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Just bought the oldest kid their first sleeping bag: From Nordisk rather than Marmot.
I thought the north face was a niche podcast group when I first saw the logo (I live outside of USA and EU) and was REALLY disappointed when I learned it’s just the same thing as Gucci or something
North Face used to have good products, then got big and especially during COVID when a lot of middle class took up outdoor activities during travel restrictions it went the way of patagucci
love of fuck, stop using this meme template with canadian douchebag/pedo
As a Canadian, I agree.
So many different alternatives
Drake is a rapist fuck. Use another template.
To be fair, Patagonia is more ethical than some of the EU ones, all things considered.
(Although it’s absolutely ridiculously expensive)
Its not any more expensive than some of the European stuff haha
Also if you’re in the market for a new tent, Bergans makes a decent one
made in china all over the place
Haix shoes are made in Serbia, iirc. I’m wearing nothing else since years. Once had a problem with the lace holders on a pair, they told me to send them back and actually repaired them. I’m kinda convinced.
Or Taiwan.
Petzl is missing, they are French.
The last time I needed to get a jacket, I did some Internet searches and asked in three different stores, one name kept popping up every single time: Vaude seems to take this whole sustainability thing quite serious, manufactures part of their collection in Germany and guarantees fair conditions for work they outsourced.
Decathlon is French I think?
Decathlon is involved with child and possibly slave labor through it’s Asian suppliers, also the company still operates in Russia under a barely disguised name.
Yes but a lot of their stuff is made under poor and toxic circumstances by people who get paid very little. Not the best imho
Yup
Correct. I can recommend it, their home brands are cheap, and the quality is generally good.
What’s with Vaude?
Scarpa is another good euro outdoor equipment brand
I absolutely love Scarpa. They make the only footwear that really, really, fits my weird feet off the shelf. I just wish they made ski boots for the sane.
Vibram is also in the list (IT), and it makes rubber soles (or shoes) that are used by many other brands. I love Garmont for hiking shoes.
Not a recommendation, but just for completeness sake: Supedry Japan is British!
I was surprised by this when I first learned it back in the day, perception make me think it was Japanese (paired with the fact their sizes tend to run small).
I used to love the quality of their t-shirts and jackets; but have struggled to find anything that appealed to me from them over the last few years…
…sad reading their Wikipedia page to see they’re seriously struggling financially, and this one quote really felt like a kick in the ‘nads: “A 2023 Observer article referenced critics suggesting that Superdry was a “dad” brand "beyond redemption”.
Sounds like bad corporate decisions more than anything. Lacoste and Ralph Lauren thrived as the epitome of dad brands for decades until they realized they were cool among drug dealers and pivoted to the related aesthetics with shirts that are 80% logos and shit
No doubt bad corporate decisions played a significant role in their misfortunes.
Unlike Lacoste (tennis) and Ralph Lauren (polo) though, Superdry never had that ‘old money’ white people sports appeal, which is what made them somewhat successful as a ‘dad brand’.
So while it’s not impossible for them to dig themselves out of the hole they are currently in, I think it’ll be more of an uphill struggle overall.
a “dad” brand "beyond redemption”.
So it’s not Instagram-cool anymore, gotcha
/j
Don’t get anything made of GoreTex as that is produced by American comoany W. L. Gore & Associates. Fjellräven has decent cotton products that lasts. Personally I prefer Norwegian brand Bergans. You also have Härkila (finish) and Klättermusen (Swedish) last one primally focuses on light weight climbing gear
Don’t get GoreTex because it’s using PFAS chemicals which are harmful to the nature we’re out there to enjoy.
Don’t get goretex for the simple reason that the patent has expired anyway so any company can make the exact same product under another name anyway.
Now that is interesting to know!
I was just reading a review of jackets where the praise the goretex brand. Though I guess there’s new technology from gotetex
They have a pretty substantial marketing budget to make people believe that their product is better but once the patent expires then that’s all you have to rely on, brand recognition.
