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I haven't set foot in a walmart in years.
Never will again.
Never will again.
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Anyone else notice WalMart's outdoors stuff
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Our WMs have scaled back sporting goods to the point where they are only a shadow of what they used to be. We have gained Gander Mt. and Academy so it is not an issue here, but I feel for those who have no other options.
I have bought good and bad quality products at WM but have little reason to go there for anything these days.
I have bought good and bad quality products at WM but have little reason to go there for anything these days.
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I mostly agree re: walmart being pretty unamerican as a habitual shopping experience.*
With friends and occasional experiments, we've determined that a lot of the name brand stuff is of lower quality (and lower performance submodels of tools and even flea medicines) specially prepared for the wally world stock system.
The clothing isn't worth the gas money, let alone actually paying for it.
Now, I have occasional purchases I do make there. Ammo is about 90% of that (and that's not chinese made, either)
The other 10% is, in fact, camping supplies. I find that overall, the quality and selection is really, really poor. If you go back to a 1970s version of what you need for hiking or car camping, you find that if budget is a concern, you can get out there with a LOT less than we expect to take nowdays. Need to save money or get by on a budget? get a surplus Canuck 1983 pattern pack for $30, an old school couple GI ponchos and a used/surplus/whatever bag.
Car camping? oil lamp. Coffee can stove.
What do I buy at Wally World for outdoors use?
1: some first aid supplies. I'm selective about what, and it's limited mostly to alcohol pads, bandages, and tape.
2: extremely cheap, disposable, giveaway/loaner/spare gear. Throwaway ponchos, giveaway flashlights (though now I use the countycomm ones)
In general I find that walmart sacrifices everything to profit. Including me, if I let them.
Note:
* I'm well aware that countycomm gets stuff from China, as do most of the suppliers out there. I do try to pick and choose, and I'm aware, but not quite fanatic enough to go without. It's a continuum, not a binary solution set.
With friends and occasional experiments, we've determined that a lot of the name brand stuff is of lower quality (and lower performance submodels of tools and even flea medicines) specially prepared for the wally world stock system.
The clothing isn't worth the gas money, let alone actually paying for it.
Now, I have occasional purchases I do make there. Ammo is about 90% of that (and that's not chinese made, either)
The other 10% is, in fact, camping supplies. I find that overall, the quality and selection is really, really poor. If you go back to a 1970s version of what you need for hiking or car camping, you find that if budget is a concern, you can get out there with a LOT less than we expect to take nowdays. Need to save money or get by on a budget? get a surplus Canuck 1983 pattern pack for $30, an old school couple GI ponchos and a used/surplus/whatever bag.
Car camping? oil lamp. Coffee can stove.
What do I buy at Wally World for outdoors use?
1: some first aid supplies. I'm selective about what, and it's limited mostly to alcohol pads, bandages, and tape.
2: extremely cheap, disposable, giveaway/loaner/spare gear. Throwaway ponchos, giveaway flashlights (though now I use the countycomm ones)
In general I find that walmart sacrifices everything to profit. Including me, if I let them.
Note:
* I'm well aware that countycomm gets stuff from China, as do most of the suppliers out there. I do try to pick and choose, and I'm aware, but not quite fanatic enough to go without. It's a continuum, not a binary solution set.
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Are you kidding me? If I hit you for the same thing I did in January, you are history: "keep the politics & insults out of here." I had no idea you had one foot on that banana peel, though.
Tempt me again and it's over.
hey guys...turned into a bash fest eh? Wasnt saying walmart is top notch..just saying it is OK gear for the dinero. I would probably buy a few items from there and be ok... im not a hardcore outdoorsman (unfortunatly) and their stuff would suit me fine i think (some of it). Mileage may, and definitely does vary...but.. ya know... there is some decent looking stuff there... very accessable for the city folk like me.... as they killed the sportsmans warehouse here in OKC :thumbdown: