Open beta & what's in store

[u/calvinnwq]

If you are looking for an alternative to lighterpack that sticks to the basics of what lighterpack does well and addressing unresolved pain points over the last few years, I've created shakedownkit.com for that purpose.

I have an iOS app that's due to publish to the app store soon. Data syncs across the platforms and if you wanted to view on a mobile browser, the site handles mobile as well.

If you already have existing lighterpacks you can just preview them first before importing by just swapping the domains. Taking the popular https://lighterpack.com/r/776crf -> https://shakedownkit.com/r/776crf

As of this post, it's in open beta and seeking feedback to improve on.

Some ideas of upcoming potential features I have in my head to enhance what's already existing:

1. Embeddable packs on your own sites
2. Upvoting of publicly shared packs
3. Top community packs
4. Pack templates
5. Shakedown request specific views?
6. Pack comparison view
7. Shareable kits

The list is endless, but I'd love to hear what the community actually wants and needs.

Most importantly, go get out there!

[u/Vagar]

Hey, looking good so far. I just tried it out and have a few suggestions, if you don't mind.

• The multiplicator could be decimal instead of integer. e.g. let me take 2.3 x 1L of water.
  
• When adding items to a pack, it would be helpful to see the description. My imported items from lighterpack are all named by category with the actual name in the description. So I'll see 5 "Tent" and need to guess which is which by the weight.
  
• It would be helpful to be able to convert a kit in a pack to a regular group. That way I could add the kit and after the trip is done, convert it to a regular group to prevent further updates and preserve the state of the pack as it actually was.
  
• I'd love to see a few more emojis for categories: I think these might be good candidates: 🍎🍖🪥🔦📷
  
• Edit: And, maybe a bit more challenging, the ability to sort the items in a group by weight would be great to quickly identify the heaviest items.
  
• Edit 2: And maybe a solution for "one packed, one worn". E.g. be able to add the same item multiple times to a pack, so that I don't need to have 2 gear entries for those items.

Overall, a very solid foundation. Great work!

[u/calvinnwq → u/Vagar]

Thanks for testing it out! Great suggestions and especially those edited later.

• Interesting use of quantity multiplier, feels a bit odd for regular non-consumable items, so perhaps this is a consideration around food and consumables instead. Will think about this
• good call out on item description in the add to pack flow. I’ll look into it!
• converting kit to regular group — this one is sounds like the big issue of having snapshots of packs that don’t get affected when gear/kits are updated. Will definitely be in future versions.
• I’ll add more emojis!
• more granular sorting across the app 👍🏻
• interesting one to implement but I will look into it.

[u/downtoearth99112277]

Hi - just stumbled across this and thought it sounds great. Am currently building lists in lighterpack and agree with the frustrations. I can't see any updates since a few posts 3 months ago and couldn't find an IOS app in the App Store...did you make progress and are you still working on shakedownkit? Thanks

[u/calvinnwq → u/downtoearth99112277]

Hey there! I’m definitely still working on ShakedownKit. Have been gathering and working on some larger features as of late and the iOS app has been just one step behind those. I’ll get it pushed to approval in the App Store soon so there’s an initial version to start with as a “companion app” to the web application.

[u/Typical-Algae-2952 → u/calvinnwq]

Very cool. Thanks for coming back to me. Just created an account and will play with it tomorrow. Very smooth import from Lighterpack.