How do you feel when wearing expensive clothes outside?

How do you feel when wearing expensive clothes outside?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't wear expensive clothes.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    expensive is subjective

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Expensive is over average price for the gear. If you use something that's $150 and the average you can find for similar items is $45 on Amazon or $70 at your mom and pop then that's expensive. Even if it isn't to you.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        This outlook assumes that quality is constant. You will often find that it is not and that the extra expense affords you higher quality in one way or another.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          The outlook doesn't assume anything, really. Buying anything is a gamble initially but with mass producers you have a higher chance of defects and longer time of replacement. My assessment is initial purchase. Nothing more.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        What about a $1000 Beretta hunting jacket

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I wear dollar store polyester clothing

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is Swanndri considered expensive?

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >How do you feel when wearing expensive clothes outside?
    comfy

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This is the correct answer. If you buy something expensive like pic-related - just wear it throughout your life and make riffs and damage part of the charm and history of the sweater. The big plus of expensive wool sweaters like that is just how comfy and good-looking they are, just don't be afraid to use them - they are meant to be used and thrashed about.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Who cares? I wear whatever is comfortable.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The outdoors will mean that the clothes are prone to stains, sweat and damage from the environment...so why would i buy anything expensive

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Performance

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          To add to this, like the sweater in OP pic; the pros of more 'expensive' can be that it is made in Europe, made with European wool; the plus is then the design, and rugged construction makes it more durable than cheaply made in china clothes.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah, I don't know about wool, but I know from leatherworking that Chinese machine-stitched leather goods can't compete with hand stitched for durability.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I bought handmade wool socks from a farmer where I got to meet the alpaca dudes who were the origin of that wool. Expensive af socks but they lasted way longer than any store bought wool socks and didn't ever get stinky as bad.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          the performance comes from my body lmao wtf is this

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I'm sorry, let me rephrase that so that you can understand it. I don't care. I wear whatever is comfortable.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    My first expensive clothes purchase was an outdoor rain jacket so pretty good i guess

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Expensive is relative, but regardless I would rather buy one item that works well in most situations than have 4 or 5 cheaper items that each work OK in some situations.

    Buying truly cheap equipment is usually a false economy, since the more expensive but still budget-mid range stuff will usually work better and last much longer.

    I think the most expensive relative to the average piece of gear I have is my waterproof gloves, but they were worth every penny compared to cheaper ones because they fit perfectly and are incredibly comfy and easy to do stuff in, gloves a 1/4 of the cost would keep my hands warm and mostly dry but the extra comfort and utility is worth the added cost.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This is a good point

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >more expensive but still budget-mid range stuff will usually work better and last much longer
      Not in my experience. Expensive stuff is very often just cheap stuff with a high marketing budget.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >more expensive but still budget-mid range stuff will usually work better and last much longer
      Not in my experience. Expensive stuff is very often just cheap stuff with a high marketing budget.

      This is what makes shopping for the good shit so time consuming.
      Most of the cheap crap is going to be poorly made and not to any particular standards.
      The expensive stuff is going to be overpriced.

      Thats why you need to look for sales or second hand or those price/performance sweetspot products.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah. It takes some trial and error to find the brands that actually make stuff worth spending money on and doesn’t have an inflated price due to brand perception or marketing or any number of other factors.

      I don’t cheap out on essentials like a rain jacket, good pants, boots and socks. Having a $20 pair of socks can last you ages and seriously improve your quality of life when roughing it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      And this applies not just to clothing and equipment but food too.

