This is a lightweight backpacking site, so expect considerable criticism of your heavy gear, much of which was designed for occasional car camping rather than backpacking.

Carrying a heavy pack, in the long run, causes considerable damage to knees and feet. It causes fatigue, which leads to misjudgments and accidents. A heavy pack makes it easier to get off balance and fall. It also reduces the distance you can travel. This is one reason we're concerned about your pack weight.

Our other concern is that after a small amount of experience you are going to be extremely dissatisfied with a lot of the heavy, shoddy gear you have listed, and you'll end up spending a lot more money to replace it than if you shop around more carefully at the start.

Please read the articles several of us have linked to on the home page of this site before you purchase any more. Also get an idea of what variety of gear is available from the firms listed in the left hand column of this page.

Of course if you don't want to take any of our advice, that's fine, but why, then, did you ask? There are many, many years of backpacking experience represented on this site. Many of us started out with the kind of gear on your "wish list" and very soon discarded it for something lighter and better. We'd really like to help you not to make the same mistakes!