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Caver1402 wrote:I tried to buy a pair of coveralls at Sears once ...:-)
anndr0id wrote:I really like BDU's. They are cheap, hold up well, and have good pocket space.
YuccaPatrol wrote:This is a sad reality not only with our general clothing manufacturers, but also with those companies that manufacture the gear we take into the outdoors and trust our lives with.
Typically, someone clever starts a business building very high quality gear. THey make a name for themselves because of the quality and design of the gear they make themselves. People who need this gear spread the word that this is good stuff. Then the brand name becomes "cool". Manufacturing gets shipped overseas and the gear produced becomes a shadow of what once was. . . ..
Good examples of what was once quality American made gear but is now nothing but a fashion statement label on the same old Chinese junk:
Patagonia
North Face
Mountainsmith
Mountain HardWear
The list goes on and on. . . .
I have some quality vintage pieces of gear from all of these companies which continue to serve me well, but probably won't ever purchase gear from them again.
Ralph E. Powers wrote:Ditto on that... though I got lucky once and found a pair that not only had a heavy duty brass zipper (instead of buttons) they wore like iron. I wore them to every-single-caving-backpacking-hiking-camping-anything outdoors trip for over 8 years and only then did they start wearing thin around the knees and seat. I've not found any pair like them since. Just one of those lucky purchases that paid for itself for years to come.
MAN! what I wouldn't give to have a pair like those again.
bndgeek wrote:wendy wrote:how bout polyester in caves? I found some pants at goodwill, that are polyester like running pants on the outside, and on the inside they are like a men's swimming suit, which i thought was weird, but anyway, i thought i'd give them a go at caving, figured they would be good for wet and muddy caves. jeans and cotton pants get heavy when wet and don't dry quickly
I haven't found polyester to be the most durable. One time my boyfriend and I were in a cave and when my pants ripped right down the back. We were only half way in and we decided to keep going, but the whole time I was terrified we'd see other people and they'd notice my totally exposed backside
Thankfully we didn't see anyone else, but by the time we got out of there my butt was freezing. and muddy and gross.
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