[at-l] MEC

[Pete Randrup]

Just used a new REI pack, the large 65-liter
CRUISE UL pack.  Pretty good equipment.  
Carried about 29-lb. gear, plus a 3-liter
hydro in the pack and two 1-liter water
bottles.  

I'll go back to it again . . . and I hope
again and again.  Shall try to reduce the
basic pack load from the 29-lb. noted above,
to about 26/27- lbs.

Thjere were lots of attachments on the
outside of the bag, of which I used only a
few.


DewDrop








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From: Eddy <ewker at yahoo.com>
Date: 2007/08/17 Fri AM 10:31:45 CDT
To: Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com>, AT MailingList <at-l at backcountry.net>
Subject: Re: [at-l] MEC

I was up in Canada backpacking this past week. Everywhere you looked you saw MEC clothing and gear. I asked a guy about it and he did compare it to the early REI stuff back when they were into gear not yuppie clothing 
   
  Eddy

Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Ah..MEC.

Their house gear is very quality product. Better than say REI in my opinion. I think MEC is what REI used to be. 

When the US to CAD dollar rate was favorable to the US, they were an awesome deal. . Such a good deal that MEC was not allowed to ship some name brand products (e.g. Marmot) to a US address! 

Yep...MEC is good stuff. 

Alas, the exchange rate is no longer killer for the US dollar. :( ($1 US to 1.06 CAD vs $1 to ~$1.25 say 5 yrs ago. Sigh)





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