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Here is a list of cottage backpacking gear companies. One of the many great things about these companies is service when you call the owner usually is the one to answer the phone. Not to mention quality. Thanks to 1azurus over at Whiteblaze for the list. enjoy the gear oggling everybody!

2QZQ Hammock Specialties
http://www.2qzqhammockhanger.com - hHmmock modifications and accessories.

AntiGravityGear
http://www.antigravitygear.com – Lightweight shelters, cook systems, accessories and more.

Arrowhead Equipment
http://arrowheadequipment.webs.com - Mostly hammock related gear and underquilts

Bear Paw Wilderness Designs
http://www.bearpawwd.com – Lightweight shelters and accessories.

Big Sky International
http://www.bigskyinternational.com – Ultralight freestanding shelters.

Black Rock Gear
http://www.blackrockgear.com – Ultralight down hats, vests, gloves and apparel.

Brasslite Backpacking Stoves
http://www.brasslite.com – Lightweight alcohol stoves.

Bushbuddy
http://www.bushbuddy.ca – Ultralight wood burning stoves.

Butt in a Sling
http://www.buttinasling.com – Hammocks and accessories.

Dirty Girl Gaiters
http://www.dirtygirlgaiters.com – Colorful lightweight gaiters.

DIY Gear Supply
http://www.diygearsupply.com – Materials and fabrics for building your own lightweight gear.

Elemental Horizons
http://www.elementalhorizons.com – Lightweight backpacks and accessories.

End2End Supply
https://www.end2endtrailsupply.com/ – Stoves and accessories.

Enlightened Equipment
http://www.enlightenedequipment.com – Ultralight sleeping quilts.

Equinox LTD
http://www.equinoxltd.com – Ultralight packs, shelters, accessories and more.

Etowah Outfitters
http://www.etowahoutfittersultraligh...ackinggear.com - Misc gear

Feathered Friends
http://www.featheredfriends.com – Ultralight down sleeping bags and clothing.

Four Dog Stoves
http://www.fourdog.com – Ultralight multi-fuel stoves and cookware.

Gossamer Gear
http://www.gossamergear.com – Ultralight backpacks, shelters, sleep systems & more.

Goosefeet Gear
http://www.goosefeetgear.com – Down booties and apparel.

Hammock Gear
http://www.hammockgear.com – Lightweight hammock tarps, quilts and accessories.

Hawk Vittles food
http://hawkvittles.com - Food

Hennessy Hammock
http://www.hennessyhammock.com – Lightweight hammock shelters.

Hyperlight Mountain Gear
http://www.hyperlitemountaingear.com – Ultralight cuben fiber backpacks, shelters and accessories.

Integral Designs
http://www.integraldesigns.com – Lightweight shelters, bivys and accessories.

Jacks R Better
http://www.jacksrbetter.com – Ultralight sleeping quilts, shelters and accessories.

Katabatic Gear
http://www.katabaticgear.com – Ultralight sleeping quits and bivys.

Kifaru
http://www.kifaru.net/ - Survival oriented gear line.

Lawson Outdoor Equipment
http://www.lawsonequipment.com – Lightweight shelter kits, fabrics and accessories.

LightHeart Gear
http://www.lightheartgear.com – Ultralight double-wall shelters, fabrics and accessories.

Luke’s Ultralite
http://www.lukesultralite.com – Lightweight gear, apparel, cuben items and accessories.

LuxuryLite
http://www.luxurylite.com - Ultralight cot, bed, and other items.
LW Gear
http://www.lwgear.com – Lightweight backpacks, DVDs, books and videos.

McHale Alpine Packs
http://www.mchalepacks.com – Custom fitted ultralight backpacks.

MiniBull Design
http://www.minibulldesign.com – Alcohol stoves and accessories.

Moonbow Gear
http://www.moonbowgear.com – Modular pack systems, shelters and other unique gear.

Mystery Ranch
http://www.mysteryranch.com - Durable military and civilian multi-purpose backpacks

Nunatak
http://www.nunatakusa.com – Ultralight sleeping quilts and down apparel.

Mountain Laurel Designs
http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com – Ultralight backpacks, shelters, sleep systems and more.

Outdoor Equipment Supplier LLC
http://www.outdoorequipmentsupplier.com – Lightweight tarps, shelters and accessories.

Outdoor Herbivore
http://www.outdoorherbivore.com – Food.

Outdoor Trail Gear
http://www.outdoortrailgear.com - Dutch clips, hammock accessories and cottage industry coop

Oware
http://shop.bivysack.com – Ultralight shelters, sleep systems and accessories.

The Packa
http://www.thepacka.com – Poncho/pack cover combination

Packafeather
http://packafeather.com – Lightweight alcohol stoves and accessories.

