I have to admit, I just don't consider cost. I never have, even when I
didn't have much money. I was still a Sergeant in the Marines when I bought
my first serious winter down jacket. It was rated down to about -40 F and I
knew I would need it for the places I was going in the winter. That jacket,
with hood, cost $450 in 1971. That was about a month's pay for me. My wife
at the time was astounded I would pay that much for a jacket. I agreed it
was damned expensive down here but dirt cheap up there. I told her I had
been out at -40F and tried feeding $1 bills into a fire to keep warm. It
just didn't work. I also pointed out that were she out in that kind of
weather and the door to door deep cold weather down jacket salesman came by
she would offer him her first male issue for one.
For me, the same logic applies to tents, bags, packs, or pads. If it doesn't
work well then I saved nothing. I actually wasted money.
Jerry
http://www.Backpack
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Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:31 PM
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Subject: [BackpackingLight] Re: 2 person Tents
we'll have to agree to disagree on this one. my experience is that cheap is
rarely good, almost always I get what I pay for.
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