You newbies are on your own
After going to a big box store for the first time in a long time this week, why would you think it's a lot easier being experienced.
Yes, I carry about an eight pound day pack. Of the day pack, turned into a night pack which becomes a day after pack. It took forty years to fill that pack.
For instance I use to carry just wood matches. Now it's wood matches, three small lighters, and a small magnesium fire starter. Stay out in frigid weather and you'll know why. But then as a newbie, why would you select the second choice. To you, it could be over kill.
But as a newbie don't forget the toilet paper. You'll even have it for fire startin' paper.