16 Hikers Share Favorite Gear after 500 Miles

The best hiking and backpacking gear according to Appalachian Trail thru-hikers.

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⛺ TENTS
Durston X-Mid Pro 1:
Big Agnes Fly Creek UL2:
Hyperlite Mid 1:
Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2:
Alps Mountaineering Lynx 1-Person:
Six Moon Lunar Solo:
Hyperlite Unbound 2:
Gossamer Gear The One:
Durston X-Mid 2 Silpoly:
REI Flash 2:
Big Agnes Tiger Wall 2:
Tarptent StratoSpire 2 Ultra:
Durston X-Mid 1 Silpoly:
Nemo Dragonfly OSMO 2P:

🎒 BACKPACKS
Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear:
Gossamer Gear Mariposa:
Osprey Eja 58L:
Hyperlite Southwest:
Osprey Exos 58L:
ULA Circuit:
Osprey Aether 70:
REI Flash 55:
Deuter Aircontact Core:
Gregory Faceet 45:
Osprey Ariel 55L:

💤 SLEEPING BAGS
Zenbivy Ultralight Quilt:
REI Magma 15:
Enlightened Equipment Revelation:
Sea to Summit Spark Women’s:
Western Mountaineering Ultralite:
REI Magma 30:
Kelty Cosmic Down 20:
REI Magma 30 Quilt:
Nemo Disco 15:
Katabatic Flex 22:
Nemo Riff:
Nemo Disco 30:
Hyperlite 40 Quilt:
Therm-a-Rest Apogee Quilt 50:

🛏️ SLEEPING PADS
Nemo Tensor:
Exped Ultra 3R Duo:
Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xlite:
Nemo Quasar:
Exped Ultra 3R:
Therm-a-Rest Z-lite Sol:
Klymit Static V2:
Sea to Summit Ultralight Self-Inflating:

🍳 STOVE KIT
Jetboil:
MSR Pocket Rocket Deluxe:
Toaks Ultralight Titanium 750ml Pot:
Sea to Summit Collapsible Cookset :
BRS 3000-T stove:
Toaks Ultralight Titanium 550ml Pot:
Toaks Ultralight Titanium 650ml Pot:
Snow Peak GigaPower Stove:
Snow Peak Trek 900 Titaniym Cookset:
Sea to Summit Collapsible Cup:

📕 LUXURY ITEMS
Scrubba Wash Bag:
Toe Spacers:
Kindle Paperwhite:
Keyboard:

0:00 INTRO
0:46 TENTS
4:11 BACKPACKS
7:30 SLEEPING BAGS
10:40 SLEEPING PADS
13:20 STOVE KIT
15:33 LUXURY ITEMS
17:40 BASE WEIGHT

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