Posted: 5/18/2017 9:24:20 AM EDT
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Why is it so damn expensive?
$1700 for a coat? No insulation, just waterproof? WTF? My Olympia is awesome, I wear it down to about 35 degrees, 3 layer system rocks, giant vent panels, not hot unless it's 90 degrees. Any Klim wearers here? https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/klim-adventure-rally-jacket?utm_content=9624&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/18/2017&utm_term=Inside%20Line%20%7C%20Combined |
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I have a Badlands Pro. It was expensive but not that much. The materials and construction are great, features and fit are awesome, and the flexible armor than turns rigid on impact is pretty sweet but it's still pricey.
I guess if you can find something better, as good, or almost as good for cheaper then get that. |
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Good stuff, but that's not why it's sooo expensive.
High fashion, all the cool moto/slednecks kids ar doing it. There's lots of mfg's out there making just as good equipment at a fraction of what klim costs. I've always liked moose for off road myself, I've owned some Olympia stuff, good shit. When I'm on a sled I'm usually wearing burton, all my stuff works, just not very fashionable |
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Why is it so damn expensive? $1700 for a coat? No insulation, just waterproof? WTF? My Olympia is awesome, I wear it down to about 35 degrees, 3 layer system rocks, giant vent panels, not hot unless it's 90 degrees. Any Klim wearers here? https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/klim-adventure-rally-jacket?utm_content=9624&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5/18/2017&utm_term=Inside%20Line%20%7C%20Combined I, too, have the Olympia AST. Bought it back in 2007 for a couple hundred bucks. Still going strong today after ten years of riding. |
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I'm on 8 seasons with my climate jacket, free ride pant, and boots. The stuff works man. I can ride trails all day or get off trail and sweat like crazy. Then get back on the trails to get home and not get cold. The stuff pulls the moisture away very well. The only problem I have is with the pockets. As the moisture from you gets wicked away, it gets wet in the pockets. So my phone always has some moisture on it when I take it out of the pocket.
There are some online dealers that sell it around 25-30% off. |
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When i came back from Afghan in '12 i did a moto/fly fishing trip up the CDT--then turned west and went some more off roading, camping, and fly fishing thru ID, OR, and down thru CA. Riding my Bavarian Camping Tractor loaded with my fat ass, camping gear and fly fishing gear. It was great. Three get off's--two in the sand and mud between Grant's NM and Chama. I've convinced my Bandlands jacket and pants armor kept my ride viable. Also wear some decent Sidi boots and a Schuberth helmet. Ride is a older 1150GS before they went all plastic/carbonfiber and electronical. No i don't park at Starbucks ;-)
take good care and keep the rubber side down. (tight lines too!) /r |
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I've been looking at some new gear. I found a website called www.burnoutitaly.com while watching some utube videos. I haven't bought from them, so I can't say anything pos/neg about them. I can say if it's in stock the price is much better than other places I've seen.
edit..lol I went to the site...they don't sell Klim, it was Held I was thinking about. but still worth a look |
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They're trying to milk you. 
Sorry, it was a play on words but our guys who were PoWs in Germany used to call powdered milk Klim, a dry milk product marketed by Nestle. A lot of the photos were labeled with 'Klim' in them. That was back before the intertubes, and it took me forEVAR to puzzle it out. |
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I wear Badlands Pro jacket and pants. Fuck three layers. Once you go gortex, you don't go back.
I had a three layer jacket and one ride in UT was miserable. Hot, cold, rain, sweaty, clammy back to cold then hot again. Fucking miserable. Badlands pro. Hot? Open vents on the fly. Getting cold? Close vents. Starting to rain? Who cares, let it rain. No clammy sweaty feeling. Don't try and shame me for buyin good gear. It would amaze you how little I care about the opinions of strangers on the internet. 
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I only wear Klim. At the end of the day when my friends are cold and wet, I'm dry and warm. I've had the same jacket and coat for 10 years while my friends have went through several pairs. Is it expensive? Not when you think about your ROI.
Next year when I start riding motorcycles I will be buying a Badlands jacket and pants. 
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I've been looking at some new gear. I found a website called www.burnoutitaly.com while watching some utube videos. I haven't bought from them, so I can't say anything pos/neg about them. I can say if it's in stock the price is much better than other places I've seen. edit..lol I went to the site...they don't sell Klim, it was Held I was thinking about. but still worth a look |
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I wear Badlands Pro jacket and pants. Fuck three layers. Once you go gortex, you don't go back. I had a three layer jacket and one ride in UT was miserable. Hot, cold, rain, sweaty, clammy back to cold then hot again. Fucking miserable. Badlands pro. Hot? Open vents on the fly. Getting cold? Close vents. Starting to rain? Who cares, let it rain. No clammy sweaty feeling. Don't try and shame me for buyin good gear. It would amaze you how little I care about the opinions of strangers on the internet. |
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I know guys will drive a beat Toyota Camry with 220,000 miles on it to Key West Florida, on worn out tires, and refuse to replace the front brakes because " The car ain't worth as much as a brake job "...
Some people need a new Escalade every couple years. Frugality works for some people.. . . My Riding coat is " FirstGear" Rainier, now 7 years old, and in need of replacement. KLIM is too rich for me, probably get another First Gear, maybe Killimanjaro this time. |