Reddit mentions of Flask2Go - The Foldable Flask 8oz (4pack) - No Metal Parts! (Black/Silver)

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I am the same, always bring a flask of whiskey. I also always bring a pipe and tobacco, cob pipes are pretty light.

Anyways, here are my suggestions:

• Your backpack is very heavy. You might be able to find one on the gear exchange or something so you could potentially do that before the trip. You could also get the Osprey Levity which would save you about 2 lbs. The 3F UL Backpack is also a quality, very inexpensive, UL Backpack that would save you some weight.
  
• Lose the sleeping layers. You can use your hiking layers to sleep in as long as you keep them dry.
  
• Lose the camp shoes.
  
• You can get a flask like this and save a few oz.
  
• Camelbaks or hydration bladders in general are really inefficient for carrying water as far as weight goes. Consider just bringing another smart water bottle is you feel like you need more storage.
  
• You will need a wind screen for the BRS
  
• Your tent is on the heavy side. If you aren't ready to splurge on something else, The 3F UL 1 person tent is a great, fairly light, tent for a great price. Also, I have never found a footprint to be needed. You can also get similar tents on amazon if you are on a time crunch but I can't attest to their quality.
  
• First aid kit and hygiene kit is very heavy. For the first aid kit you could probably bring less of each thing to get it down to a little over an ounce. You probably don't need deodorant. For hygiene I only bring a toothbrush and little 15ml eye dropper of Dr. Bronner's soap, I brush and wash with it. Maybe consider the weight difference between bringing glasses and the contact solution? I don't wear either so i'm not sure.
  
• If you bring the Dr. Bronner's you don't need hand sanitizer.
  
• Looks like you have a heavy knife. There are much lighter options. I really like my Opinel No.6, weighs 0.9oz
  
• You could save weight by bringing a Picaridin spray pen.
  
• I don't know about you but I have found that I can get 5 days on one full charge from my phone if put in airplane mode and only used for photos and minor navigation. If you were confident and didn't absolutely need your phone you could go without the power bank.
  
  All together these adjustments would save you around 10.4lbs. Hope this helps!
  
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  Good luck and have a great trip!

Even if they haven't yet (I honestly forget for last year), they very well may this year (HoB, other venues have moved to metal detectors in the past year, security is getting tighter).

So as other people have said, get plastic flasks. I mostly made the switch because a lot of the cheaper metal ones welding will weaken at the bottom and leak after only a month or two of use.

I use these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01693QKCI/ref=twister_B00K9UA2V8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 Some of the amazon reviews mention them setting off metal detectors, but I've bought them repeatedly since those reviews and have NEVER had that problem.

Anyway, whatever plastic ones you get: Crotch one. That's almost always an auto in if you're a dude. Go in shirtless, with one wrapped in your shirt above your head with your wallet and phone in hand as if you removed them to make the pat down easier. This has never been checked in my experience, and is another auto in. If you feel you need more, bring in a bag with some out of the way pockets/areas. I've gotten good mileage with one wrapped in a towel inside my bag, or one at the bottom under sun screen and sunglasses and everything and trying to pick a lazier security guy.

Also, super important, if the security dude you're in line for is checking places your flask(s) are, BAIL. Fake a phone call from a friend who just got there, back out of line, and pick a different one. Repeat until you get someone lazy. This works fine even if you're next in line. I can't recommend this enough.