      >be poor
      >go to the dollar store
      >wow wee a bag of gummy worms for a dollar
      >go to restraunt supply store
      >oh gosh, 10 pounds of gummy worms for 15$, thats kinda expensive for a bag of candy
      >wait a minute.... the same amount of gummy worms at the dollar store would be 75$

      cheap shit is a trick to swindle poor people, to get them to voluntarily lower their standards of living and pretend they are getting a good deal. They then pass this 'wisdom' down to their children who continue the path of paying high prices for low quality garbage while thinking they are some how beating the system at its own game.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Maybe the person buying the small bag of gummies at a higher unit price has no need for the American hog size bag, ever think of that? I also don't buy bulk of a lot of things because it is just me and the rest would go in the trash.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Maybe stop buying gummy worms you obese turd

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            based. i purchase with a buy for life mindset, often things are expensive. I have tried to convince my mum this is the way but she still has that SEA cheap=good mentality.
            I wear my RMs everywhere, whether it be on a construction site, out to town. you may call me moronic but I also like to brand prostitute a little bit
            my t-shirts are $80 each, I haven't retired any of them in 5 years and none have loose stitching
            316 stainless safety razor - will never flake, indestructable
            etc etc

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              this
              for the most part the more you spend the more mileage you'll get to a certain extent but that's not always the case, what you should aim for is lasting a life time

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >what you should aim for is lasting a life time
                I try to do that whenever possible, but it's almost impossible
                take a look at r/buyitforlife (inb4 go back), almost al the shit they post is decades old that it's not produced anymore
                and the crap they sell today, even from old reputable brands, is shit compared to what they used to sell a few years ago
                >pic rel fricker made me want a toaster that's not made anymore

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                The current accepted time-to-wear on most outer layer clothing (think parkas, sweaters etc.) is 10 years and that's what I've been basing my purchases on for some years now. Take your item and think of how many times in a year you're going to wear it (approximately). Divide the cost with that and you'll get how much you're spending each day wearing it. If the cost is too high, buy something else.

                Personally I say you can easily wear a good hoodie like 200 days a year (what? I live in Finland, it gets cold). My current favorite hoodie I've had for 5 years, bought it for 28€. That's 0,028€/day for wearing a comfortable, good looking, warm piece of clothing.

                Or my outdoor jacket, it was 329€ (on sale) 2 years ago. I use it every time I go hiking/camping, it's absolutely raintight but breathable af, and in the last 2 years I've been PrepHole for 56 days. That's ~5,9€/day for something that's kept me warm, dry and happy. Entirely worth it already, and I'll be using it for years to come.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              milsurp is cheap, already 70 years old and will still do another 70

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              What are RMs?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Thanks, now I have 9lbs of stale gummy worms.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >my waterproof gloves
      what are they?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Sealskinz hunting gloves
        Don't get the shooting gloves with the fold back fingertips they have magnets in them instead of using velcro for some insane reason and you cannot use a compass while wearing them.

        They will eventually soak through in very heavy downpours but if you're wearing other waterproofs it takes far too long to practically care about and they fit perfectly.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          this one? they have a lot of gloves

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't wear expensive clothes period.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    where could i get a jumper like this?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      amundsensports.com/heroes-crew-neck-mens

      they prob wont get any in stock untill october

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I bought a pair of Prana stretch Zion straights and immediately bought another pair and won’t wear anything else outdoors. Worth every penny.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Prana stretch Zion
      >go to their webpage
      >Black person wearing them
      guess they're not for me

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They are comfy but they're made in china and have shit tier stitching. I have to take mine back to REI one of these days.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    if you want bang for your buck, thrift stores are your friend. especially if you have access to ones in a suburban area, they will frequently have high end PrepHole gear for absolute dirt cheap with minimal use. i have gotten several heavyweight wool sweaters, brand name sleeping bags, and merino/polyeprylene base layers for less than 10 bucks each. once you get over the mental hurdle of buying secondhand, rei and other expensive outfitters will seem ridiculously overpriced.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Found a nice backpacking tent, a vintage down jacket that can keep you warm into the negatives, a nice wool overshirt and some nice socks at thrift stores. Yard sales are good to hit up too.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Based

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There's no bad weather, only bad clothing.

    If a $9 shirt from Walmart does the job, that's fine. If I'd prefer a certain % of some synthetic wool nylon acrylic polyester fabric that keeps me way warmer without a bunch of thick layers, and will dry if it gets wet, then that's a nice feature. And sometimes that costs $$$$. I have a Uniqlo Ultra-Warm long sleeve that is 100% Cotton, I always bring a rain poncho, so nothing to worry about.

