RE: [Philmont]: Cheap Gear

Our troop has several Alps Mountaineering tents, backpacks, etc., and there
have been zero complaints. My tent, Mystique 2.0, has seen over 75 nights
of camping/backpacking over the past 18 months or so, including a Philmont
trek this past summer which my son and another crew member shared. We used
Alps Mountanineering backpacks on the trek as well (Night Hawk and Mt.
Hood). As Jim stated, they are not high-end products, but I have been more
pleased with the array of features, reliability, and durability than I have
been with the legacy Coleman gear and even some more expensive REI gear that
our troop has. Combine this with the price, and it's hard to go wrong.

My 2-cents...

David Wheeler
SM, Troop 52
Bonham, TX
IWTGBTP!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Pfeifer Randy-QA4427
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:05 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Cheap Gear

I haven't looked at the specific tents on sale but the Northern Tier folks
use Alps Mountaineering tents for their 2 person tents (Taurus 2 AL I
think). We used them in 2003. I thought that they were excellent tents.

Randy Pfeifer
(847) 632-5563

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Welton
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 8:38 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Cheap Gear

Out Troop has used a variety of Alps tents, backpacks, and sleeping bags.
Make no mistake, these are not high end products. They compare to Wenzel,
Coleman, etc. For the price, we have found them to be an excellent buy. The
quality is better than the other products at that price point. Overall we
have been very pleased with the products, YiS, Jim Welton McAllen, Texas

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 07:19:33 -0700, michael_j_conkey@nbc.gov
<michael_j_conkey@nbc.gov> wrote:
>
>
> Sorry for the peripheral post, but the following was sent out to our
> Council listserv and figured cross-posting it here might be
> appropriate. I have NO experience with Alps gear, but their pack,
> tent & sleeping bag prices certainly seem good! For example, their
> "big" pack (5000 cu in) is on sale for only $60. If you buy it in
> conjunction with their 2 person backpack tent (weighing 5 lb, 2 oz),
> they sell you both items for only $100. Just the tent is on sale for
> $60 as well. These prices seem pretty phenomenal. YIS. Mike Conkey
> ('76, '02 & '04)
>
> *********************************
>
> Hi Scouters,

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