The Gear I’ll Never Use Again

[Ajsomp]

Bipods on hunting rifles.
Mummy sleeping bags
Any drinking system with a bladder and tube
Synthetic puffy layers
Chassis on hunting rifles
Carbon fiber barrels on hunting rifles
Scopes with tree reticles

I’m sure there are more things I’ve cut from my system but can’t think of

 

[Beendare]

My personal hall of shame:
– Jetboil that froze shut at 10°F.

Ugh Oh, you may have hit a nerve with that one......lots of plastic stove in the backcountry guys here.

 

[TheCougar]

Nice, I love my vivos but they don't last a second in rain(with gaiters of course). Maybe I’m not doing the leather treatment right but it seems to come from where the sole meets the leather.

I treat them and they leak. Guys wear goretex socks with them, I believe.

 

[Pulleye16]

Muck boots

Tri pod chairs

 

[RS_Non-Res]

"30-caliber" and "magnum" ... But that's a whole other tread.

 

[woods89]

The biggest one for me is likely handheld rangefinders for rifle hunting. I had no idea how much better RF binos were.

 

[dtrkyman]

Crispi boots, they tore my feet up. Been on the Vivo train for a year or so, between turkey and Elk season I have a few hundred miles on them.

 

[AZ8]

I have a closet full of name brand junk just collecting dust now. Too many to name.

50% my fault really. I’m a terrible impulse buyer! haha

 

[COJoe]

The default settings make the phone charge to 100% as slow as possible at night, and will pause charging once it hits ~90% and resume at 2-4am. Problem is that most battery banks will shut off if the draw is low, and then the phone stops recognizing that it’s plugged into power so it charges to 80-90% and then stops and just slowly drains all night.

Good info, thanks. My buddy and I both had iphones, with mine being a little older, with Anker power banks and we checked all the settings we could find to allow it to charge faster or fully, I can't remember. I was glad it atleast charged to 80%. I didn't every night and I always put the phone and power bank in my sleeping bag with me so they stay plenty warm. Not sure why it seemed to struggle though it worked fine at home and would charge to 100% easily. I took a Nite Core and Posiedon out last week with temps in mid twenties and my phone charged quickly to 100%. I can use the Anker for traveling now though.

 

[Bluebill7]

Synthetic “performance wear” base layers. Merino is the only way.

 

[bigcarp99]

Mummy sleeping bags too restrictive. I use a sleeping quilt now, better for people who move around when they sleep

 

[Smokey Bear]

Mummy sleeping bags

Last time I was in a mummy bag was sometime in the 80’s when I was in Scouts. Was proud to have it until I slept in it on a 50 mile hike around Mt Hood. Never again.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Anything kennetrek. All I ever had was there gaiters I basically got for free and they fell apart after one trip. So that tainted their entire brand for me, not that I’d ever buy their boots anyways because no reason to leave Lowa.

Same with Argali, both a tent and games bags ripped too easily. I barely touched my pitched tipi with my boot rind and the tent ripped 6 inches.

 

[Sharpshooter7]

Cheap Portable Phone Chargers have been the bane of my existence. Either they work for 2 weeks then die or never work in the first place. Considering getting a really nice one but figure maybe it wouldn't hurt to moderate my phone usage more and spend more time enjoying the great outdoors.

 

[deadend88]

Any knife by Montana Knife - never again.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Same with Argali, both a tent and games bags ripped too easily. I barely touched my pitched tipi with my boot rind and the tent ripped 6 inches.

I've had good luck with their trekking poles. I've never tried their tents, but I have used their stove; the legs are a terrible design- very flimsy and will fold closed if the stove is bumped.

 

[RockAndSage]

Any knife by Montana Knife - never again.

Ah, yep. Knives. For me, I'll never take an expensive hunting or skinning knife in the field again. They're usually heavier than needed, and vastly more expensive, given I just consider it a meat prep tool. Anymore I just use the Victorinox Beef Skinner and their Boning Knife. And one of these flip-scalpels for finer work. But yeah, as cool as some of the really nice knives are, I'm not a knife collector, and these cheap ones get the job done very, very well, at a fraction of the cost.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Anything kennetrek. All I ever had was there gaiters I basically got for free and they fell apart after one trip.

Same here. I've said this many times, that company has no clue about wide boots. I tried on one of their pairs of "wides", walked around the store and was near crippled. Unless they advertise a 4-6E, I will never put one on my feet. Complete trash for me.

 

[CMF]

Anything that's "ozark trail"

 

[khart_6882]

Bipods on hunting rifles.
Mummy sleeping bags
Any drinking system with a bladder and tube
Synthetic puffy layers
Chassis on hunting rifles
Carbon fiber barrels on hunting rifles
Scopes with tree reticles

I’m sure there are more things I’ve cut from my system but can’t think of

Out of curiosity, why no chassis or carbon barrels on your hunting rifles? I’ve never had either but I’ve certainly looked