Hey Hans. Just a little message from the UK. I discovered your channel recently and I have to tell you how much I enjoy your videos. I like to do what you do but in the mountains of Wales. I enjoy your opinions on the gear you use just as much as the way you present, your editing and, I think mostly, your personality. Please keep doing what you are doing. It is a real pleasure!

I appreciated a lot your channel since the xmid hacks. THank you so much for the tarp tips. It was my main frustation with this tent. Not sure i would bring it for a long trek , but now i know it's possible. Regards from france. (same rain jacket and rain pants mont bell, same gloves ;) O i tried the ultrapod but finally i prefer to use Cullmann Carvao 816TC carbon, because it's better for me at high altitude where there is no tree

Appreciate all the time put into the video. Well done.

nice production and gear. keep it up!

Why am I smiling throughout your videos? I want to hike with you!

I'm with you, Hans. When I die, there's going to be an entire room of gear to sort through and for someone to say, "why did he have twenty different gadgets to boil water?"

Very nice Hans! Don't leave us without your videos! hahaha Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

I love your videos, Hans! 🙏🏻

Superb video as always, id like to see more about this Durston set up and tarp and what you need that carabiner for hmmm

I'm gonna have to look into those fleeces 👍

Very interesting video, I learned a lot from it. Thank-you.

I always enjoy!

Jeg elsker dine videoer, Hans, dit setup appellere meget til min smag - så glæder mig altid til nye inspirerende videoer fra dig! 🙂 Dit setup med Durston X-Mid og Tarp, nærmere det sig ikke vægten på dit Big Agnes Copper Spur 2, eller er du stadig gladere for Durston? Og som de andre skriver, så vil det være fedt med en video med hvordan du kombinere tarp og durston teltet 🙂

Great gear Hans...i have a lot of the same stuff and layer up in a similar way, the only difference is i use Helly Hanson leggings and i use a Helly Hansen lift top on to of my senchi in camp which works really well and adds little weight and i only use the Montbell Plasma from Spring to autumn in the UK and switch for a warmer down in winter. I bought the Rab Mythic Ultra this winter which packs a lot of warmth for its weight and it would suit Scandinavian conditions really well too. I haven't been able to get hold of the Senchi leggings in 90 in my size but still trying, do you find they fit true to size ?

Thank you Hans really interesting. I too have a similar top the OMM plus hoodie at 85g it’s very good. You are also using other things I would like. Thanks and ATB 👍🏕️

Hi Hans ! I would love to know how to set up the tarp like that, it looks like so much fun !

awesome to see your full clothing system, I have like 70% of the exact same items :). it's nice to see a realistic list for rough Scandinavian conditions represented on youtube. and totally agree about buying new gear, it's often not necessary but gets me excited about going out and trying new things in my setup. currently it's the Duomid which I look forward to using in Greenland this summer. where in Denmark do you hike?

I too, have gone on an expensive weight reduction journey in the last year. I have an Ultra-TNT tarp that is 170g, Hyperlite Dyneema 35L backpack that is 650g. Zpacks Plex Solo tent which is 382g. Zpacks' 132cm carbon breakdown pole weighs 80g, of which the Plex Solo requires one pole. That's the highlights.

Hej Hans. Masser af nyt fedt udstyr. Så er du klar til ennu en vandre sæson. Især den lette powerbank er intersant. Hilsen Søren 😊😊😊

It must be freezing cold. You're cute as always!

That is a nice watch next to the powerbank, what is the name please?

Have you checked out Bergans Lightline Vapor pants at around 230 grams? Also, fun fact: we have the same name. I hear nowadays that people prefer to go with Topo shoes instead of Altra. Have you done some research into the most weight efficient smart phone, or different electronics setup where you dont use a phone at all? Phones seem to be getting heavier and heavier nowadays, but some of them have really buff battery capacity and would be a pretty smart hiking phone. I am using an old smartphone and save maybe 100 grams from it. Hiking in airplane mode, of course. I think there are a lot of traps of falling into systematic thinking where there are more efficient ways of doing it if you think "outside the box". Phones that are marketed as having high battery capacity are not doing so in terms of the actual electricity they are using, and so the total weight goes up. This is just one of the examples. Another example that may be relevant is the amount of layers you are using. I am not saying I have a better solution, but there may be some optimalizations there if you can find gear that serve more than one purpose and so am able to cut the total pack weight from it.

Soto sells a special igniter repair kit for the Windmaster, so yours is probably not the only one to stop working😮

Nice bits of kit :) The Ultrapod 3 claims to have a weight limit of 10 pounds (4.5kg). I have been considering both of these as lightweight tripod options for a mirrorless system, especially with the strap for potentially mounting to trees with a light 24mm. From your experience with the Ultrapod 2, would you think either of these would be strong enough for use with a mirrorless + 70-200 weighing a combined 1.45kg, mounted to the lens not the camera. (Both for ground use and for mounting with the strap, although I assume it would only work for ground use)?

I love your videos. Could you tell me what manufacturer the orange backpack you are using is from? I've been curious about it for a long time.

Hello, just starting to get into hiking I'm going to buy this tent and tarp, how did you actually attach the tarp to the tent tho? Thanks Jarrad from Australia.

Hej Hans, tak for ny video ;-) Jeg forstår ikke Montbell's parka på 265 gram? Du har jo dunjakken ;-) Tak. Dbh Morten

do you just put the tarp over the tent, or does it attach to the tent ?

Hah! I have a similar buying philosophy...