Thread: The gear wars

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I think there's something to be said for buying lots of gear to begin with (Cue applause from all hunting stores) for two main reasons:

To have a backup in case an item of gear gets lost, or you need to lend it to a mate (I'm talking genuine mates here, not idiots who are out to use and abuse)

And most importantly, to begin the journey of finding what you like, what suits you, and in the end, what works best, and may one day save your life.

I agree with the above. It's often that you start out buying lower end kit (your young with less disposable income, not sure if you will be into it so don't want to over invest, etc.)

Then you get into it big time, buy next level up gear (plus some well marketed but not necessary extra bits).

Then you start specializing (alpine, LR, bow, etc) or chasing the ultralight gear

Then you seem to come full circle and stick with a simple set of high end gear that works and use your experience/developed skills/brain for the rest.

You end up with a few generations of gear that is sometimes kind of useful, or you lend to mates, or your own kids as they grow up (which I am starting to have happen ).

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