Pack it gourmet food
http://www.packitgourmet.com - Food

Purcell Trench
http://www.purcelltrench.com – Lightweight fire grilles and accessories.

QiWiz
http://www.QiWiz.net - U.L. Wood Burning Stoves, saws and trowels

Ray Jardine
http://www.rayjardine.com – The godfather of UL backpacking’s books and sew-your-own gear kits.

RBH Designs
http://www.rbhdesigns.com - Bbarrier clothing

Ruta Locura
http://www.rutalocura.com – Trekking poles, tent poles, cookware and accessories.

Seekoutside tipis
http://seekoutside.com/products/ultralight-tipis/

Simblissity
http://www.simblissity.net – Lightweight gaiters, storage sacks and accessories.

Six Moon Designs
http://www.sixmoondesigns.com – Ultralight backpacks, shelters and accessories.

Slinglight Camp chairs
http://slinglight.com

Solo Stove
http://www.solostove.com – Lightweight wood-burning stoves.

Stephenson’s
http://warmlite.com - General gear outfitter, vapor barrier clothing and sleeping bags

Suluk 46
http://www.suluk46.com – Ultralight backpacking tools and accessories.

Super Cat Alcohol Stove
http://jwbasecamp.com/Articles/SuperCat/index.html

Tarptent
http://www.tarptent.com – The original ightweight single-wall shelters (and now double wall shelters)

Tewa
http://tewaunderquilts.webs.com - Hammock Underquilts

Titanium Goat
http://www.titaniumgoat.com – Lightweight conical shelters, cook systems and more.

Trail Designs
http://www.traildesigns.com – Lightweight stoves, cookware and accessories.

Tato Wood Stoves
http://www.tripleatripleo.com – Stoves.

Ultralight Adventure Equipment
http://www.ula-equipment.com – Lightweight backpacks.

Underground Quilts
http://www.undergroundquilts.com – Lightweight quilts.

Warbonnet Outdoors
http://www.warbonnetoutdoors.com – Lightweight hammock tarps, quilts and accessories.

Western Mountaineering
http://www.westernmountaineering.com – Ultralight down sleeping bags and apparel.

White Box Stoves
http://www.whiteboxstoves.com – Ultralight alcohol stoves.

Whoopie Slings
http://www.whoopieslings.com – Hammock suspensions and accessories.

Wilderness Logics
http://www.wildernesslogics.com - Ultralight hammock gear.

Wintergreen Northern Wear
http://www.wintergreennorthernwear.com - Cold weather clothing

Yama Mountain Gear
http://www.yamamountaingear.com – Lightweight tarps, shelters and accessories.

Zelph Stoves
http://www.woodgaz-stove.com - Ultralight wood and alcohol stoves.

Zen and the Art of Alcohol Stoves
http://zenstoves.net/Stoves.htm - Information and guide to alcohol stoves

ZimmerBuilt
http://www.zimmerbuilt.com - Custom made Ultralight Backpacks

ZPacks
http://www.zpacks.com – Ultralight cuben fiber shelters, backpacks and accessories.

Flatcat Gear- Stoves
http://www.flatcatgear.com

Emberlit Camp Stoves
http://www.emberlit.com Wood burning stoves.

Nice list

Update on some new schtuff.....
(credit for the link to someone in the deep reaches if the web, the link was found during a small section of my quest to finish the internet)

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Thank you! Very nice list. Some others to add without recommendation - I've only browsed:

The Boilerworks
http://www.theboilerwerks.com/ - makes "the first lightweight chimney kettle"

Suluk 46
http://www.suluk46.com/index.html - various gear for the ultralite backpacker. Also offers small to large production runs of your own designs.

By the way, I love Packit Gourmet and Mountain Laurel Designs.

If you sew, or know someone who does:

Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics
http://www.owfinc.com/

Don't know if this is a cottage industry, but if you sew you might also like Quest Outfitters - Tyvek, Cuben Fiber, Silnylon and much much more. http://www.questoutfitters.com/index.html

They have links to a number of make it or do it yourself sites.

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A small place in Winona, MN makes lightweight sleeping quilts, enLIGHTened equipment: http://www.enlightenedequipment.com/. -- One note about the website - I've had a lot of trouble using it (sometimes just an hour glass, other times pages don't change). Could be I need to go from IE 8 to IE 9, but I need 8 for other apps I use. Sometimes it helps to try once or twice, then try to open the site in a second IE window.

I now own one of his 0 degree down quilts - 27oz. It figures that it arrived just as it turned from winter to summer (who needs spring, huh?) here in Wisconsin. But it looks great and was delivered when he said it would be (3 weeks for my model).