What's the one piece of gear...

[ckleeves]

What's the one piece of gear that after "upgrading" you keep reverting back to something you have used for years while the new latest and greatest either goes unused or gets sold?

I know I'm not the only one and I have tons of things that I have supposedly upgraded to and then I find myself using my old reliable piece or pieces. I have many things I can think of: packs, knives, bows,arrows,clothing and few guns I wish I had back

Who else has done this and what's the item or items?

 

[TEmbry]

Clothing. I bought an entire system of Kuiu gear, yet find myself in clearance realtree camos for 75% of my hunts.

Treestands. I have a brand new lone wolf climber that I've never used... Can't give up the $30 sportsmans guides hang ons lol

 

[Ross]

Glenn Berry Elk Diaphragms.........over 25 years I have tried them all and I always go back to his reeds for bugles and bull calls.....I use other calls for mews, and various cows calls and such, but every single year I end up using his same elk diaphragms and kill another bull with them

 

[Aron Snyder]

I always end up going back to Hoyt.

My ELK bugle ends up hanging off my neck every season as well.

 

[huntography]

My release. Tried newer styles but shoot well with my old Truball.

Rudy

 

[ckleeves]

I always end up going back to Hoyt.

My ELK bugle ends up hanging off my neck every season as well.

Power bugle?

 

[Aron Snyder]

Yep.....

 

[ckleeves]

Do your friends make fun of you for it? Mine do but I still like the old PB...

 

[Rizzy]

When it gets cold I end up wearing my Cabelas insulated pants instead of the Kuiu system.

 

[CrzyTrekker]

Clothing. Got a fair amount of Kuiu but for me the fit and feel of Patagonia is better.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

My Bowtech Guardian, and Savage rifles keep me coming back.

 

[OR Archer]

I've used the same cheap sleep system for the past 5 years. I have a wish list a mile long on sleep gear that I want but end up never purchasing.

 

[actionshooter]

I always end up going back to Hoyt.

Yep......


The other is my sleeping pad.......just had to try the Neoair. Couldn't sleep and went back to the heavy exped. Well worth the extra weight.

 

[crumy]

I have to use my gerber gator. I have a a havalon too, but the Gator has been used at least once on every animal I have harvested. I have to keep it around.

 

[luke moffat]

Hiking pants....I've tried a bunch of them, but keep coming back to the $30 Columbia Aruba IIIs...so lightweight and dry so fast...plus they convert into some dead sexy shorts

 

[larryschwartz]

The comments about KUIU bring up an interesting point, and that is that we all need to get gear from the manufacturer who builds stuff to meet OUR needs and preferences. I am not trying to stand up and defend KUIU because some of their stuff I like and some just doesn't fit my needs, but Jason is building stuff for what he sees as the needs of the mountain hunter and his approach is to make it as light in weight as possible, using the latest fabric/material technology out there, and to make it high performance. That is the perfect mix for a lot of people (he sells thousands of units each year) but for others not so much.

Go with the guy who builds what you want/need at a price you can handle. If that is KUIU or Sitka then great, if what you can find at WalMart or Dick's Sporting Goods meets your needs then that's all good too.

Larry [climbing down off of short soap box]

 

[ok hill]

My Johnson wool pants w/ red suspenders.

 

[littlebuf]

Ive been wearing the same Sitka accent pants in MM for ever now it seems. there just the perfect pair of pants (for me) and I cant believe how long they've lasted. im hard on gear and I couldn't even begin to guess how many miles ive logged in them. tried others but these will have to fall off of me before I make a whole sale switch, even then ill probably try and find a pair of the same vintage used some where. I even tried a newer pair of accent pant and sold um

 

[Buckman]

An old Sitka Timberline vest in MM. Love that thing.

 

[dryflyguy]

Ive been wearing the same Sitka accent pants in MM for ever now it seems. there just the perfect pair of pants (for me) and I cant believe how long they've lasted. im hard on gear and I couldn't even begin to guess how many miles ive logged in them. tried others but these will have to fall off of me before I make a whole sale switch, even then ill probably try and find a pair of the same vintage used some where. I even tried a newer pair of accent pant and sold um

Have two pair and they are fantastic. The Mountain pant is also great, but the Mimicry ascent pants are going on year 5 or 6 and I'll continue to use them until they fall apart.