What is your weight limit on your day pack?

0 - 50 pounds, depending on whether the hike is 2 hours or 14, and what I'm planning to do along the way. Depends on the chances of an inadvertent overnight, availability of water, etc.

Usual pack for a 10 hour day of walking with no water available is 20-25lb.

Gordon
 
I've purposely gone to a small pack (~ 16 liters/1000 cu in) to help keep weight to a minimum, it still contains everything I might need if caught out- every item is carefully scrutinized and if not needed is left behind, items chosen are as light as feasible

even w/ items that might not make into many day packs (stove/cook kit, food for a overnight, tent/tarp w/ guy lines/stakes, bivy, insulated pad -albeit a thin one :), clothing, folding saw, etc) my daypack for "summer" is still in the ~ 4-5 lb range, for "winter" it goes up ~ 2.5 lbs (axe, candles, mittens, balaclava)

I can cover a LOT of country not being fettered down w/ a heavy pack- it's much easier on the body too :D
 
I'm usually up around 15lbs, but then I also carry a full 2 liters of water (it's pretty dry around here and I sweat like a pig). I also always carry enough stuff to get me through an overnight stay, just because.
 
My daypack goes < 20 lbs.

Hy hunting pack goes 20 lbs for an all-day hunt (2 hours before sunrise to 1 hour after).

My backpack goes to 35 lbs for a 3 day trip. A lot of this weight will be good conventional food, like you would eat at home. I don't like freeze dried much.
 
33 is standard and 39 to 43 with weapons.
No day pack for me. My hammock and sleeping bag always go where I go.
All it takes is a landslide and I could be on foot for 2 or 3 days just to get back to the farm.
 
You all are pretty funny with your "full two liters of water" and suchlike. My normal water load is 5 liters. But then I routinely hike dawn to dark where there is no dependable water at all to pump or purify or even to drink in an emergency. I suppose I could chew on a cactus, but it would have to be an emergency.

Gordon
 
water is such a variable depending on where your at- I carry a 1 liter and a 0.5 liter platy usually- often only the 0.5 gets filled if I'm hiking along a reliable route :)
 
Echoing previous post

Mears Survival
Lofty Survival
Mors

Matter of fact i got several of the ones mentioned here in PDF format :D

man...lack of sleep post on this one..sorry...should be posted in the wilderness books thread...holy cow wow
 
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Millhouse said:
I've never thought too much about the weight. If I need it, it comes with me.
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that used to be sentiment exactly, after paying attention to weight for both backpacking and day hiking/fishing/hunting I find I am able cover much more turf in a day- at less of a "cost" on my body!

I'm not skimping much, just choosing very (very) carefully :)
 
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