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Who shops at Kathmandu? 22-Mar-2012 At 4:14:16 PM citationx

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On 22/03/2012 Batey wrote:
>I remember some 20 years ago my folks buying Kathmandu Sleeping bags.
>Back then the quality was a lot better and i still use both the bags today
>although the filling is rather thin now.
>But when you can walk just next door to Macpac (in sydney anway) they
>often have a lot better product for a simillar price aimed at a somewhat
>different market ie people who want a product to last and perform i guess.
>
>Just my 2c worth anyway

I would argue this point. Macpac is no longer any better than krap-can't-do. Macpac decided that they couldn't compete with price, shipped off their manufacturing to china as well, then they changed the materials used in packs and tents and now I don't see much of a difference.
There's another company, Rodd and Gunn, completely non=climbing related, but in the 90s they made everything in New Zealand too. I have a shirt that i've worn often since I bought it in 1998 and not so much as two threads have come undone. I went back recently to discover they're now all made in china too.
I'm sorry, I'd be happy to pay the extra bucks to buy gear made in the USA, NZ, Australia, Italy. I'm sick of all this china crap.