re: Patagonia products

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Politics aside, that's just inaccurate.

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Yeah, I'm wearing a Better Sweater right now. Not only high quality, fairly high value. Some of the stuff gets expensive, but if you look at competing products, the pricing isn't that out of whack.

Outdoor products (clothing and equipment) is largely a "two class" economy. You either pay for the good stuff (and that varies from mid-tier or higher brands like Mountain Hardware, MSR, Patagonia, North Face, Marmot, Arc'teryx, Kelty, etc.) or you get "good enough" like Coleman, Columbia or Ozark Trails from Academy or Wal-Mart.

And I don't even want to put the stink on those last 3 brands - I have products from all 3 brands and Columbia, in particular, has some better stuff, but this illustrates the divide.

If you don't like Patagonia company politics, fine, but I at least respect their consistency.