I'm totally with you on the camping chair. I consider it a nonnegotiable luxury. Jetboils are awesome. Could cut some weight by swapping out the bear vault for and Opsak Loksak. I haven't had any problems with critters being attracted since using that and it weighs nothing. I do put that inside a more durable sack and hang up in a tree. Another luxury item I like to take is a hand chainsaw. Very little weight and makes cutting down bigger sticks much easier and safer. Overall sounds like a great setup friend!
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I have a very similar setup, perhaps also owing to being a larger individual.
I don't think that water bottles, headlamps, trowels, and towels belong in the luxury category. Camp chair, definitely, especially if you already have a bearvault to sit on.
How do you carry your bear can on/in your pack?
I keep most of my cooking and personal care stuff in the bear can, and the shadowlight has a nice thick pad, so I put my sleep system in the trash bag on the bottom, try to center the can as much as possible while upright, tent on one side with ground cloth wrapped around the poles on the other and mostly just try to cram anything else around either side just to keep it stable.
I put my water bottle in luxury because my filter holds water, the headlamp because I have a phone with a light in my pocket, historically I've cleaned stuff off with my shirt then stream washed my shirt, and I have dug cat holes with sticks. All that stuff just makes the trip easier, but I could survive without them.