Mountain Designs What would you buy with my $499- returns vo

[Moondog55]

Looking through the website I cannot see anything that I would consider essential.
What is the best value at the moment??

[Strider]

What do you need?

[Moondog55]

That is the trouble. nothing except a pair of overpants, and I prefer Full bib mountain pants which MD do not make.
I am already trying to sell off my redundant gear and I already have 3 state of the art sleeping bags.
What happened to MD anyway?? Aren't they now owned by Columbia?? Totally unexcited by anything on the shop floor or the website

[Strider]

That is the trouble. nothing except a pair of overpants, and I prefer Full bib mountain pants which MD do not make.
I am already trying to sell off my redundant gear and I already have 3 state of the art sleeping bags.
What happened to MD anyway?? Aren't they now owned by Columbia?? Totally unexcited by anything on the shop floor or the website

Think of the smaller items. New socks? Headtorch? Steripen?

[Moondog55]

Maybe a new pair of boots, they would then be well broken in when my La Sportivas die of old age

[pazzar]

MD's aren't owned by Columbia, MD's took on the Columbia dealership, and are supplied by Outdoor Performance, who supply many other stores with Columbia goods. The website won't give you a good idea of what is on sale, there are far more offers in-store. If you were looking for new boots, the Zamberlan Vioz Gtx are currently good value at $334.95, many other forum members use them and rate them pretty highly - of course it's the fit that matters most though.

Good luck spending your voucher!

Jared

[icemancometh]

Hahaha

So they didn't deem it as faulty then? I thought by law a faulty had to be refunded, not just a store credit?

[Strider]

Hahaha

So they didn't deem it as faulty then? I thought by law a faulty had to be refunded, not just a store credit?

"Faulty" and "It didn't do what I thought it would do" are two entirely different things.

[hikingoz]

MD's in Canberra has got some tiny PLB's for about $400.

[icemancometh]

Hahaha

So they didn't deem it as faulty then? I thought by law a faulty had to be refunded, not just a store credit?

"Faulty" and "It didn't do what I thought it would do" are two entirely different things.

but why would they give you a return for the latter?

[Miyata610]

but why would they give you a return for the latter?

I would expect a reputable retailer to give a credit for an unused item. What's the history with this item?

[roysta]

OP, the mountain pants you might want to look at are the MHW Boktas, 3-layer Dry Q.
On sale at many places right now.

[Moondog55]

OP, the mountain pants you might want to look at are the MHW Boktas, 3-layer Dry Q.
On sale at many places right now.

Nice but not B&B
I have 5 pairs of overpants of various ages and states of disrepair so pants really are not what I am shopping for.
The lovely representative from Gore ( Very knowledgeable and helpful ; "Thanx " ) agreed with me that it may be more a lack of purchasing power due to the recession than anything else that has removed a slow selling garment from the market

[Moondog55]

but why would they give you a return for the latter?

I would expect a reputable retailer to give a credit for an unused item. What's the history with this item?

History here
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8725

[Miyata610]

Ahh. A bit more to it. Fair enuf.

[slparker]

Glacier softshell pants... awesome if you have anything to do with snow....

[icemancometh]

He doesn't want softshell

Have you checked out Norrona?

[icemancometh]

Klim?

[Moondog55]

Looks like a new CCF pad and a cookset

MSR Alpine 2 pot set
http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/cookware/ ... et/product
+
the large Ridgerest, the Solar large for base-camps
http://cascadedesigns.com/therm-a-rest/ ... ar/product
because I already have another cheap CCF pad the same size and the two combined will be more than warm enough even if not comfortable and the Neo-Air is in stock too

[nakedape]

You could by me a new goretex rain jacket (XL) - I also need new climbing shoes (46)

[Moondog55]

You could by me a new goretex rain jacket (XL) - I also need new climbing shoes (46)

Do you wear camouflage? I have one in the shed you can have for $25- plus postage

[Amanda]

Hi Moondog,

I would buy a deuter baby carrier and a kaon tent. But I would buy them tomorrow, see my link in specials and ads.

Cheers
Amanda

[icemancometh]

Avalanche gear if you dont have any yet...a Suunto? rope?

[Moondog55]

Ok So far I have bought a couple of Suunto compasses and a RidgeRest Solar.
My thoughts were to get a decent hand--held GPS

[Moondog55]

Very little choice on GPS with the store. Without opening a new thread in "Techno-babble" are the Garmin Etrex worth while, 10 / 20 or 30??

[pazzar]

See if you can get them to source a Garmin GPSMap62S. They are the pick of the hand held range for use in the bush. Mountain Designs certainly stock them, so you should be able to get one ordered in.