | 0.30 | Foam pad cut to 20x45 | REI | |||||||
| $0.00 | 30.0 | 1.88 | Running shoes | Home | $68.00 | 1.30 | |||||
| $0.00 | 2.5 | 0.16 | Socks | Home | |||||||
| * | $0.00 | 13.5 | 0.84 | Old wool dress pants | Home or thrift store | * | $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Homemade food stuff sack | Scrap from quilt fabric |
| $20.00 | 10.0 | 0.63 | Nylon shirt, doubles as windshell | Campmor closeout | $0.00 | 4.0 | 0.25 | Food hanging cord | Home | ||
| $0.00 | 3.0 | 0.19 | Sun hat, baseball cap | Home | $0.00 | 2.0 | 0.13 | Two 1 liter soda bottles | Home | ||
| $0.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | Sunglasses | Home | * | $5.00 | 1.0 | 0.06 | H2O purify tablets | Campmor | |
| $20.00 | 3.75 | $5.00 | 0.50 | ||||||||
| * | Designates an item I would replace given a bit more money (examples below) | ||||||||||
| Equipment changes for a bit more money | |||||||||||
| Price | Oz | Lbs | Source | Add'l money and weight over $250 list item | |||||||
| $20.00 | 0.5 | 0.03 | LED Light Pocket Brite | LED Light | $20.00 | 0.3 | 0.02 | ||||
| $36.00 | 12.8 | 0.80 | REI convertible trai Pants | REI on sale | $36.00 | 0.7 | 0.04 | ||||
| $55.00 | 12.0 | 0.75 | Essenshelll pullover | Patagonia on closeout | $39.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| or Red Ledge Thuderlight Jaket | Red Ledge, not on sale | ||||||||||
| $100.00 | 14.0 | 0.88 | GoLite Breeze Pack | GoLite | $40.00 | 24.0 | 1.50 | ||||
| $55.00 | 9.0 | 0.56 | Campmor 6x8 silnylon tarp | Campmor | $55.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||
| $60.00 | 13.6 | 0.85 | Pur Hiker water filter | REI & other stores | $60.00 | -12.6 | -0.79 | (over iodine tablets) | |||
| or in-line filter system | |||||||||||
| $6.00 | 1.2 | 0.45 | 2 liter platypus | REI & other stores | |||||||
| $24.00 | 4.0 | 6.00 | Platy 2 L zip hoser | REI & other stores | |||||||
| $35.00 | 3.5 | 7.66 | SWA inline water filter | SWA | |||||||
| If you can't make your own equipment, consider: | |||||||||||
| $100.00 | 28.0 | 1.75 | Marmot Arroyo or similar bag | Closeout various stores | $42.00 | -12.0 | -0.75 | ||||
| $109.00 | 36.0 | 2.25 | Campmor +20 mummy bag | Campmor | $51.00 | -20.0 | -1.25 | ||||
| $10.00 | 0.6 | 0.04 | Equinox silnylon stuff sacks | Back Country Gear | |||||||
| $10.00 | 5.5 | 0.34 | Emerg. Blanket (ground cloth) | Campmor | $10.00 | -1.5 | -0.09 | ||||