Darn you guys. DARN YOU GUYS!!!! Here we are...18 days until hunting season. And now...because of THIS thread...Im going back through every item in my pack and scouring gear reviews looking for anyway to cut ounces out of my pack! As if I didn't have a ton of other stuff to do.
But it's fun and very enlightening. For example, I can buy a titanium canteen cup for $55 and knock 4 oz off my pack, or I can swap out my eVent stuff sack for an ultra-sil sack for $30 and save one ounce. When you start looking at items in terms of ounces save per dollar spent, it gets really expensive really quickly.
good, cheap, fast/loud/light etc....you get to pick 2