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Posted by pillowthread on May 16, 2008 at 5:00:23 am EDT

Hehe, the title sounds so ominous...Anyways, one can now buy a $600 Arcteryx Shell. This, to me, signifies a growing market for uber-high-end gear. Where do you think this is headed?

Will we see a $1000 shell within the next few years?

What about this:
Let's all just imagine what an Arcteryx TENT would look like...cause it'll happen...is everyone else picturing a crazy-propriety-fabric single wall, 2 person, 3lb, $2000, bomber-of-all-bomber streamlined thing, with a huge heat-transfered fossil design on each side? I see poles made out of that new carbon-fiber pyramidal structure they're using on bike frames right now. Titanium stakes, grommets, zippers, and pole connections, standard. No shock-cords in the poles, either; connect them with a precisely machined full-turn male and female screw ends. Oh yeah--Spectra guy-lines, 50ft., standard.

Of course, it'd still be way overpriced, and, also of course, everyone will covet it. Win-win for whoever incorporates these features first, though. Personally, I'm pulling for Marmot.

What other crap do you think we'll be seeing in the next couple years?

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