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Mon 24 Jul, 2017 3:25 pm
How much gear do we really need?
I am going thought a rather drastic rationaisation of my stash at the moment.
I was [ and I suppose I am still ] preparing for a trip to North America.
I looked through all my cold weather gear and I think I could assemble about 5 complete and separate outfits.
I got a bit carried away with surplus gear in the USA but also I had a Patagonia credit to spend buy also there is stuff there that isn't quite right for me that I have hung onto.
Some things I have grown out of, when I was younger and had a decent pay packet I bought really good quality gear and it has lasted but it it no longet fits it isn't doing what it was first purchsed to do
Hence my for sale adds here.
I'll call it the Uniqlo syndrome, some stuff I bought simply because it was there, looked good and I could afford it.Now I have run out of storage space
I am going thought a rather drastic rationaisation of my stash at the moment.
I was [ and I suppose I am still ] preparing for a trip to North America.
I looked through all my cold weather gear and I think I could assemble about 5 complete and separate outfits.
I got a bit carried away with surplus gear in the USA but also I had a Patagonia credit to spend buy also there is stuff there that isn't quite right for me that I have hung onto.
Some things I have grown out of, when I was younger and had a decent pay packet I bought really good quality gear and it has lasted but it it no longet fits it isn't doing what it was first purchsed to do
Hence my for sale adds here.
I'll call it the Uniqlo syndrome, some stuff I bought simply because it was there, looked good and I could afford it.Now I have run out of storage space
Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 8:26 pm
Interesting point of view.
I tend to go the other way - agonise over each purchase, look at too many reviews then buy quality items and use them until they're worn out.
I also know that if I took up any more room in the garage I'd be single again!
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I tend to go the other way - agonise over each purchase, look at too many reviews then buy quality items and use them until they're worn out.
I also know that if I took up any more room in the garage I'd be single again!
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Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 8:34 pm
That's part of the problem, the old good stuff isn't worn out, just that the new stuff is a little lighter and in prettier colours. Grown out of too
Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Mon 24 Jul, 2017 8:37 pm
I know the feeling Ted. It is the same sort of thing with my with fly fishing gear. Started counting my fly rods recently-stopped when I got to 50 and decided not to try and count fly reels 
Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Tue 25 Jul, 2017 12:16 pm
Kids wear out stuff quickly while adults progressively wear less and less. The reason to replace these days is solidly discretionary.
Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Tue 25 Jul, 2017 3:13 pm
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Sorry. It's been done to death but couldn't help myself
Re: Too cheap and too many choices
Tue 25 Jul, 2017 3:16 pm
ROFLMAO
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