>>1044208This is true, but why would you buy milsurp over something that's basically the same price but better in every single way?
Commercial /out/ shit has both come down in price and come up in durability while milsurp /out/ shit has gone up in price and come down in durability in the last 30 years, gone are the days of poorfags stuck with buying an ALICE pack and frame for $35 because literally nothing else under $300 would last more than 3 seasons of light use.
Now a heavily abused used ALICE pack with frame is $80 but you can get a 60L internal frame backpack at Academy/Dick's/Big 5/REI for $75 that will hold up just as well while holding more and being infinitely more comfortable. The cheapest new combat boots that are /were actually military issue are $80, you can get Merrells or Vasques new for $70.
