Is there really any need for high end equipment?
I was thinking about getting a new tent for a trip, so I popped down to a local shop and saw the prices but they were extravagantly high. A few years ago, I went over to Europe and I had a very cheap, £10-20 tent and it did the job perfectly fine. It was waterproof, had good ventilation and so on, which makes me wonder how exactly companies can charge £100-200 for a one man tent. I just don't see any value there at all. They might be slightly better, yeah, but a tent is a tent, surely? I certainly don't see enough difference between the one I had a few years ago and a high end one now.
I think quite a few camping/survival items are overpriced. Groudsheets, for example. For what they are, there is no way they're worth £25 or whatever you can get charged.
Anyway...rant over! haha
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