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One Stop Shop: Racelite.de

Racelite.de is a shop specializing in trailrunning and lightweight backpacking gear. As trailrunners go fast & light, you can be sure that their list is going to be interesting!

Located at the foot of the Alps in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Racelite.de has its website and Brick & Mortar shop open since 2005. Robert Pohlhammer is certainly a well-known name in Germany and beyond, as he is the organizer of the Yukon Arctic Ultra and the Trail Days. This is reflected also in part in his list:

Item Name Weight in gram Price
Backpack Montane Grand Tour 55  1290 g 164,95 €
Sleeping bag Cumulus Lite Line 300  640 g 199,90 €
Mattress Klymit Inertia X-Frame  258 g  89,95 €
Shelter MSR Carbon Reflex 1  1210 g 400,00 €
Pot Included with the stove - -
 Stove Evernew Ti Appalachian Set  161 g  175,95 €
Cutlery Sea to Summit Alpha Light Long Spoon  12 g  7,95 €
Knife Gerber Ultralight™ LST  17 g 29,95 €
Lamp Silva Ninox II  83 g 64,95 €
Trekking Poles Mountain King Trail Blaze Poles  254 g  94,95 €
Shoes Saucony XODUS 4.0 GTX  674 g 144,95 €
Fleece Montane Chukchi Shirt  238 g  79,95 €
Insulation Montane Fireball Jacket  315 g 184,95 €
Rain pants Montan Minimus Pants  136 g  134,95 €
Rain jacket Montane Minimus Smock  143 g  174,95 €
Boxers Woolpower Lite Boxer  94 g 39,90 €
T-Shirt Woolpower Lite Shirt  158 g  66,90 €
Longsleeve Ortovox Merino Competition LS  201 g 89,95 €


Total Weight: 5.884 g
Total Price: 2.145,05 €

See the German Version which also includes a water filter.

My thoughts on the list:

  • Great sleeping system combo
  • A bit heavy choice for the backpack, but it’s pretty high volume
  • Nice shelter choice, though I’d have liked to see a tarp again
  • Now that stove & pot combo is interesting, versatile as it can use Esbit, wood or alcohol as fuel and packs very compact
  • Interesting shoe choice, never heard of the brand before but seems like a good shoe
  • Excellent choices for garments!
  • Again a very well-rounded list that’s pretty affordable - the cheapest European list thus far!

The standing thus far:

 Trekking-Lite-Store.com 6.157 g 2.288,80 € 0,47 € per gram
CampSaver.com 5.316 g  1.993,80 € 0,52 € per gram
Globetrotter 8.995 g  3.272,20 € 0,36 € per gram
Partioaitta  7.354 g 2448,15 € 0,33 € per gram
Bergfreunde  4.657 g 2.440,10 € 0,52 € per gram
Walkonthewildside.eu  6.143 g  2.349,45 € 0,38 g per gram
Backpackinglight.dk  4.994 g 2.464,35 € 0,49 € per gram
Racelite.de 5.884 g  2.145,05 € 0,36 € per gram
AVERAGE  6.188 g 2.425,24 € 0,43 € per gram


The average price, weight and € per gram again came down with adding Racelite.de. Next up is Ultralight Outdoor Gear from the UK!

Disclaimer: The One Stop Shop Series was Carsten’s idea and he gave me permission to translate his posts to English and contact a few more shops around the world. If you can read German, you can head over to his blog and read the posts in German.

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