What’s a luxury item?

[bucktowntrotter]

So, I got the wife a surprise for our 10th anniversary and she got me..... nothing! I finally won. Now she is insistent that I order something for my backcountry September elk hunt in Idaho that is a luxury and not a necessity.... if i don’t, she will just pick out something dumb she says....

What should I get?

 

[rmr2k14]

id get the best pad you can find.

 

[LIWolverine]

After 6 nights on a crappy pad......get a great sleeping pad. Good night sleep is HARD to replace. Or an ultra light mid if you don’t have one.

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[rj2]

TI stove, helinox zero

 

[Carr5vols]

Budget?

 

[Max333]

I agree I’d say a nice pad or even splurge on a new tent or sleeping bag

 

[bucktowntrotter]

Getting a klymit static luxe insulated, in a bigger guy and I toss and turn. Have a red cliff tent, no stove though. I have a mountain hardware extra lamina 20 degree bag currently, several years old though. Gun and optics are good. Pack is good. Knives are good. I’d say budget, $300 or so.

 

[Marbles]

Toaks cup and pot with and Snow Peak GS-100 stove.

New sleeping bag, though everything I would recommend is well over $300.

 

[rj2]

You could get a new sleeping bag and shave a pound off the lamina, or look for a 0 degree to compliment it. marmot elite ultra 20 if you want to stick with synthetic or marmot helium, never summer, rei igneo, etc

 

[bucktowntrotter]

Been eyeing a UGQ xl bandit 0 degree quilt.....

 

[rj2]

probably unsafe to be up in idaho at that time in an old 20 degree bag, so i think the 0 degree quilt is actually a necessity, and then you can still get the stove for a luxury. just sayin...

 

[nettereo16]

A nice NeoAir pad. Or Thermarest makes a reversible stuff sack that is fuzzy on the inside and makes a great pillow with your spare layer inside

 

[TX_Diver]

GPS or OnX Maps subscription. (maybe closer to essential depending on where you hunt).

Sleeping pads/tents/tarps.

Puffy jackets/other "high end" camo.

Could find a used pack in that range if your pack needs an upgrade.

Some nice knives in the $100-200 range (definitely a luxury item as there are lots of cheap knives that work).

 

[Felix40]

Can you buy yourself a hunt or fishing trip instead? Sounds like you are pretty much set on gear. Thats what I would be trying to do.

 

[slick]

Have her buy all your applications/points in a a state of your choice or a couple next time around.


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[Pacific_Fork]

The Helinox or rei backpacking chair. Never head to the backcountry without mine, and I’ve sold a lot of hunters on them. Nothing worse than sitting on the ground or trying to eat a meal laying sideways in your tent.

 

[5MilesBack]

An outfitter drop camp.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

Garmin watch?

 

[bucktowntrotter]

Anybody use a swagger qd42? I like the idea of a new quilt, the helinox or a garmin watch as well. I buy the points anyway.... no need in her knowing what they cost!

 

[Laramie]

Do you have really nice camp shoes? They make a pretty big difference with my feet on a long hunt. I use the slip on keen.

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They aren't $300 but they are a luxury that is a game changer for me.