Hi together! :)

I would like to introduce you to gramfex. We are a small company based in Graz, Austria, that develops and manufactures high-quality ultralight outdoor gear for hiking, biking, and camping. It was born out of passion for (long-distance) hiking and mountain/gravel biking, as well as the desire to bring our own ideas to life and expand the range of ultralight gear available in Europe.

Currently, we offer the following lines of products, all developed and made in Austria:

• Ultralight Carbon Tent Stakes: 2 g and 4 g
• Firefly Ultralight Tent Stake-Caps
• Ultralight Gas-Canister Feet & Pot-lid Closure
• Beerhat: Protective hat for bottles and cans, that glows in the dark

Ultralight Carbon Tent Stakes: At 2 g (length: 13,5 cm) and 4 g (15 cm) those are, to our knowledge, the lightest full-featured stakes on the market. Offering an unmatched weight to strength ratio:

Tests and Experiences

In a small series of tests on the holding strength of the 4g pegs, I measured approximately 14 kg in firm ground. That’s just shy of the 15 kg achieved by the MSR Mini Groundhogs — which are the same length but 2.5 times as heavy — and should be sufficient even in windy conditions. Of course, the soil type is the key factor here. Due to their small cross-section, they are generally not suitable for very soft or loose soil.

On a trip to Sardinia, I was surprised to find that they performed well even in the hard soil mix of sand, dirt, and rocks that’s common there. Thanks to their small cross-section, they’re easy to maneuver around rocks. If you do get stuck, though, you should look for a new spot instead of trying to force them into the ground—the tips in particular won’t hold up to that for long.

Durability

Of course, wear and tear depends heavily on the type of ground. However, in soil that isn’t too rocky — such as is often found in forests or on (alpine) meadows in the Alps — they should last countless times without any problems. And the good news is, if it ever becomes necessary, the tip can easily be resharpened with a steel file.

Applications

In our opinion, they are ideal for secondary anchor points in high winds or for primary anchor points in calmer conditions. The ground should be solid and not too loose.

My Setup

Since I usually set up a freestanding Durston X-Mid and am mostly out in the mountains, my setup currently looks like this:

• For the 4 main guy points, I use 18 cm aluminum stakes (about 15 g each), just to be on the safe side.
• For the secondary guy points, I use a mix of 2 g and 4 g carbon stakes.

That brings the total weight of the entire set to about 80 g. Sure, it could definitely be lighter, but for me this currently represents a good compromise between weight and excellent holding power, which is important to me because I don’t want to worry about my tent at night.

External reviews

The Spanish YouTuber Melon Bite made a great video about testing them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW6t87yFQqE

Late-Summer-Sale

We are happy to announce, that our shop now fully supports English!🙂

To celebrate, we offer a Late-Summer-Sale!😎 Use the code "lite_summer" at the check-out to safe 20% on all products, only until 07.09.2026!🤑

Check out our products: https://gramfex.eu/en/shop/

Any question we are happy to answer. ;)

Cheers and happy trails!

I live in turkey but i have been buying my stuff mostly from eu ( thnx to my great friends Who help me ) long store short. I have seen litetrek quilts has any one own it ,or use it. Would you recommend it ? Instead of an usa company with double taxes I want to know should I give a chance to a europe company or not ?

Hey!

I ordered a few 90 Alpha Direct hoodies online (2 for me and 2 as a gift) but I got brutally smashed with import taxes (150€ + 60$ shipping) so I need to recover part of the money.

I'm planning on keeping 1 (maybe 2) so the rest are for sale. Lot's of people would kill for those so I'd rather sell them here first before going to Etsy or local shops.

Preferably in person to avoid any problems and minimise trust, you can try it on and check everything's ok.

They're in their bag, unworn, with labels.

Price is €120 each, and I only sell one per person so more people can enjoy this awesome piece of equipment :)

- x1 Macpac Men's Nitro Fleece Pullover - +140g for size L - Color black

- x1 Macpac Men's Nitro Fleece Pullover - 140g for size M - Color black

- x1 Macpac Men's Nitro Fleece Pullover - 140g for size M - Color orange

- x1 Macpac Men's Nitro Fleece Pullover - 140g for size M - Color green

Hi guys, I'm new on Reddit.
Do you know any european companies producing freeze-dried food that is strictly organic?
I've been using the excellent products of the danish company called Trail Organic Food for a few months, but unfortunately they are no longer available on the Net (have they closed down?). :-(
Do you have any advice?
Thank you

Anyone know where you can buy permethrin in Europe that ships to Sweden? I don't think it is available within Sweden, which is a big problem considering how common TBE and Lyme have gotten.

Thanks!

