I'm so happy you made this video guys. Because everybody else are just showing all the "ultra-super-light" gear everyone in RU-vid have now days. It feels very down to earth and not mainstream. Love your work! Exito!!
Just wanted to thank you guys for all the great content. The four of you are such a pleasure to watch, the places y’all visit and explore are just breathtaking. Also enjoy the movie and video game references and the back in forth between you three and Thomas, the little jabs always bring a chuckle 🤣. I can’t Imagine how it gets off camera lol. Keep doing what you’re doing, you guys are naturals. Thank you!
This is a really neat example of how different things are more important to folks than others. I like how some are committed to bulkier sleep systems for that all-important nightly rest, but there's also Andrew who forgoes shelter in favor of a tarp yet still makes room for his cookwear and bushcraft materials for making fires, fires which some folks don't even opt for when backpacking. It's a perfect example of bring what adds value for you, leave the other crap -- especially if someone else in your troupe has it covered :)
I must say that I get attached to my gear, and even when it isn't the latest and greatest, I struggle to part with it. When you've been through a lot with it, it becomes a part of you. And yet, new gear is undeniably cool. I think a mix of well broken-in and cutting edge gear is the best way.
This video is very useful for me, because with this video I know what items are needed when traveling long term, especially sleeping equipment, namely sleeping bags and thick jackets and the equipment provided is very good, such as carriers.
My family and I have been watching you for a couple. Your vids are sooo fun and relaxing compared to a lot of stuff of TV/cable/streaming. Thanks so much an we hope you keep em coming.
Thanks for updating gear. Since you are producing videos, I'd also like to see updates on your video and sound gear and perhaps a second one on putting your videos together. Last I knew you were using a Sony A7iii, wireless mics, etc. but not just the equipment, the technique too would be of interest. May be more than you want on your videos, but you do such a great job, it is always nice to know.
I just came across your channel and I was watching the backpacking 30 miles in Colorado’s lost creek wilderness. That was a great video I like the way 3:17 it was narrated and I love the fact that you were able to take Sierra she did great. I was really surprised how good she kept up or kept you guys going good job I am now subscribed.👍🏻 beautiful area, Colorado❤
Thank you guys for posting this! I’ve been hesitant on what to buy because there are so many options. Now, I can suit up with the same gear as you guys, like a video game! Confident I can boost comfort points with Brian’s hammock and increase my skill points with fancy Andrew knives. And with Robby, maybe I’ll just get everything he gets because he always tries out the newest stuff haha. Thanks guys!
Unbelievable how good the timing is on this. I just watched your old video to prepare myself for some camping and backpacking I'd like to do this autumn. Thanks guys!
totally missed this when it got posted! don't have much to add but if anyone is looking for quilts, i can also recommend jacks r better. they tend to be overlooked in a lot of gear discussions but i love mine, they are conservatively rated and seem a lot warmer than others i have tried. thanks for the update!
Nice reviews. Making me want to upgrade my sleeping pad for sure. I'm a big Fenix flashlight/headlamp advocate. Use mine A LOT, but that's due to looking for snakes here in AZ. Gotta have a bright light. I love the rechargeable aspect of Fenix.
I was hoping I could find a gear list after watching two of you on a trip to Colorado. You are mine readers? Only the 2nd video I have seen of yours, but I think I am hooked after this one. Thanks
A cool rapide inflation sack hack- flip it inside out and put it between your pad and pillow, it helps keep it in place because of the 'sticky' rubbery surface inside. It's like a traction mat.
"Unisock" can't say I've ever heard of one of those haha. But now that I think of it, I have had some cold feet in sleeping bags before where a unisock would be preferable to wearing normal socks so my skin doesn't have something directly hugging it.
Thank you. I enjoyed watching that. Andrew if you want to upgrade that Laplander the Silky($$), Corona($) or Fiskars Pro($) are very good. If you only have the Laplander I would be willing to send you something else to try. I love your videos in that you not only have top notch scenery, but also plant id and use, humor, and a good time.
@@ke9tvI love mine. Even cutting wood with 7-8 inches diameter is doable. My favorite but not cheap. I have never had any problems with Silky saws. Corona is much cheaper but works as well for me.
Bryan - When you use that REI chair, do you use a mat or anything for stabilization? I use tennis balls with slits cut in them to slip over the feet. I do get some unusual looks, though, when tennis balls fall out of the storage bag. I just wondered if you or anybody else had a less bulky alternative.
Hi David, while I occasionally have dealt with the chair sinking in soft ground I don't find it happening enough to warrant a fix for it. I usually just reposition the chair until it works, however tennis balls are an interesting idea!
Hey guys, what Hiking pants brand or specific model would you all recommend? I've found some on Amazon but the material is very cheap. The ones I found at REI (I forgot the brand) were good quality but over $100. I'd appreciate the help! Thank you for the awesome and inspiring videos.
I do like gear videos and how you-all's loadouts have changed over the years. (as has mine) I think the Osprey AG is an awesome pack, and used one for a couple years until I gave it to my brother to get him geared up to go out with me.
