if you want to share some tips with the backpacker community, you are welcome !backpacking@lemmy.ml. Have nice trails !

Any Europeans here? Decathlon used to suck so badly in the past, but now admittedly most of my gear is from them. I'm not sure I get to call myself ultralight quite yet, but this is certainly the lightest I've ever gone. Missing in the picture is obviously any food, I'll bring ~1 kg along for 10 days in Croatia. The rest I'll buy whenever I'm in town. Also I'll probably add a small bottle later too. I've really enjoyed finding my very own balance of low-weight to reliability to comfort over the past years. Tell me if you think I'm missing anything or have questions. If anyone's interested in weight, an actual breakdown (or the contents of my toiletries and tech pouches) let me know!

Any Europeans here? Decathlon used to suck so badly in the past, but now admittedly most of my gear is from them. I'm not sure I get to call myself ultralight quite yet, but this is certainly the lightest I've ever gone. Missing in the picture is obviously any food, I'll bring ~1 kg along for 10 days in Croatia. The rest I'll buy whenever I'm in town. Also I'll probably add a small bottle later too. I've really enjoyed finding my very own balance of low-weight to reliability to comfort over the past years. Tell me if you think I'm missing anything or have questions. If anyone's interested in weight, an actual breakdown (or the contents of my toiletries and tech pouches) let me know!

I have a 55 lb possibly McNab dog (so he's not small) and he definitely needs something to keep him warm at night. Any recommendations for ultra light dog sleeping bags and maybe pads? I got a cheap bag on Amazon but it's poly fill and heavy for what it is.

Anybody have first hand experience of using both the original Kumo AND the new fastpack model?

I’m no trail runner but with a UL base weight and regular 25-30 mile days on trail, I’m really intrigued by the new model.

My original Kumo has about 3000 miles on it and I’ve loved the pack but it’s getting beat up and I’m considering the upgrade.

Does the fastpack carry any more comfortably than the original? I wear my original with the straps as tight as I can get them so the vest style seems like it might be right up my alley.

Does anybody have a reccomendation for a tent that has a fly that can be staked out to make a usable 'porch' area during light, vertical rainfall? On my recent trip I was stuck in my tent for a while during a light - moderate rainfall and I really wanted to open the fly and just watch the storm. The NEMO tent I took would have had rain falling right into the bathtub floor though. I think that Sierra designs made something like what I'm imagining in the past, however they no longer sell them anymore.

Not much going on here so I'll start of a thread. Any new equipment or adventures going on?