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Solid start. Great choice on the bag, the Nemo pad and sleeping bag and stove. I have the same style stove and the big round end like the one you got vs the jet is definitely the way to go. For the sleeping pad I would make sure the long will fit where you need it. Definitely get the wide but I have the standard/wide and I’m 6’2 and it’s perfect. If you are above 6’2 and it will fit in your tent go with the long. Also, get a Nemo switchback to go under it. It acts as sorta a boxspring and make your night wayyyy more comfortable. For the sleeping bag I would recommend looking into quilts. If you are going to go the sleeping bag route the Nemo is the only way to go. However I had a Nemo sleeping bag and swapped it out for a quilt and never looked back. For the tent I would also recommend a trekking pole tent. Look into the Lanshan 1 or 2. I have the 1 and absolutely love it. Get the standard Not the pro!
Lanshan has silpoly version now
Of my Zpacks, Durston, and Lanshan tents, the Durston is slightly easier to pitch on flat, spacious sites; Zpacks and Lanshan are easier in other conditions. For a detailed guide, Darwin has an excellent video on pitching this tent type.
I had the 4 season, single wall Lanshan and was miserable due to condensation. It has very little ventilation without opening the doors and letting mosquitoes in. After a couple of rainy days all my gear was wet.
I purchased a Lanshan 1 person tent to replace my old Easton Kilo 1 person. It was cheap and I needed to seam seal but held up well on a six month thru hike on the National Trail Australia which I completed in April this year. You do need a hiking pole but for the money I was impressed. Tilly (igotupandwalked.com)
No yeah this is the one. I used it on the AT and it’s still in great shape.
Lanshan is probably your best bet, but really consider your priorities here. This will be your home for a month.
Every influencer and their mom has done a "budget Walmart gear" review video; just watch those. For that price range you'd be better off with a cheap Chinese tent; a Lanshan or similar.
1kg solo tent that is wind resistant? Either you [will fit inside the Lanshan](https://fitmytent.com/) / Asta Gear Shan Zhu 1 (10D silnylon version) or you have to triple the budget and look for good deals on single-arc tunnel tents. You must either accept the higher weight (and go with some bulletproof Vango or Decathlon tent) or worse weather resistance (and stick to some light variant of Mongar / Star River). Or go down the tarp route (check budget setups advised on r/Ultralight ). Good down bags are getting more and more expensive lately and it's the hardest element to save money on at the moment due to the down prices. Here's no middle ground. You either go for something really cheap that isn't ideal, but may just work or need to pay a lot for high-end products. The stuff that isn't expensive, but also isn't cheap, quite often ends up being almost as bad as the cheapest ones. For the very first trips grab huge panniers or carry a backpack and simply go with the cheapest synthetic bag for conditions you may need (Decathlon, Vango). Sleeping pad would be easiest to get something usable cheaply. Go for some popular model from Naturehike - should be cheap and survive bunch of first trips. Even if they are not properly rated, the one sold as '5.7 R-Value' should be enough for 3-season use, while much cheaper than pads like StS Ultralight Insulated or some NeoAir. Grab cheap kit, do a trip or two in summer. Pay attention to what works for you and your trip and what doesn't and slowly evolve your kit. Getting a starter kit from Decathlon has an advantage of their '2nd Life' program, that let's you sell the used stuff back easily and quickly.
NatureHike and Lanshan tents are reasonable quality, lightweight and cheap. Look on eBay for any used cheap tent by Big Agnes, Tarptent, etc. The lightest warm sleeping bag will have down filling. They are expensive but you can always find cheaper ones used on eBay. As a rule of thumb, most people can sleep without a sleeping bag at around 70 to 75°F in a tent, on a sleeping mat, wearing some clothes. For every 10°F below that you need an inch of down filling. In a sleeping bag that means half an inch above you and half an inch below you. So you can work out how warm a down sleeping bag will be by measuring its thickness once it’s shaken and puffed up fully, and for each inch of total thickness it should keep you warm at 10° below 70°. So a down sleeping bag that is 4 inches thick in total should be warm at 30° F. It’s a useful way to estimate how warm an older sleeping is, as the ‘comfort’ temperature given can be misleading. A sleeping bag with a long zip can be opened out as a quilt in warm weather. Use a good sleeping mat or pad. Usually I’d want two foam mats of about 8mm each. They fold up easily for packing. Decathlon usually have them but don’t use yoga mats, they’re too heavy.
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