Gawd, I detest this sort of crap, it really detracts from a great forum and is so useless to anyone seeking advice from the more experienced guys here.
SNAP:
I totally agree and I avoid this kind of bickering most of the time. But it bothers me when people tell a person new to backpacking that they have to spend $1,200 for teepee/stove/nest combination and that anything else will be inferior. When we all know that they can buy a good 3-season tent for $300 that will serve their needs 95% of the time.
Look at the Seek Outside web page and you will see that they charge obscene prices for what's nothing more than a fancy sewn tarp and then they have the gall to get offended when someone points out, in the interest of full disclosure, that they sell the products which they are promoting.
I'm sorry that I have strayed from my normal MO of avoiding controversy. I apologize.
KC
