>>800828If you want something TODAY then rei is great. But most of their shit is overpriced. They have pretty good priced store brand tents and sleeping bags. And if you need some caribeeners and iso cans and some random /out/ gear rei is a solid place to look for a physical store.
The physical store model and is still relevant. And the poorer americans get the more relevant it will become. Ordering things online is cheaper but who knows if it will fit, what it will actually look like, and you need to have a physical address to even get it.
Rei is actually a very good model. Club distribution centers are a good model. It is imo a better model than blindly buying shit online.
