I’m running the Nguyen Works rear with swingout. I weighed the stock hitch, bumper, brackets, hardware, etc and after weighing the new swingout bumper, the weight delta was in the single digits.

Basically it didn’t affect anything performance wise except giving me tons of clearance. My rear hitch was always the first thing that made contact when wheeling, long before my sliders did because the departure angle was so terrible. I never made contact with the stock rear bumper, and ran everything from green to black rated trails. That was with roughly 3” lift all around.

Stay away from the typical plate bumpers or get a tube bumper if weight is a main concern. Unless going with the heaviest bumpers, I’d say that a rear drawer/ RTT/ fridge/ giant cooler/ tons of gear, etc will make a bigger difference than the rear bumper is going to effectively do to performance. Either you’re loaded to the gills overlanding or packing lighter and doing a serious trail, most of the time the two don’t intersect.