Luxury item

[backwoods doc]

Okay, we all share the goal of getting our gear to the least weight possible.

But if you could add one luxury item, weighing less than a pound or two, what would it be?

To start the ball rolling, mine is a Thermarest Trekker chair. 10 ounces of pure luxury for the backside.

[Bobcat1]

Hmmmm. My Trekker chair only weighs 5 oz. But my luxury item is usually a book.

[dcclark]

I bring a Kindle. 7.2 oz and dozens of books -- I spend a lot of time reading on the island (usually while sitting on a dock). More than once I've been socked in by weather and read an entire book in a day.

[Base654]

I laughed at my friends for taking a helinox chair zero because it is an unnecessary one pound. I was trying to get comfortable sitting on the dock last year while reading a book when a fellow kayaker pulled his chair out and offered it to me. I now carry one. Crow doesn't taste bad when you're comfortable.

I also carry a kindle, my last trip with paper books I carried four pounds of books. I was rained in a lot last trip and read 6 books.

[torpified]

me also: a book, usually a paperback mystery novel. (I wonder if this cluster of "book[s]" answers reflects some sort of selection effect: people who frequent these forums when they could just be FaceGramming instead are people for whom words are a natural medium?)

[Duffy Moon]

Leaving for my first IR trip in 16 days, so: I'll likely find out at the end of my trip which items were my luxury items. For the next two weeks, they're all necessities!

[Bobcat1]

Duffy, when you arrive in RH look me up in the campground-I will be leaving on the Ranger the next morning so I will definitely be “ in town”. I will put a note on the message board at the vis ctr.

[Duffy Moon]

Will do, Bobcat. My wife and I will be the ones wheezing under the weight of ridiculous packs.

[Hoosierhiker]

I was going by REI tonight to pick up the stuff i ordered for the trip. I was thinking about getting a small chair.

[hooky]

Love my Monarch Alite chair. I also bring a kindle so I can read whatever I'm in the mood to read.

[GHI]

I tried my buddies trail camp stool a few weeks ago while on the island. It doesn't seem like it would be comfortable, but I thought it was great I'm usually a sit on an available log type of person. It rained quite a bit and sitting on wet logs was not enjoyable. I'll be picking up one of these stools soon.