Ultralight Gear. Built by Hand. Made to Last.
Each stitch made from a small hard working crew in Pennsylvania.
The fun part is making it for you.
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This battery bag is awesome. I initially purchased it for camping trips... but now it lives in my camera bag full time. I'm a freelance photographer and having a way to quickly keep track of my charged vs used batteries when I'm out shooting is awesome.
Custom food bags turned out great. One was for me and the other was a gift for my son…he loved it!
Planning to use this as my Tent Entry Ground Mat and Back Country, Texas Hold’em, Poker Mat. We’ll see how it goes :-)
Great customer experience and products are top notch.
Great product. Great all around service.
This is the best hoodie I own. Light weight and very comfortable.
The shoulder strap packs I purchased made this most recent backpacking trip smoother than all the rest. Such a small item with a big impact. Phone camera and electrolyte-mixed-water bottles were ready when I needed them, every single time
I purchased a zipper wallet and drybag for an upcoming trip to Alaska. The team at Hilltop Packs got my order shipped to me fast. The products are very well made and the colors are great. I can see myself getting years of use out of these. Thank you!
Need a red pouch for first aid items and blue for water purification items
I purchased the long bag and it perfectly fits my trowel, a little TP, and some wipes and still folds and buckles and will tuck into my pack nicely. These bags weight practically nothing so no real added weight to my load while keeping items organized in my pack.
I have a pair of longer tongs in it that I use with food or to move small bits of burning wood. Since the tongs can get dirty or covered in ash this bag stops the tongs from getting other items dirty in my kitchen bag.
This is great for winding up finer cords and so easy to see because it glows in the dark. It also has several options to place the tail end of the cord so it doesn’t unwind. So many cord winders don’t have good places to for the end of the cord or the cord comes out which it doesn’t on this winder. Now we just need bigger winders just like this for thicker cords!
#4 fits a Fire Maple Petrel G3 with room to spare for my 5 liter "kitchen sink" and a collapsible cup. Perfect for my needs and saves a little bit of weight.
I’m very pleased with the coffee. I’ll be ordering more when I run out.
Love this little wallet! Keep my keys and cards in my back pack so I don't have it fall out on the trail like I had happen with my regular wallet . Plus Bear!!!!
Made In Pennsylvania
Built by Us, Not a Big Factory
We actually make this stuff.
Every bag, pouch, and pack that leaves our shop was cut, sewn, and inspected by a real person on our team in Waynesburg, PA. No overseas factories. No middlemen. Just a small crew who gives a damn about the gear they put their name on.
When something goes wrong, and in the outdoors, sometimes it does, we fix it. Free. For five years. Even if you messed it up yourself. Even if you already tried to fix it. We'll sort it out.
Do you even hike bro?
Ultralight Gear, Built By Hikers
Designed on the trail. Not in a boardroom.
Ben & Tim are our in-house gear testers. We've been soaked, overpacked, and on mile 18 wishing we'd made better gear decisions. That experience shapes every product we build.
We use the same premium ultralight fabrics as the big names, Ecopak, D50T Dyneema, X-Pac, Ultra, and more, because weight matters and so does durability. The difference is we'll actually answer when you have a question about it.
This is where it gets fun
Custom Printing
Now make it yours.
Your dog. Your trail name. Your kid's drawing. A photo from the summit. We can print it on almost anything we make — and it still weighs practically nothing.
We're the only ultralight gear company doing custom printing at this level. It started as a cool idea in Ben's basement in 2019. It's still what makes us different.
We Know Where We Came From
Started in a basement. Still made the same way.
In 2019, Ben McMillen posted a photo of a custom food bag he'd sewn himself. The internet responded. Ben talked his daughters into joining the effort and Hilltop Packs was born.
We've grown a lot since then, new space, bigger team, gear shipping worldwide, but the way we work hasn't changed. Same family vibe. Same care. Same Waynesburg, PA zip code.
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