but still loves bags and gear?
I just got back from a mate’s place who was showing me his new Mission Workshop pack. The thing that was curious for me is that this guy is a massive introvert and even he mentioned he wouldn’t be leaving the house too often (wfh) or taking any trips (big rona). As I left he was trying to talk himself into getting a Rhake in a few months…
Just got me thinking on the drive home on how many people out there have these amazing collections of bags but in the end don’t really get out and use them too often?
I’m guilty of this too since I’ve bought a couple of packs in the midst of lockdowns that have gone unused but something about the design language and potential of where it could take me definitely was a factor of me pulling the trigger. Like this one could be the ONE for that trip I’ve always been planning…
Idk I know it’s not really rational, like a car guy who doesn’t enjoy driving but how …
Recently bought an aluminum rimowa carryon. I’m obsessed with how it looks so I keep it in the living room of my 700 ft^2 apartment lol.
“I got worried for a moment there, it had been almost 24 hours since we got a shoe post.”
- u/mmolle
We get a lot of shoe posts here and I see the same recommendations come up again and again. So, I thought why not save everyone the trouble and bring together a master list of the shoe recommendations from the last year? This post was inspired by, and compliments u/ERFontus‘s packing list roundup which can be found on the side bar and linked here.
In this post I reviewed all the “recommend me a shoe” posts from 2021. I dug through the comments and recorded any shoe that was recommended or endorsed as a good shoe for one bagging. While there were many more posts about specific shoes, shoe reviews, and packing lists, there were only 35 total general shoe recommendation posts (full list with links at end of post).
I’ll start with a quick One Shoe intro for anyone new to this sub, then go over my rules and scoring method, followed by the shoe recommendations. The lists are sorted into …
I just came back from a recent trip to southern Florida from Texas. I was meeting a girl I’m trying to impress and wanted to bring a variety of outfits for different activities — exercise stuff, beach/pool stuff, date nights, daytime, cool weather (mid 60s at night in Miami) and cold weather (plane/when I got back to the airport in TX).
I ended up bringing my Cotopaxi Allpa 42L (carryon) and a standard Travelpro roller suitcase and entirely too many things. First of all, plane travel both ways was stressful as my Allpa backpack is way larger than the traditional “personal item” and would not possibly fit under the seat in front of me. Both flights had room in the overhead compartment but I thought I might need to check one of my bags which would have been annoying. It was something I wish I didn’t have to think about.
I brought entirely too many things I didn’t end up wearing. A sweater, a rain jacket, 3 extra pairs of boxers I didn’t end up needing, 3 decks of card games, a second …
I posted here a few months ago in search of recs for some great sweatpants, preferably merino. There weren’t many (if any?) posts about the topic, so here’s a list of what I recently tried and my thoughts on them. Hope this helps anyone who comes here looking for something similar!
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Don’t see any Outlier shoes so hope this is allowed but curious what my Outlier fam has for shoe recommendations?
Whether it be sport, casual, dress….would love to hear. Need to step my game up.
Experiment 293 - Supermarine Daydream
A snap shirt experiment. Fantasy soft Daydream Wool flannel on the inside, reality hard high-density Supermarine Cotton on the outside. A trailer load of low profile Cobra snaps to pull it all together.
Stacks on stacks on stacks. An experiment in letting the material speak, and the fierce structure of Supima Duckcloth wants to create stacks on a pant leg. By doubling the inseam we let it stack to its hearts desire.
I’ve always been a merino co t shirt fan, cycling through my usual 3 and whatever else.
But finally picked up the ones with the cotton on the outside, and wool on the inside. Holy cow, I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this for years. The weight, heft, and shape feels way better imo. I don’t have to baby the shirt lest I get tears as is so easy with the dream weight and the standard.
New fave.
What is the difference between something like free co outlier pants and bonobos 4 way stretch if they’re both cotton with about 8% elastane. For 60⁄30 i know it’s a little different due to nylon in addition to the elastane. Does that change the feel drastically? Or more of a durability choice?
And it seems like outlier is moving away from 4 way stretch, is that true? If that’s the case are there any good alternatives?
Whether you’re fly fishing, working a trade show, or just straight stunting, Stronglinen Carry Vest seems like the stalwart move.
First off, I’m generally not a huge upper-body pocket user. I usually have a backpack with me, or at least a small bag of some kind, but I know sex when I see it, and when I do, I’ll find a way to weave it into my life. The design on this piece is downright seductive. The gussets, angles, curves, and cornucopia of discrete fastening mechanisms, just make me want to use this thing.
This vest has pockets like a pizza has pepperoni, which is to say it’s positively peppered with them. The right pocket has two separate compartments, similar to what we’ve seen in the Strongshank and the Nylistic Merino Traveler, then there’s a left pocket with shank closure, directly above that is a zippered pocket, then an internal drop pocket, internal back pocket (although, I’d be slightly worried about shirt abrasion with this one), large, zippered, external back pocket, …