Lightweight Backpacking Gear
TenPoundBackpack is here to help you help you have the best possible time in the outdoors, whether you're camping, backpacking or just going hiking. We think a big part of that enjoyment comes from having the right, often lightweight backpacking and camping gear. After all, why carry a heavy tent on your back when you could carry a lightweight tent instead?
Lightweight Backpacking Posts
Camera Bags For Hiking
There are a lot of amazing things to see when you are camping, and a camera is the perfect way to capture it all. Unfortunately, cameras are the kind of device prone to being easily damaged, by dirt, water or a drop. to help protect your camera, y...
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Hiking Sunglasses
Sunglasses don't just look good, they also serve a real purpose, and when you are hiking, that is to protect your eyes. Even in the winter, sun reflecting off the bright snow can give you something called snow blindness, which leaves you, as the n...
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Hiking Compass
When there is a trail you don't have to worry so much about navigation and getting yourself to your destination without getting hopelessly lost, but when there is no trail, or even when you just want to have a little fun, a hiking compass is an in...
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Hiking Binoculars
One of the best parts of getting outside and hiking, backpacking or camping is just enjoying the natural settings. There are all kinds of things to see, including plants, geological formations and animals. Some may be a little farther away than yo...
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Water Purifier Camping
There are two ways to make water safe to drink. One is to physically filter out all of the bad stuff in the water, so that you are left with clean water. Another is to purify the water, or kill off everything bad in the water so that you are left ...
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