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  • fvrwld
    Moderator

    • Mar 2004
    • 2220
    #1

    Rough on gear?

    This seems to be a chronic problem. It seems I can't make my gear last. I go through a pair of gaitors about every 6 months. I have gone through 3 pairs of trek poles in the last 2 years. The most recent pair of trek poles I just got 3 uses out of. I just bought a new pair af Merrells and the thrid time out in them a rivet popped that held the lace. I just had to toss a 3-year old day pack because one of the straps was ripping. I can see my snowshoes are starting to go after 3 years of use. I could go on and on...

    Am I rough in gear? Or is it just bad luck? Shouldn't this stuff be built to last? How can a broken buckle on gaitors or a popped boot lace rivet be due to anything I did?

    Does anyone else have similar experiences?
    “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” ~ Aldo Leopold
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    • redhawk
      Senior Resident Curmudgeon
      • Jan 2004
      • 10929
      #2
      Originally posted by fvrwld
      This seems to be a chronic problem. It seems I can't make my gear last. I go through a pair of gaitors about every 6 months. I have gone through 3 pairs of trek poles in the last 2 years. The most recent pair of trek poles I just got 3 uses out of. I just bought a new pair af Merrells and the thrid time out in them a rivet popped that held the lace. I just had to toss a 3-year old day pack because one of the straps was ripping. I can see my snowshoes are starting to go after 3 years of use. I could go on and on...

      Am I rough in gear? Or is it just bad luck? Shouldn't this stuff be built to last? How can a broken buckle on gaitors or a popped boot lace rivet be due to anything I did?

      Does anyone else have similar experiences?

      It's Kevins fault. He's cursed.

      Of all the guys in all the world, you picked him.

      So I guess in retrospect or hindsight it's all your fault..
      "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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        • Iceman
          • Mar 2006
          • 77
          #3
          If hiking gear were made to last, it would be too heavy and no one would want to buy it. That's why it doesn't make sense to pay full price for gear anymore. My favorite place to shop is the Sierra Trading Post.

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            • dog
              Member
              • Apr 2005
              • 379
              #4
              My story is reversed to fvrwld's one . Whatever I have , stays for long-long-long time . I go often in Campmore and just dream to get this - that , but I already have everything , and it servs good .
              And it's not about money - I can afford , but I do not need it .

              3 things still attract me in shopping fields : gear , books and alco . For 2 first I mostly just a watcher . Last one is a ocean to explore .

              On another hand , than more I live , than less I need . Few years ago I started ridding off stuff I do not use . Just giving it away ( not only gear ) . But my miserable living space is still full of .

              But if it just about quality of gear , buy the best - it's not always most expensive , definitely is not cheapest . And what forums partly for .

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                • Kevin
                  **BANNED**
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 5857
                  #5
                  Originally posted by redhawk
                  It's Kevins fault. He's cursed.

                  Of all the guys in all the world, you picked him.

                  So I guess in retrospect or hindsight it's all your fault..
                  She's not allowed to talk to you anymore!

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                    • fvrwld
                      Moderator

                      • Mar 2004
                      • 2220
                      #6
                      Originally posted by redhawk
                      It's Kevins fault. He's cursed.

                      Of all the guys in all the world, you picked him.

                      So I guess in retrospect or hindsight it's all your fault..
                      It was a moment of profound weakness. Now I'm stuck...the poodle likes him too much. I'm only in it for the poodle.
                      “One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” ~ Aldo Leopold

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                        • kwc
                          loser
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 1300
                          #7
                          Originally posted by fvrwld
                          Am I rough in gear?
                          in keeping with Hawk's theme ...

                          are you rough IN gear? hmmmmmm ... I suppose only Kevin can answer that one.

                          sorry ... just couldn't resist.

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                          Once a year, go some where you've never been before.

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                            • dog
                              Member
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 379
                              #8
                              Do not remember , who say here , on Forum about gear ~ " first I bought what I could , after bit by bit , what I need and the best " .

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                                • JJW
                                  Member
                                  • Jan 2005
                                  • 282
                                  #9
                                  "Let us run the risk of wearing out rather than rusting out." Theodore Roosevelt

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                                    • Judgeh
                                      Member
                                      • Jun 2004
                                      • 1291
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by JJW
                                      "Let us run the risk of wearing out rather than rusting out." Theodore Roosevelt
                                      BULLY!

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                                        • redhawk
                                          Senior Resident Curmudgeon
                                          • Jan 2004
                                          • 10929
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Kevin
                                          She's not allowed to talk to you anymore!

                                          Doesn't make any difference. Obviously she didn't listen to me anyway.
                                          "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                                            • redhawk
                                              Senior Resident Curmudgeon
                                              • Jan 2004
                                              • 10929
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by fvrwld
                                              It was a moment of profound weakness. Now I'm stuck...the poodle likes him too much. I'm only in it for the poodle.
                                              Easier and less expensive to get the poodle a different chew toy.!!
                                              "If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. Johnson

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                                                • Kevin
                                                  **BANNED**
                                                  • Nov 2003
                                                  • 5857
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by redhawk
                                                  Easier and less expensive to get the poodle a different chew toy.!!
                                                  She likes the rent money too much to let me go that easy...

                                                  You said it yourself - It's all about the money!

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                                                    • Dick
                                                      somewhere out there...
                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                      • 2821
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by fvrwld
                                                      This seems to be a chronic problem. It seems I can't make my gear last. I go through a pair of gaitors about every 6 months. I have gone through 3 pairs of trek poles in the last 2 years. The most recent pair of trek poles I just got 3 uses out of. I just bought a new pair af Merrells and the thrid time out in them a rivet popped that held the lace. I just had to toss a 3-year old day pack because one of the straps was ripping. I can see my snowshoes are starting to go after 3 years of use. I could go on and on...

                                                      Am I rough in gear? Or is it just bad luck? Shouldn't this stuff be built to last? How can a broken buckle on gaitors or a popped boot lace rivet be due to anything I did?

                                                      Does anyone else have similar experiences?
                                                      Oh, I don't know...no problems earlier... then you hooked up with Kevin and all of a sudden you need new boots, new gaiters, new pack, new snowshoes...where will it end...

                                                      Dick

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                                                        • Danielsen
                                                          Wandering lycosid
                                                          • Jun 2006
                                                          • 17
                                                          #15
                                                          Cheap, low-quality, quickly worn out "disposable" gear has its merits, as does making your own with the main sources of wear in mind.

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