Re-outlet.com and campmor.com have some good deals on gear for those money conscience folk. Has anyone had any experience with Campmor’s ‘Duofold’ shirts and long underware?
Good luck,
BP
brian
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I have had good luck with the seira trading post. It’s price usually beat campmor and the selection is better than REI-outlet.
Darthpacman
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i have a duofold shirt, couple years old; no complaints. guess you’re not supposed to use fabric softener with it, destroys its wicking properties or something like that.
hephzibah
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I had two campmor Duofold shirts on my thru hike last year. I wore one of them everyday and I still have them! One has a small hole where the sholder strap rub. The only problem with any of the shirts on the trail was smell. You can’t get it out. I have washed mine four times since getting home and the smell is still there. We used alot of items from Wal Mart and they worked just fine. One hiker, Pineneedle, had just about everything from Wal Mart; tent, bag, shoes, rainjacket, shorts, shirt, etc. His pack weight full, food, tent, water everything was about 27 lbs. The tent was a small child’s tent. I think he gave $14 for it and it worked just fine the entire hike!! Some of the highpriced items are just that high priced. Earl Schaefer even wore cotton.
Papa Smurf
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Papa Smurf: the silence has been broken! There are a lot of us who cruise the halls of Wal Mart and other discount outlets, looking for bargains. The point is to get out and have fun, not see how much carbon fiber is in your shorts. Or whatever. Cost effective good gear is a great idea. That’s one reason I’m liking the Pepsi can stove. (Wonder if you can make them out of coke cans?) Keep it coming! No clue about how to get the smell out of Duofold. Their website no help, huh?
Jim2
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Hey Jim2, if we are looking for cost effective gear, then why go with Pepsi can. Get an off brand can. Just kidding.
But yeah I do find myself looking for bargins at Wal-Mart and Target. Target has some pretty decent stuff for cheap. The most expensive isnt always the best.
My dad(Rebel With A Cause) helped my old scout troop find ways to build up their gear selection for fairly cheap. He told them about the lightweight method and how a lot of times it turns out cheaper than the “high tec” expensive gear.
Lil Rebel
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One item that is worth the money is the Thermarest pad. I’ve carried a closed cell foam pad for years. But this year in Harpers Ferry I bought Flame and me a 3/4 ultralite each and they were fantastic. We I got home I couldn’t sleep on the bed. I would put my Thermarest in the floor and sleep until I could get use to the bed again.
Papa Smurf
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Or Goodwill. What you do is get to know the pricer and discretely bribe him or her with $5 or $10 bucks. Give them a list of material and/or manufacturers and your telephone number. I have obtained thousands of dollars of outdoor equipment this way for almost nothing. I have a pair of custom wooden cross country skiis I got for 5 bucks.
A one man tent that has done the whole AT for 8 bucks. I would like to hear more about the carbon fiber shorts though.
Blue Jay
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I have some long and short sleeved duofold shirts and I love them. I mostly wear them running now, but am planing on bringing the long sleeved shirts with me on the AT this summer. Mine smell a little, but who doesn’t smell on the trail. And they were super-cheep at Campmor, which makes me like them even more. 
Beth