love of fuck, stop using this meme template with canadian douchebag/pedo
As a Canadian, I agree.
So many different alternatives
Petzl is missing, they are French.
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
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.
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.
What’s with Vaude?
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.
Drake is a rapist fuck. Use another template.
made in china all over the place
Or Taiwan.
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.
Here’s a directory of backpacking/hiking/outdoors vendors that I have bookmarked and have used a few times.
You can filter results by country( to exclude US) but also check out the cottage industry filter. Those are the little guys who are going to be hurting the most and they make the niche and better quality gear.
A notable omission from that list is Montane. I think they’re UK based?
It seemed like every second person in Amsterdam had a fjall raven pack when I was there.
That’s true for most of Netherlands, really.
Also common at hipster/expensive coffee shops in the US.
We bought our bag on a visit to NYC 17-18 years ago, now they’re everywhere. It’s is still working fine though, just little dirty
Some Fjällräven stuff is nice, but the kånken backpacks that are so popular are overpriced garbage. Pretty much any other serious brand offers better features for a lower price.
They did seem very well marketed for a very basic design of backpack. There was a camp supply store on Rozengracht near my family’s place that had a full window display of the backpack’s in a rainbow array of colours. Thinking back on it, it did feel a bit like the Stanley cup saga USA saw more recently. Seeing so many of them around town and that IIRC they were still around 100euros it seemed more of a fashion item. As a semi-tourist I thought I should get one as a practical keepsake of my trip but in the end I felt happier with my reusable Jumbo and HJ shopping bags.
Don’t get anything made of GoreTex as that is produced by American company 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.
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.
Tenaya is a Spanish company that makes some of the most comfortable climbing shoes I have tried.
Isnt Arc’teryx Canadian?
Would explain the Canadian flag in the picture over their name.
They are owned by a Finnish company now. Same owner as Salomon.
That Finnish company is owned by a Chinese company. So it doesn’t really matter. I try to avoid companies that outsource their production to Asia anyway. Doesn’t matter if their millionaire owner live in Europe.
