Monday, November 10th, 2008
Julie and I are already planning a little Patagonia shopping spree once we are permanently touch down in Colorado. It feels very justified considering we own ZERO cold weather clothing.
Now through November 19, 2008 receive free shipping on orders $100 or more at Patagonia.com. Click the banner below for details.
Happy cold weather shopping!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Another product on Review thanks to RockN’Road Cyclery and Hanhster the Monster!
I will give them a few weeks to be fair and then post the full review…
My new toys for review and something to bring the comfort back to my feet while riding.
All I can say so far is plenty of room in the toe box, stiff sole, no heel lift, and probably the lightest Mountain Biking shoe I have ever felt.
-DSheek
These should be keepers!
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Interesting outdoor industry news. Columbia Sportswear has just announced a significant number of employee layoffs from their Portland office. I’ve always been a fan of their brand for putting out quality clothing. Sad to hear for the people losing their jobs.
Click here for more information.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Monday, May 26th, 2008
If you’ve been reading this blog for any period of time you know that I’m obsessed with the Patagonia brand. One year ago I purchased:
Patagonia Houdini Full-Zip Jacket - Men’s
This is a perfect running/riding jacket. It’s light weight and great for rainy weather. A week back the zipper began splitting in 2 doing a reverse zip thing. When you spend that much on a jacket you expect it to last for a while. Then I remembered the reason why I purchase Patagonia clothing in the first place. The Patagonia Ironclad Guarantee.
We guarantee everything we make. If you are not satisfied with one of our products at the time you receive it, or if one of our products does not perform to your satisfaction, return it to the store you bought it from or to Patagonia for a repair, replacement or refund. Damage due to wear and tear will be repaired at a reasonable charge.
I took my jacket back to the local Patagonia retailer and they swapped it out for me on the spot. No questions asked.
I love that warm fuzzy feeling,
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Altrec.com is also running a special promotion with Outside All Day. For every purchase you make in the month of May from Altrec.com you will be entered to win a brand new Osprey Exposure 50 Backpack. Now, I know the odds, basically if you place a order, you HUGE odds of winning, probably 1 in 2 chance!
Shop away and win that pack!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Friday, February 1st, 2008
Altrec.com just sent me an email with their top 10 best selling products in January. This was the #1 item. I think it’s dope!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
My favoriest outdoor company, Patagonia, has released their newest environmental campaign/partnership called Freedom to Roam.
You can read more about the program at the Patagonia blog:
http://www.cleanestline.com/2008/01/introducing-fre.html
Pick up a shirt and help out the bears, even bears need our love. No doubt!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Bmoe sent over this article from Yahoo News on the dangers of wearing Crocs. Click here to read it. It looks like it goes beyond the danger of bad fashion. It’s not like Dave cares about fashion though. Long live Crocs!
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
If you choose to read the post below you can get the gist of the situtation. I think that the Patagonia customer service reps response back to me was perfect. Skye did an incredible job at turning a difficult situtation into a good one. I forwarded her response to my customer service team at SimplyYouthMinistry.com.
My note to Patagonia.com customer service:
I had a disappointing experience tonight. For my birthday I received the grand daddy of gifts. $300.00 in gift cards to Patagonia from my mom! 1 day after receiving the certificates my wife and I received the direct mail piece on the summer sale and our nearest store is the Patagonia/Adventure 16 in Costa Mesa (45 minute drive each way for us) according to the direct mail piece. We planned our night around shopping at the store the first night of the sale, August 14. We even dragged our 1 year old son along, molars coming in and all.
After arriving at Patagonia/Adventure 16 and beginning to shop, all of the sizes and colors of everything I wanted were available. Until the sales clerk said we could not use our gift certificates at this store and the manager rudely confirmed it by saying that we needed to follow-up directly with Patagonia because he had made the request several times to have this clarified in direct mail pieces. He claimed they are a Patagonia concept store. What the heck is that? I have been shopping there for years with them giving me the impression that it was a full fledged Patagonia store inside an Adventure 16.