I want to get into backpack hiking/camping but I have a sense of gear fear and how much I'll have to spend to feel adequate enough to do it. This is the perfect video for me! It seems like there actually isn't all that much you guys take. I've watched a lot of AAs hikes and videos, but a short general guide like choosing a trail/site selection/things to not do etc would be a great follow up :)
Hmm, you all go heavier than I do. My Heavy Four: I use a Granite Gear Crown VC 58 litre. TarpTent Notch, Z-Rest, and an old REI 30 degree F down bag in warmer weather. In winter, the Z-rest gets augmented with a Therm-a-Rest Pro-Lite (foam goes on the TOP) and I carry a Marmot Never Summer. (Two pads are a lot safer, with one being foam. You don't want a puncture to turn into a survival situation!) For an overnighter in high summer, I can make do with my Osprey Talon 33 pack, with the sleeping pad and bear can lashed outboard. (Still need the bigger pack for a longer trip.) Those Gregory packs are comfortable, so I imagine they carry well, particularly since you guys bring all that video gear and bushcraft stuff. But they're heavy! (My daughter wound up selling hers for that reason. She got an ALPS used that's half the weight.) Those New Balance trail runners are great - I like them in wet conditions, because they dry fast. I more often go with Merrell Moab, which I find really comfortable (Everyone's feet are different, use what fits you!) In deep winter I switch to Sorel Caribou pac boots, which fit my Black Diamond Contact crampons and my MSR Lightning snowshoes. My ice axe is a Black Diamond Raven, which is strictly old-school, but I'm and old man and it's what I learnt. Gaiters from Outdoor Research if there's ice - because without gaiters I'm guaranteed to snag a crampon point in my trousers. I seldom have a fire, so don't bother with a big knife. I do carry a Leatherman tool, because it's just so handy having a pair of pliers (to grip a hot billy can, or deal with a balky split ring, or cut a zip tie). The knife on it is good enough to cut up food, or make a feather stick. And my bear can needs a key or a screwdriver to open it. I don't bring a pillow, because I sleep just fine using a stuff sack filled with whatever clothing I'm not wearing to bed. Poles are REI more or less like yours, but I got the ones with cork grips and no shock absorbers. I hate the feel of foam ones, and don't feel safe with the mushy handling of the shock absorbers. I hike some pretty sketchy trails, and about a third of my trips involve some cross-country travel. (Thomas or Robby would understand, they've done some pretty aggressive trips in the Northeast.) You guys use lensatic compasses, I use a mirror-sight. Use what you've learnt. Water filter is a Sawyer Mini. Puffy and rain shell are both from Marmot. I carry the same GSI billy can that you've got if I'm hiking with my daughter, or a XYZ-Mart grease strainer when hiking solo. Stove is a Whisperlite in winter (burning gasoline, or an inverted canister), because you need a lot of fuel to melt your dirinking water. I use a pop can alcohol stove in summer. Like you, I carry one Nalgene, because it'll take boiling hot liquids, so I don't need a separate coffee cup. (In winter, all my water goes in Nalgenes, in homemade jackets of Reflectix pipe insulation, and stored upside down so that if they do freeze partially, they don't freeze across the mouth of the bottle.) I don't remember the brand of my water bladder, and can't be bothered to go down to the basement and look. It might be Platypus,. Headlamp is the same Black Diamond Spot you guys use. Lithium batteries. I don't carry a camp chair, but I do usually carry a bear canister and sit on that. I just about always bring flint and tinder (cotton balls and Vaseline in an Altoids tin). Those go in a pocket rather than in my pack, so that I have them if I wipe out at a river crossing. (I've done just that, in 35°F weather, and made out OK because I could get a fire going right away. I found out that I can't work a lighter when I'm going that hypothermic, but I can strike a flint.) Electronics: I wear a Casio altimeter watch. I carry an ACR PLB. I have a ruggedized smartphone and a 20000 mAh phone charger. (Charger is essential because I log a lot of GPS tracks, which just eats the phone battery.) I carry a little bit more than you do in the way of medical supplies, but that's because I'm sometimes far from help. I've had the experience of spraining a knee 15 miles from the nearest road, and I'd have been in serious deep sh*t without an Ace bandage. (The hike out? Zero out of 10. Would not recommend.) A couple or three of the drugs I carry are prescription-only. My doc and I have an understanding: if I start taking any of them, I have to see a doctor. But first I have to _get_ to a doctor, which means that I need to be able to travel. A couple pair of spare socks, some basic toiletries, a little bit of duct tape, needle and thread, superglue, bug spray, headnet in blackfly season, flypaper in deerfly season, sunscreen, baseball cap or beanie according to the weather, My luxury items include a nylon bucket from Sea to Summit (for use a a settling tank for sketchy water, or for laundry, or bathing, or a fire extinguisher), a GSI coffee filter (if I can't have real coffee, I'm not going!) and occasionally a recorder. (The kind you blow into - and I'm decent with one, can manage to turn out some believable Bach, Handel or Telemann, not just annoying squeaks).
Gear looks great, id ditch the headlamps with batteries. Except Robby yours has sentimate, let's see how long it goes! Lanshan tents are good for those that want lightweight on a budget