>>2287656To clarify, I'm not talking about smart DIY ultralight choices.
Chopping off unnecessary straps, leaving behind unused layers, sacrificing a few comforts to go further and faster is all fine and more power to you if you're doing it in a healthy way. Swapping a heavy metal cutlery set for a McFlurry spoon is fine, buying a titanium spoon that lasts decades is fine, constantly upgrading and buying weak, disposable gear with a huge markup to save a paltry amount of weight is called being scammed. A clue : if your gear has less features, uses weaker material, less cleverly engineered designs than a more robust and "regular" piece of gear, you are being scammed. Think of that the next time you see marketing buzzwords applied to an objectively cheaper-to-produce yet more expensively priced item. Unless it's made by a small company where economy of scale pushes up the prices.
You see this scam in just about every industry.
