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Posted by kutenay on March 25, 2008 at 6:04:44 am EDT
In reply to Looking for a new sleepng bag posted by WISam on March 17, 2008 at 11:06:22 am EDT

I don't have a problem with anyone on backpacker.com, there ARE a few who post snotty comments, especially on threads concerning bears, however, I just consider the source and ignore the BS, works for me. One can get too worked-up over what some person you have never met or will never meet posts on the 'net and we have recently experienced that here and I doubt any of us want a repeat of this.

Bill is righton in his final paragraph, that sums up what I think on this issue very well. I have learned to go with small specialty companies due to superior design, better quality in manufacture and generally superior serice.

WildThings made me a pair of tights to MY specs., not what some tiny Asian lassy thinks I should have, Mystery Ranch packs do their utmost to meet my needs and Western Mountaineering, Integral Designs and Valandre sleeping bags have to be used to believe the difference between them and even the relatively OK bags like Sierra Designs, Mountain Hardwear and so forth. You DO get what you pay for, but, I do agree that using inexpensive gear, IF TESTED, to YOUR NEEDS is a good idea. I have a LOT of fine gear, am not wealthy and have no problem with being frugal.....my wife thinks that I should be, as well!

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• Re: Looking for a new sleepng bag - ministercreek 17:00:53 03/25/2008

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