Yeti is the toughest. It's also expensive, heavy, and isn't the best at insulating. Still worth buying imo.

I mean where are the names

r/buyitforafewyears

A label inside a kid’s jacket.

Agreed. What the hell is this?

Both my kids have snowsuits like this! I'm glad to know it continues into the bigger sizes.

Yeah but I'm a fatfuck who bought the thing because I wanted to get back into it, not because it was my lifestyle.

Yep, that’s the real reason they ditched the lifetime guarantee. Just so happens they did it right when they started using cheaper materials and outsourcing manufacturing to China, totally a coincidence.

Ah fark.

Target probably won't give me shit then with this smol POS.

Ah well, I had my fun clanking my knees against it all over this mountainous town.

Just a heads up Rab bought Lowe Alpine recently which may help quality I've two of their climbing bags and they're both impeccably well made, Rab are putting in a lot of work into recycling and making sure products last so I'm at least a little hopeful quality will improve.

Story time: Patagonia kids gear has these hand me down tags too. I bought my kid a used puffy with 2 names already present in 2010. Kid added his name and thrashed the jacket for a year or two. Passed down to sister who added her name and wore it for a year until the zipper broke. She was sad so I sent it in to Patagonia with note explaining 2nd hand, 4th kid, and asking them to bill me for a zipper replacement. They asked if I’d be willing to take a gift card for a new puffy instead since they wanted to reuse old puffers for new coats. Patagonia gave me a $200 credit for a kids puffy that cost me $40 and had 4 names in it. Daughter got a new coat for like $140, wore the sucker til we had to peel it off her, passed it on to a friend’s kid, and patagucci made a customer for life. Just absurdly over the top support. Used clothes are boss.

but also tell us why your coffee makers die so quickly. hard water?

People are just weirdly insecure over certain brands here, Le creuset being one of them. I have a full set of le creuset pans I received as a hand me down and they’re nothing special. They’ve survived a long time but so have my generic stainless steel saucepans and they’re a lot more user friendly.

People want to feel like they’ve invested in the right thing. I get that 100%. This is an open forum though, and I have a lot of experience with their products. I stand by it, they’re a status display for middle class people.

The caveat is you have to buy the original bike there and you only have 5 years.

Get a good pair and then you can just have them resoled.

What am I even looking at?

My Danners are 12 years old. Having a good cobbler helps.

Can also second the recommendation for Allen Edmonds, longest lasting dress shoes I've ever owned.

Power tools. I haven't bought a power tool in a little over a decade now. Will eventually need a new reciprocating saw because mine got stolen, but my Dewalt cordless tools are all from 2007, except my regular drill which is from 2003. Third-party batteries for the win.

I can definitely recommend this. I use the sno-seal on a collection of vintage leather Nordic gear, and I swear by it.

And yes, it will darken the colors, and can darken unevenly if you get overly enthusiastic in one area and then lose you vim elsewhere. But, honestly, I’ve started enjoying the darkening. Almost like a point of pride.

>biking distance.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/race-across-america-2022-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ultra-distance-cycling-event

Check out Jim Green AR8 :)

I suspect those actually sell more costs because it shames people who'd otherwise not mind having something that's gently used.

Or if your last name was also a first name. Victor, Kelly, Taylor etc

I am 19 and the skis I learned on at 2 finally got passed down to somebody outside my family. 7 cousins learned to ski on them!

/r/unethicallifeprotips trade in my old shitty "large kids" bike for something that actually fits me at REI because I had to buy the only thing available during the height of the Rona because I was off for a bit and wanted to get back to my roots.

If only there were an REI within biking distance.