About GearDeer
A place for the details behind a good day outside.
GearDeer is an outdoor gear and trip-planning companion for people who want their equipment, its weight, and the plans around it in one place.
What GearDeer is
GearDeer brings a personal gear inventory together with trip planning. You can record the equipment you own, keep notes about its condition, and add individual weights. Trips give those items context: a planned route and duration can have a packing list and food plan of their own. A wishlist keeps possible future gear, prices, and priorities alongside the kit you already have.
Why organize it together?
Planning details are easy to scatter between a spreadsheet, a note on your phone, a paper checklist, and a remembered estimate of pack weight. When item weights and gear notes live apart from the trip list, it takes extra effort to work out what you intend to carry and what still needs attention. GearDeer gives those related details a shared place, so you can review the kit for a particular outing without starting from memory each time.
Who it is for
GearDeer is for hikers, backpackers, and campers: someone learning to plan a first overnight, an experienced outdoor enthusiast refining a familiar kit, or anyone preparing a multi-day trip. The same inventory can help with a simple day outing or a longer plan where food, water, shelter, and changing conditions need more thought.
How to use GearDeer
Create an account through the existing signup flow and verify your email before signing in. Then build an inventory by adding gear, categories, weights, and useful notes. When you plan a trip, keep its dates and duration with a trip-specific packing checklist and food plan. Update your wishlist when there is equipment you may want to compare or prioritize. Your information then has a clear path from the item you own to the trip where you plan to use it.
Practical help for the next step
The GearDeer field guides cover trip planning, packing, food, and pack weight. Start with how to plan a backpacking trip or use the backpacking packing list as a category-by-category reference.
Keep your plans together
Start with the gear you already own.
Create an account, verify your email, and begin building a list for your next trip.
Create an account