KEKettleMoraineKate
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I have owned both and the expensive pair resoles, which changes the math entirely. If a boot cannot be resoled I refuse to spend more than $250 on it. Where do you land?
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Sign in to chatI have owned both and the expensive pair resoles, which changes the math entirely. If a boot cannot be resoled I refuse to spend more than $250 on it. Where do you land?
Add water availability to your list. It has changed my route choices more than terrain has.
The weight penalty is real but I have stopped caring about it for two-night trips.
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Sign in or create an accountA $12 pot lifter, a $30 fleece from a work-wear brand, and a $20 headlamp that has outlived two expensive ones. Budget gear is better than it has ever been. Add yours.
Same headlamp, same stove, same wool base layer. When something survives a few hundred nights you stop shopping. What is on your repeat-buy list?
Squeeze for solo and fast trips, gravity for groups, pump only for silty water. Carrying chemical tablets as backup weighs nothing and has saved two trips. What is in your kit?
Three seasons in the Pacific Northwest and synthetic wins for the outer insulation layer, down still wins in the sleeping bag inside a good shelter. Weight penalty is real but so is a wet jacket.
I will start: titanium sporks. They flex, they are cold, and a $2 plastic spoon does the job better. Fight me.
One replaced a five-year-old pack with no receipt in nine days. The other wanted photos, a purchase date, and then offered 20% off a new one. Warranty policy is part of the product.