BACKPACKING

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bedding

balloonbed

Western Mountaineering

 

clothing

Buffalo Systems, U.K. (performance clothing and sleepwear)

Montane (U.K.)

Mouseworks

The Packa, full coverage backpacking rain parka

Paramo Directional Clothing Systems (U.K.)

 

lights

Arc Flashlight

Pak-Lite

Photon Micro-Light II

 

mixed

Equinox

Gossamer Gear

GoLite

Integral Designs

Lynne Wheldon Gear

Moonbowgear

Mountain Laurel Designs

Nunatak Gear

Simblissity

Six Moon Designs

Stephenson (Warmlite)

Ultralight Adventure (ULA) Equipment

Ultralight Outfitters

Vargo Outdoors (many titanium products)

 

shelters

Clark Jungle Hammock

Fibraplex carbon fiber ultralight tent poles

Hennessy Hammock

Jacks R Better quilts and hiking gear

Henry Shires/Tarptent.com

Kickass Quilts

Kifaru, International

Lawson Hammock

Outdoor Equipment Supplier

Oware Backpacking Products

Speer Hammocks

Titanium Goat tents

TentPole Technologies

 

stoves

Bushbuddy

FeatherFire Stove

Mini Bull Design

ThermoJet MicroLite Stove

Trail Designs stove products

TrailStove

Trangia

 

water treatment

Aquamira Frontier Pro filter

Aquamira water bottle & filter

Aquamira Water Treatment Drops

Bota of Boulder Outback water filtration system

KlearWater pre-mixed Chlorine Dioxide water treatment

Manufacturers. Some big, some small.

Don’t know about the big ones, but the small ones are actually real people, and very worth knowing.

One person or two, maybe a small group of hikers who want to make a living making good gear at reasonable prices - you could deal with worse people, and you probably have.