Moondog55 wrote:Nunatak are making my next down pants and pullover. They made my quilt and my overquilt, it's not as if I am not willing to spend money on my gear
Wayno I guess you have to balance purchase price against lifespan. A traditional woollen bushshirt used heavily will probably last 5 years in NZ scrub or 10 years here or in North America; that's less than $40- a year and they are repairable , of course mine no longer fitted me so I passed them on but I now sew my own trad gear anyway and why I haunt the Op-Shops looking for good quality blankets and fabric People are too fixated on first cost because that are used to throwaway fashion I guess. Wool is a luxury product I admit; so naturally the prime cost is high but so is the makers mark-up in many cases
Zapruda wrote:
Most people would rather spend time in the bush than rifling through op-shops and sewing gear.
Moondog55 wrote:Zapruda wrote:
Most people would rather spend time in the bush than rifling through op-shops and sewing gear.
Adds very little time to my shopping or my doctors/ post-op surgery visits and you can't spend all your time skiing or stalking Sambar and sewing is more intellectually challenging than almost all television and I am allowed to sew but I can't yet walk too far or carry any loads so it stops me pining for the fiords
wayno wrote:there's little difference in quality anymore between a lot of Asian made gear and NZ made gear if you choose a reliable brand, and Macpac use quality materials, the same materials as most major brands....
wayno wrote:ah no, Macpac have lighweight and an ultralight range of gear now.
rcaffin wrote:Sad, very sad. Another iconic brand down the tubes. The brand will not survive.
wayno wrote:the problem is when you dilute your core brand and the market you're dealing with.
people may think you've abandoned your roots to make dumbed down gear and they stop buying from it even when you havent.
warnabrother wrote:those "people" are such a small group of educated buyers on forums like this that it doesn't really matter...
warnabrother wrote:wayno wrote:the problem is when you dilute your core brand and the market you're dealing with.
people may think you've abandoned your roots to make dumbed down gear and they stop buying from it even when you havent.
those "people" are such a small group of educated buyers on forums like this that it doesn't really matter...
we'll have to wait and see what they do.. for now, it's all hypothetical
I for one wish them well and hope they try and innovate.. I like Macpac products.. well, some of them.. their shorts are nice fitting, their light fleece and "uberlight" down is nice, my wife loves here Hightail anarok and I (as of yesterday) really like their merino..
wayno wrote:warnabrother wrote:wayno wrote:the problem is when you dilute your core brand and the market you're dealing with.
people may think you've abandoned your roots to make dumbed down gear and they stop buying from it even when you havent.
those "people" are such a small group of educated buyers on forums like this that it doesn't really matter...
we'll have to wait and see what they do.. for now, it's all hypothetical
I for one wish them well and hope they try and innovate.. I like Macpac products.. well, some of them.. their shorts are nice fitting, their light fleece and "uberlight" down is nice, my wife loves here Hightail anarok and I (as of yesterday) really like their merino..
not in NZ, from decades ago, all the trampers I knew, knew macpac was a quality brand to go to, you looked for that brand, they were only making gear for trampers, it was one of the main brands NZ trampers would buy,, already they are making gear for the casual wear market now. kathmandu has always been regarded as a more second teir brand amongst a lot of trampers if you're not fussy about what you buy
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