Do you know that weird feeling when leaving home for a trip? Did I pack all my gear? There was something I wanted to pack but now I can't remember what it was. I'm sure it will completely ruin my trip. Should I go back home to check? 

If you used a checklist of some sort you probably still feel confident that you packed all you need on the trip. That initial feeling will go away and the trip will turn out great. But did you maybe pack to much stuff? To heavy? I you're new to backpacking you probably have, like most hikers do when they start goin out on longer hikes. Be on the save side, it's important to have all the gear to survive the weekend out in the wild. 

Like most things in life we have to learn and improve. It's the same with packing the right gear for a trip. It's not unusual to unpack unused gear after the first trip. That's not a bad thing. It's important to learn from the experience and pack better next time. But how do you remember these details? 

That's where PackLite shines. Maybe you moved from your paper checklist to Excel and have your Gear listed out with weight and notes? Even better. You can import your list into PackLite and get started right away or start to add your gear from scratch. PackLite will then guide you with the help of categories to organize your gear, add pictures if you like and then you create your optimized pack easily. Add notes to your gear like "check the battery before leaving". With the Pro version you can create Tasks and manage the preparation phase for the trip. 

The final days before the trip, when time runs out and you should finish 100 most important tasks at work, with PackLite you just print out the nicely formatted Checklist with all your gear to tick off and your open tasks. Once you checked all the boxes you can leave home with full confidence that you're well prepared for the new adventure!