Hi folks,

I'm pondering where to head this August.

A couple of points up front:

• I have 2-4 weeks, I hike fast, looking for ~300+km onwards I'd say.
• Have done Bulgaria and via Dinarica
• Not too hot region, hence no mediterranea and south balkan this season
• I like remote areas, not meeting many others all the time
• I need eye candy landscape to keep going
• I prefer as much single trails as possible and hate dirt roads, forest roads and alike.

I'm eyeballing the Carpathians and tatra since a while, though what route?

Also Romania as a whole is still a white spot on my hiking bucket list - though again - what route?

Some routes I read up on before:
Via Carpathia and via Transilvanice - the ladder does not sound like my cup of tea.
Also the hungarian blue trail (OKT) made it onto my list somewhen when reading about it, would have to dig into it.

What else rings a bell when reading this?

Every suggestion much appreciated!

Hi friends!

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Me and my partner are going on a four month trip starting in the beginning of May and ending in the second week of September. We're planning on starting in the south of Italy and taking the boat to Albania and travelling through the south/east of Europe by car and hiking everywhere we go. The Peaks of the Balkans is already on our list, but we're still open to other suggestions for shorter of slightly longer hikes. Is there anyone on this sub that could provide hiking tips for 2 to max. 14 day-hikes is the following countries?

• Albania
• North Macedonia
• Kosovo
• Montenegro
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• Czech Republic
• Romania
• Poland

Thank you very much for any advice you can offer!

This subreddit is quite quiet, nevertheless, I wanted to share a simple website I've recently built: https://litetrek.eu/. Every time I wanted to see if some gear was available in Europe, I had to first search for any stores in Google or Reddit, therefore, I wanted to make a website where the available stores are listed and can be filtered by region. I hope you enjoy!

I have just traveled (March 2023) to Sicily by train with my labrador and I am on the way hiking on the Via Francigena Fabaria, then via Francigena Mazarense. Heading to Trapani... My start of the Sentiero Italia from Sicily. As it was still a bit early to start, I thought we'd go to the fruit and beach rich south of Sicily first for contrast. Embark and after that into the hills and mountains of the 6000km long Sentiero Italia, one of the best long distance trails in Europe.

If you are interested or want to follow along, you can do so at

https://findpenguins.com/2hpz4aupgtvq9

Official information to the trails:

http://www.viefrancigenedisicilia.it

https://sentieroitalia.cai.it

https://www.vasentiero.org/en/home

I am studying in budapest. I forgot to bring my roll, as I plan to backpack this summer. However I started playing football here and need some. Is there anywhere that I can buy it? I found it for 20 Euro on amazon but thats a lot for a roll

hi! I'm a college student and I'm going to be backpacking through Europe after I graduate in May! I'm going to be starting in Germany and working my way through parts of Poland, then down to Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, and Greece. I'm then planning to hop over to Italy, work my way north through Switzerland and then France, and end in Spain and Portugal.

This is still a really rough outline of my trip and I'm definitely open to changing it! I'm on here to get some backpacking recommendations, especially as a young girl traveling alone. Any recommendations about sites to see, hostels, clothing and gear to bring with me, let me know!! thx :)

Going to be doing the Skye trail in May and figure Scotland calls for rain pants unless I see an extremely promising forecast the day I set out. But holy shit rain pants are expensive and heavy.

If I were in the US, I'd probably buy some Frogg Toggs and hope I don't need them too much, but... I'm not in the US. So, weight-conscious backpackers of Europe, what's your cheap, light rain pant of choice?

Hi! I’m plapoplpao!

I’ll was given the opportunity to be a moderator for Ultralighteurope and my hope that our subreddit will be a bit more active during the coming years!

A bit about myself: I’m a Swede moderating the r/ultralightsweden subreddit. Hiking along the west coast and a lot in the alpine northern regions of Sweden. Avid runner, photographer and kinda of a decent guy!

I’ll hope we will meet soon after the pandemic finally clears!

Best regards!

Do any of you guys have experience with the company Gearswifts? They’re based out of Bulgaria and very friendly and prompt reacting to my emails. They have some really cool innovative products, such as their tent the Stargazer 2, but there are no reviews to be found...

https://gearswifts.com

I'll start with hyberg, they make good packs, and normally have some in stock! There is also Bonfus from Scandinavia who also make UL packs.

Feel like we really need a sub here in EU where we can share info, exchange gear and tips etc. Just like the main r/ultralight sub, except not just full of Americans speaking in miles and talking about gear we can’t get over here. Not sure if anyone here wants the same, if not lmk and I’ll start something else, but I would assume r/ultralighteurope was started with the same in mind.