I Cut My Toothbrush in Half: Ultralight Backpacking Tee

Sawing the handle off a toothbrush is the founding sacrament of ultralight backpacking. It saves about eleven grams. Everyone who has done it knows that is an irrational place to start, and everyone who has done it tells you about it anyway.

A stranger reads a confession. They picture a person at a kitchen table with a hacksaw, they decide something has gone quietly wrong, and they are not entirely incorrect. That is the joke.

Set as a gear audit label with NET SAVING ELEVEN GRAMS along the bottom, because the frame should be the paperwork that made the decision look reasonable at the time.

Bought by the spouse who watched it happen.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.