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Here is the link to the gear! https://www.walmart.com/cp/lithic/9549605 https://www.walmart.com/cp/lithic/9549605 Excited for this. All the major outdoor gear
by elamje 6y ago
Here is the link to the gear!
https://www.walmart.com/cp/lithic/9549605 https://www.walmart.com/cp/lithic/9549605
Excited for this. All the major outdoor gear companies have made proper backpacking pretty hard to get into without dropping a grand or two on lightweight gear. Yeah, you can grab a Coleman tent for $50 that weighs 30lbs, but to truly backpack for multiple days you are looking for a 3-6lb tent that currently is anywhere from $300 to $800 depending on your quality preference.
- willismichael 6y agoI don't know where you shop, but my 4-ish pound backpacking tent was less that $100. Edit: To clarify, I'm just saying that there is a middle ground between a cheap lead-weight tent and a several-hundred-dollars gearhead tent.
- starpilot 6y agoYeah, the ALPS 1-person tent is 4 lb and $100 on Amazon. Similar stuff is on Aliexpress. I think the significance is that Walmart is entering this field. This really could introduce new audiences to backpacking that normally don't even think of going into REI.
- Kalium 6y agoThere are also quite a few places with a Walmart and no nearby REI. There are whole states without REI stores. If Walmart rolls these lines out to every store, that's a massive expansion of access.
- elamje 6y agoTo clarify, I typically backpack with 2-4 person tents and other people. Maybe my numbers are still off. Excited nonetheless.
- gumby 6y agoREI garage sales are great too. Picked up some hiking boots for my kid for $30. Even as a scout he grew too fast to wear boots out. And a 2-person summer tent for $45 — someone had broken a pole linkage and returned it. I just drilled it out and threaded a piece of stock and now it works fine, though doesn’t fold up quite the same — so what.