I love camping

[boaboabo]

I graduated this year and got my first job, but to find it's not as great as I expected. Everything seems boring for quite a long time, but now I have found new fun in my outdoor life. It's fantastic! Hope more people will fall in love this sports:)

However, I just got a second-hand backpack and even don't have a tent yet.

I wonder where you guys buy your outdoor equipment, could you recommend some good stores?

[SPAM REMOVED]

I got this from my friend, but not sure if really that good.

Hope we can exchange more useful info here, that's why I join in today.

[tobey]

What is this magical "outdoors" you speak of?

[ariastar]

Noobs REALLY shouldn't be allowed to start new threads until 10 posts. This is SPAM.

[masherscf]

Noobs REALLY shouldn't be allowed to start new threads until 10 posts. This is SPAM.

It might not even be human.

[rhett803]

Ah, the great outdoors.

Wether the post is just crap spam or not, I'm going to reply to it, as I am an outdoors lover.

First off, kick your friend in the nuts and call him a moron. Don't buy camping gear online, unless you are INCREDIBLY well educated about certain companies and their products.

Go to stores. Dick's Sporting Goods, Sportsman's Wearhouse, hell I've even grabbed some camping stuff (flint, poncho, etc) from Walmart.

The point is to get your hands on it and try to rip it apart in the store. I snapped the unbreakable shakespear ugly stick in half in a store once, put it down and walked off. The lesson for me that day, a $50+ fishing rod is a piece of crap and my $10 one is just fine.

Also, Army Surplus stores are awesome. Truely.

[bird603568]

rei is the greatest so is the bass pro shop