    I despise premium Italian brands like Gucci and Balenciaga n shit, but actually strive to own/ try out stuff from Fjallraven, Cotopaxi Patagonia, etc

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Brainlet post

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Nothing to add post, you're the braindead moron

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Brainlet post

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I just get nice clothes from outlet stores at the same price as Walmart cheap shit and it generally does last longer

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    nice jumper tbh

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Pointless. Everyone is wearing Patagonia, Colombia, North Face or occasionally Arcteryx anyways. Even multimillionaires wear that shit - go to any national park is everyone from middle class to upper/rich is fully decked. They cucked for the brand

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Columbia still has cheaper stuff that's decent quality, pants I bought there on clearance lasted me years even through butthole greenbriar and ashe juniper without any holes. But you're right on about the rest.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >you are a sheep if you wear clothing
      i got your point with pretentious middle class people but still, you gotta wear something

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        And yet most people would not be caught dead in clothing they could buy cheaply at, say, Target. Despite that I've found decent outdoor stuff there.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    wearing white clothing is kinda nice in the sense that you can see the wear and tear or the history of the clothing better

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Good expensive clothes?
    Comfy.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    i realize that a lot of people on here may not be well off...but you realize that it's okay to spend money on clothing that works.

    you dont have to be upset if someone is wearing brands while PrepHole

    its also okay to buy clothes from walmart & target...or even second hand.

    just enjoy the outdoors

    but to answer your question, i feel great. wearing my patagonia right now

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      this is the best answer in this thread

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I LOVE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      uhh wow ok wool is a larp. wear chinese plastic moron! sad!!!

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >I LOVE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
      If you don't like wool, you are buying shit tier wool.

      Try some real baby alpaca wool and see if you can still talk shit about it, impossible.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    honest question how can you hike in white wool like that, it must be expensive? why not just buy cheap wool and treat it like you want to

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I have a dedicated outdoors wool sweater, but it's 50% synthetics (ew)
      I will eventually replace it with a 100% wool but I don't want to damage the ones I have already, they're just too nice (and not cheap, even if its actually ok for how good they are).

      Btw the difference between 50% wool and 100% wool is like night and day, the first is so much warmer when it needs to be...

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don’t even own expensive clothes. The only expensive clothes i wear outside are the name brand ones I got from the thrift that are now $5; sweaters, overcoats, ect. I guess shoes would be clothes, but I’ve tried cheating out on shoes before, and regretted it every time. Poster is important, and it starts with your feet.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >How do you feel when wearing expensive clothes outside?
    Expensive Natural fiber stuff outside (aka wool, silk for base layers) is fantastic. You are taking advantage of millions of years of evolution of the source of the fabrics.

    Expensive non natural stuff for /out (excluding shell/waterproofing layers) often sucks, its often stuff that is just expensive due to branding/prints, which is worthless out in nature.

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I've noticed a mindset among certain outdoor enthusiasts. These people will thrift old clothes, buy wal mart stuff (and claim its just as good as more expensive things), hate on anyone that doesn't buy equally cheap shit, and rag on people for having new gear.
    Whats up with these people? Why are they like this?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      thrifting old clothes and buying cheap clothes are not necessarily the same thing
      I always check the clearance aisle at the grocery, that doesn't mean the overstock is a lower quality just that it wasn't able to sell in the amount they had in time
      at used clothing stores, you can find nice hawai'ian shirts for less than the 80 dollars they cost new

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    if i'm doing a long trip my PrepHole clothing is usually more expensive than my normal clothing because performance

    i don't make a lot and have to save up for my gear so it sucks when it gets damaged but i bought it to use it so it's not disappointing as long as i can get an appropriate amount of use out of something, which i usually do unless it's lost

    i've found that merino isn't really durable enough to last very long at all but it is nice in the short term while it lasts, not worth it for me anymore though

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't know I don't wear clothes

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