Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
A difference of 6 oz is significant if you are carrying it in a pack,and there are perfectly good containers that are even lighter - recycled pop bottles and platypus containers. Shaving ounces from your gear, let alone pounds, will result in much less weight.
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