Spending $669 on a jacket reveals a deep-seated fear of the natural world. The price tag becomes a magical talisman against evil. For others, it's a primal desire to larp that whatever you're doing out there is far more challenging and dangerous than it actually is.
t. goes into wilderness areas in normal clothes
what if i just like having lots of pockets and i am Black person rich?
For me the idea of spending that much on a jacket just reinforces how much of a dependency I have on money. Doesn't matter if I can afford it or not, bottom line is that I am the dollar's b***h
While it is definitely more than it should be, it's Sitka so there is a price hike. Modern high-tech jackets are floating around 4-500 new for high end brand ones, and parkas or equivalent jump closer to 5-6. It's waterproof and in hunting camo so that tacks on more money. From everything I've heard it is a very warm and stretchy duck/goose hunting jacket, though I've heard their Hudson jacket is the better option.
I've been impressed with my sitka clothing I've taken out deer, elk, and turkey hunting as it's stretchy comfortable, lightweight, warm, and breathable. I got most of it through a mixture of sales from local store and ebay so the price wasn't as terrible as it could be. A lot of turn over from hunters. It still fricking hurts to buy that stuff though. Need to upgrade to a multi-day pack for hauling out quarters/backpacking in and new big hunting packs are fricking 500+ base and easily jump to 7-800 if you start adding on extra pouches and crap.
>wears sitka
gay
that easily wearable expensive jacket+pants combo does feel really good in midwinter when you sit down to take a breather or when you spend 10 hours a day ice fishing in the wind
Beggin ya to go outside.
Lately i've been reading on artic explorers from the 19th and early 20th century. These people were doing just fine with wool and deerskins. You dont need a brandname jacket.
making this gear takes skill and theres less and less people with those skills as time goes on
>doing just fine
A lot of them froze to death, but still. These days the "backcountry" is rarely more than 5 miles from blacktop.
The wool and deerskins they'd have been wearing would be worth hundreds of dollars in today's money. Probably more than $669.
Arctic, you moron
Do you mean furs? The wool and deerskin boots were contributing factors to three large injury rate from cold.
its a well known fact that before modern camo, like 2012 and after, hunters were grossly unsuccessful. not one ever even thought of shooting a duck out of the FRICKING SKY let alone came close before companies like first lite and sitka swept the market. $669 is pennies in comparison to the opportunities it unlocks. id gladly give triple that or more, because it's the only thing between me being a fricking pleb homosexual and a successful, respectable hunter
these fudds were killing a shit ton of animals/birds in red flannel coats, you're really overestimating how effective camo is
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic my autistic friend
yes
you can waltz into a walmart, buy a camo coat that's sub$200, realistically sub$100, and stay plenty warm. you don't need expensive gear to survive or succeed in a backcountry trip
Why would I want this when my Arcteryx jackets are more expensive?
I spent 200 bucks on a nice ass camo jacket 10 years ago and it's still in pretty good shape. Got it on clearance at gander mtn when they went under.
Most I ever spent on a jacket was Carhartt $350 and I never regretted that purchase. Jacket has lasted me years through many excursions and has d work days in the cold
Having expensive but well tested gear on while going PrepHole is one of the best feelings ever. I remember I have had some pieces that were so good I could do the craziest shit wearing them, wash them several times, and still wear them to the bar and chicks would wear them to the bathroom at night to pee their cum out of me. Then I would donate to good will so a Mexican could paint houses with it.
>”Arc’teryx on me, you know we don’t rock no Patagonia”
>$230
>4 regular 3 hidden pockets
>water ~~*repellant*~~
>hooded (big bonus as my country has very little ozone protection from UV you can be sunburnt on cloudy days)
>MOLLE webbing for ???
yay or nay fellas?
I agree about this particular jacket, but I also disagree about "normal modern clothes". Most people wear some kind of synthetic. It's worth the money to buy HQ merino clothes imo. Historically clothes were very expensive, but they were very good and treated good.
How about spending that much on a motorcycle jacket
>t. doesn't go into wilderness areas for extended periods
>nor does anything strenuous while there.
you do understand the concept of taking clothes off yea?