Strider wrote:What is your logic for primaloft on the bottom? Crushed insulation is still crushed insulation. There are some great MYOG quilts being made by members on this forum
aloftas wrote:by no bottom, I mean leave feet holes.
aloftas wrote:We need to shake ourselves, realize the opportunity, and give some attention to the fact that if we don't, we may well end up like Greece.
Tourists deserve more than inflated prices on food and gear.
GPSGuided wrote:aloftas wrote:We need to shake ourselves, realize the opportunity, and give some attention to the fact that if we don't, we may well end up like Greece.
Tourists deserve more than inflated prices on food and gear.
Small market and high cost base. If one can address either of those, then your idea may fly in this globalised market. Labour intensive manufacturing just isn't our strong suit. We still have many other commercial strengths here in Aust, quite different to Greece.
aloftas wrote:I am going to get some Pink Batts and make my beanie...
GPSGuided wrote:aloftas wrote:I am going to get some Pink Batts and make my beanie...
If the idea is brilliant, then expand your market and see where it takes you.
Strider wrote:There is little gain in specialist equipment with very limited markets. The reality is nonone does it because the risk is huge and the reward is minimal. Real money is made by volume players like Kathmandu and Macpac (increasingly).
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Strider wrote:All you need to do it is good business acumen and a poo... of startup capital
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aloftas wrote:Have a Tassie inspired wilderness gear co-op/company?
Make some iconic gear. Such as the Ultra light OLT pack, with an airmattress as the cushioning of the pack, the pack being a bivy, the tent or part of, being the raincover etc etc?
Why cant we make some warm thermals out of this fine merino wool?
Why cant we make the best sleeping bags?
One with synthetic bottom impervious layer, with primaloft on the bottom side and goose down on top?
We need to shake ourselves, realize the opportunity, and give some attention to the fact that if we don't, we may well end up like Greece.
Tourists deserve more than inflated prices on food and gear.
aloftas wrote:Strider wrote:There is little gain in specialist equipment with very limited markets. The reality is nonone does it because the risk is huge and the reward is minimal. Real money is made by volume players like Kathmandu and Macpac (increasingly).
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yeah I see that, but gee it is frustrating.
I bet "we" could do it if there was some streamlining of beaurocracy and red tape.
Just imagine we could have our Cressy Thermal tops with our Cape Barren Goose Down parkas all snuggled up in our Tassie Devil FACTORY SEAM SEALED (scream) tents...
Scottyk wrote:Most of the sales from the big chains like MD's, Macpac etc are to people that really don't go hiking. Its become fashionable to wear what is perceived to be "hiking" gear around the street etc, i'll guess that they are about 70% of sales from the chain stores...
GPSGuided wrote:What I'd say to that preference is a choice for functional wear than pure fashion. Outdoor gears are just by nature comfortable and functional to wear. I'd say that's what attracted many to these gears and then obviously there are those who followed from a fashion angle and got hooked by the comfort.
RonK wrote:aloftas wrote:Have a Tassie inspired wilderness gear co-op/company?
Make some iconic gear. Such as the Ultra light OLT pack, with an airmattress as the cushioning of the pack, the pack being a bivy, the tent or part of, being the raincover etc etc?
Why cant we make some warm thermals out of this fine merino wool?
Why cant we make the best sleeping bags?
One with synthetic bottom impervious layer, with primaloft on the bottom side and goose down on top?
We need to shake ourselves, realize the opportunity, and give some attention to the fact that if we don't, we may well end up like Greece.
Tourists deserve more than inflated prices on food and gear.
What do you mean "we"?
If you think it is feasible and you want to see it happen, take the initiative (and the risk) and do it...or does "we" mean "somebody else" to you?
aloftas wrote:RonK wrote:aloftas wrote:Have a Tassie inspired wilderness gear co-op/company?
Make some iconic gear. Such as the Ultra light OLT pack, with an airmattress as the cushioning of the pack, the pack being a bivy, the tent or part of, being the raincover etc etc?
Why cant we make some warm thermals out of this fine merino wool?
Why cant we make the best sleeping bags?
One with synthetic bottom impervious layer, with primaloft on the bottom side and goose down on top?
We need to shake ourselves, realize the opportunity, and give some attention to the fact that if we don't, we may well end up like Greece.
Tourists deserve more than inflated prices on food and gear.
What do you mean "we"?
If you think it is feasible and you want to see it happen, take the initiative (and the risk) and do it...or does "we" mean "somebody else" to you?
Oh look, a Grammar person.
I mean "we" as in the collective.
If I meant "I" there would have been nothing to gain.
Its a bit like saying "why don't "we" have a conversation about this?"
Which is what "we", in the main, are doing.
aloftas wrote:a queenslander....
how quaint
how unsuprising
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