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Affordable Down Jacket? Blackovis, Eddie Bauer?
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<blockquote data-quote="flyguy1" data-source="post: 2911263" data-attributes="member: 92595"><p>Here's the thing on Brands: most of them are no longer owned by the original owners. Mountain Hardware used to be bombproof at high altitude, maybe they still are, but they're no longer truly Mountain Hardware. If you wish, you can Wiki Eddie Bauer. They still make good stuff, mainly the First Ascent line, which I recommended above. But you c an see the ownership changes. Kind of like, "Which brand of Winchester is it?"</p><p></p><p>If I were going to spend top dollar, I would go with Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends, all USA companies who will fix it forever. Sling Fin, who does have their tents made, I believe, in Vietnam (and yeah, for us older guys, it hurts, doesn't it?), and they make the tents for one of the hunting brands, Kuiu or Sitka, can't recall. And the best tents, without question are Hilleberg. Family business.</p><p></p><p>Interesting article from the guys at Sling Fin. Oddly I feel I'm in my element; I still don't have a clue what a +P barrel is but I know backpacking and climbing. And I've shot my rifle lots of times, and Kirby Allen built it, so never missed much (once), and killed many animals, but don't feel I have the expertise of many here.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.slingfin.com/pages/mzs-views[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyguy1, post: 2911263, member: 92595"] Here's the thing on Brands: most of them are no longer owned by the original owners. Mountain Hardware used to be bombproof at high altitude, maybe they still are, but they're no longer truly Mountain Hardware. If you wish, you can Wiki Eddie Bauer. They still make good stuff, mainly the First Ascent line, which I recommended above. But you c an see the ownership changes. Kind of like, "Which brand of Winchester is it?" If I were going to spend top dollar, I would go with Western Mountaineering or Feathered Friends, all USA companies who will fix it forever. Sling Fin, who does have their tents made, I believe, in Vietnam (and yeah, for us older guys, it hurts, doesn't it?), and they make the tents for one of the hunting brands, Kuiu or Sitka, can't recall. And the best tents, without question are Hilleberg. Family business. Interesting article from the guys at Sling Fin. Oddly I feel I'm in my element; I still don't have a clue what a +P barrel is but I know backpacking and climbing. And I've shot my rifle lots of times, and Kirby Allen built it, so never missed much (once), and killed many animals, but don't feel I have the expertise of many here. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.slingfin.com/pages/mzs-views[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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