What a great little company. I came across them on the Ultralight Outdoor Gear website. I’ve come to realise that all the stuff sacks etc that I use actually add up to quite a lot of weight. I like to be organised, so you won’t persuade me to stick everything in one liner. The design of the Mariposa with its external mesh pockets means that it’s sensible to have a rain cover, just to keep the wet out, even if most of my gear is in waterproof stuff sacks. I don’t wear gaiters very often, but I like to have them just in case a bit of bog trotting is required.

Integral Designs have enabled me to save a fair amount of weight with their products. The Shortie eVENT gaiters weigh 71g vs 186g for the Aguille gaiters I have been carrying. A saving of 115g. True, they are shorter, but they’ll keep the bog out of my boots.

I bought a silcoat pack cover (small) weighing 76g vs the 227g of the Osprey one I had been using.  It fits the Mariposa almost perfectly. 151g saved. I also bought the large size pack liner (which is enormous) weighing 85g against the 130g of the Exped sack I’ve been using, saving 45g. All in all, that’s 311g saved. It just shows how, with a bit of care, significant weight savings can be made on less obvious bits of gear.