Field Manual № 3 · Packing
The packing list that builds itself.
Catalogue your kit once and tag it by trip type and temperature. When the next trip comes round, the checklist is already written: the right items for the weather, a line for every person going, ticked off together in real time.
Free to start · No card required
Event № 07
Lakes weekend
The method
Three steps, then it's done for good.
- 01
Build your library
Add everything you ever pack, once. Tag each item with the trips it belongs on and the weather it's for.
- 02
Create the trip
Name it, pick the trip types and temperature, and choose who's going.
- 03
Pack together
The checklist is waiting, sorted by person. Tick things off on any screen and watch them strike through on every other.
Try it
Tag it once. Watch the list write itself.
Flip the trip type or the weather and see which kit makes the cut. This is exactly how your real lists assemble.
An item makes the list when its trip types and its temperatures both overlap the trip's.
Draft event
Next weekend
- Down jacketCamping · Cold
- Head torch + spare batteriesCamping · any weather
- Camping stoveCamping · any weather
- Dry bags ×3Camping + Swimming · any weather
- Thermal base layerPer personall types · Cold
- Power bankall types · any weather
6 of 12 library items make the list
What's in the pack
Everything you need to never pack from scratch again.
Build the first list with AI
Describe the trip in plain words, like a cold weekend camping with two of us. AI drafts a tagged library: the right kit, per-person or shared, quantities that scale with the days. You review it and add what fits.
One library, every trip
Catalogue the headtorch, the dry bags and the kids' wetsuits once. Every future trip draws from the same shelf, so the work compounds instead of repeating.
Tags that do the packing
Camping, swimming, festivals, city breaks: your own trip types. Tag an item once and it turns up on every trip of that kind, without being asked.
Weather built in
Tag kit by temperature and the down jacket joins the cold weekends while the snorkel stays home. Swap the forecast, and the list updates.
A line for every person
Mark an item per-person and it fans out across everyone going. Each kid gets their own checklist, and their own satisfying ticks.
Pack together, live
Share the list with your household. A tick in the kitchen strikes through in the bedroom at the same moment, so nothing gets packed twice or missed.
Quantities that think in days
Set socks to two per day and a five day trip asks for ten. Change the dates and the numbers follow.
Provisions
Plans that grow with your kit list.
Start free. Upgrade when the library, the roster or the calendar outgrows it.
Free
Day Pack
Free
Free forever. Enough for a getaway and a proper test drive.
- Library items
- 30
- Events
- 2
- People in a party
- 4
- Team members
- Just you
- 5 AI kit-builds to get started
- Type & temperature tags
- Auto-assembling checklists
Plan
Weekender
£2.99/month
14-day free trial · no card required
The household plan: deep library, unlimited trips.
- Library items
- 300
- Events
- Unlimited
- People in a party
- 12
- Team members
- 4
- Everything in Day Pack
- 20 AI kit-builds to get set up, then 10 a week
- Unlimited events
- Logins for the whole household
- Pack together in real time
Plan
Expedition
£6.99/month
14-day free trial · no card required
For big crews, clubs and teams with serious kit.
- Library items
- Unlimited
- Events
- Unlimited
- People in a party
- Unlimited
- Team members
- Unlimited
- Everything in Weekender
- 40 AI kit-builds to get set up, then 20 a week
- Unlimited everything
- Invite the whole team
- Data export
Field notes
Questions, answered.
What is Ultimate Packing?
A packing list app built around a reusable library. You catalogue your kit once, tag each item by trip type and temperature, and every trip you create assembles its own checklist from the things that match.
How is it different from PackPoint or a notes app?
Template apps hand you a generic list of other people's stuff, and notes apps make you rewrite your own every time. Ultimate Packing learns your actual kit, then reuses it: the second trip takes about thirty seconds to list.
Does it work for families and groups?
Yes, that is the point. Mark items per-person and everyone going gets their own line, including kids and pets who never need an account. The whole household ticks off one shared list in real time.
Can AI build my list for me?
Yes. Describe a trip in plain English, like a cold weekend camping with two of us, and AI drafts a tagged library: the right kit, marked per-person or shared, with quantities that scale with the days. You review the draft and add what fits, so it stays your list. It is the quickest way to get set up. Day Pack includes 5 kit-builds to get started, Weekender 20 then 10 a week, Expedition 40 then 20 a week.
Is it free?
The Day Pack plan is free forever and needs no card: 30 items, 2 trips and a party of 4. Paid plans raise the limits, not the features that matter.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It runs in the browser on your phone, tablet and laptop, and your list stays in sync across all of them.
Your next trip is already half packed.
Build the library once. Every list after that writes itself.