I am so bummed that Cardiff by the Sea is not participating in the sale as my wife offered to drive the 1.5 hour each way trip to shop for me. Now online everything is already sold out in my size and the variety online is not nearly as good 
The Costa Mesa store had like 4, Nine Trails Jacket in size L and Patagonia.com doesn’t even carry the product any more for men. I had been eyeing that thing for months waiting for my birthday.
I needed to let you know that I was pretty bummed on the brand tonight.
Thanks,
Andy
Patagonia’s response to me:
Hi Andy,
Thanks for taking the time to send us your email. I apologize for your experience and I definitely understand your frustration. Adventure 16 is a concept store and is independently owned and operated as a Patagonia dealer, therefore they don’t accept the gift cards. I can certainly understand why you would think they accepted our gift cards after receiving a card specifying a Patagonia sale. Unfortunately, we didn’t communicate the information regarding gift cards well on the postcard. I would be more than happy to try and locate whatever items you are in search of in our stores or other channels. If you can remember the names or descriptions and colors as well as sizes of what you are looking for I can certainly try and locate them for you.
I really apologize for your experience, I have passed your email on and it is duly noted that a clarification is needed regarding our Adventure 16 store.
Please let me know if you have questions, and I’m standing by if you’d like me to search out the items you are looking for.
Have a good day!
Skye
Patagonia Customer Service
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Just stumbled upon a Patagonia clothing sale over at Altrec.com. I need to pick up a new pair of shorts ASAP. All of my shorts are from my “fat” years. I mean my fatter than now years. Click the link below and don’t forget they offer free shipping on orders over $45.00.
Patagonia Clothing on the cheap: 20-40% Off at Altrec.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Tonight’s post is about the
Patagonia Lightweight R4 Jacket
This is a product I had been eyeballing all winter until one day down in Encinitas on vacation Julie finally let me make the purchase. I have found this fleece to be almost perfect in everyway. Last winter it was worn over 70 times including multiple trips to Colorado and Alabama for work. That means hours of keeping me cozy in airports and on planes. I can think of 3 times that I spilled Starbucks on my sleeve and each time I wiped it off without a problem. If I am going to spend that much on a fleece I want to know that the product is going to hold up and with Patagonia’s life time repair/return policy you can’t go wrong. I am a fleece ho.
Backcountry.com offers free shipping on this product along with a $20.00 discount off what I paid. Click the banner’s below for more info.
Patagonia Lightweight R4 Jacket - Men’s
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
A while back Julie and I were shopping for casual shoes for me. It had been a year since my last shoe purchase. Etnies…no, Nike…probably not, La Gear, I’ll just borrow Dave’s. While at Adventure 16 Julie stumbled upon the new shoe line from Patagonia. It was there on the shoe sales floor that we caught eyes. From first glance I couldn’t take my eyes off them. The Patagonia Cedar was calling my name. They had to become mine, I was taking them home!
My pair getting packed for our weekend trip:
It’s been a great shoe to wear to work, on business trips, sushi dinners, to the park or while I am simply big pimpin around town in my Suby. ParagonSports.com has an incredible deal on them. Free shipping and almost $30.00 off. I paid $109.00 for mine and they are on sale for $76.00.
Patagonia Footwear Cedar
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Just in case you haven’t picked up a new pair of board shorts I thought I would point out that EVOGEAR.com has a 25% off sale on their trunks. Over 33 different pairs on sale.
In the middle of the summer I don’t think you will find much better pricing than 25% off.
Enjoy,
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
If you read posts from me regularly you will quickly see that I love everything Patagonia. In the last year I would be ashamed to post how much money I have spent on their product. For fun, I am going to compile a list of all of the product that I have purchased. I will include links and photo’s if possible. Some call me a hippie, some call me a fronter, I call me happy. As an old dad I love Crocs, pushing strollers and Patagonia. I love recycling!
For those interested in gear from Patagonia I noticed that USOutdoorStore.com has great pricing.
Andy
outsideallday.com
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
After years of large credit card debts in winter, I finally figured out when the best time to buy base layer products are, for when the temperatures begin to drop again… It’s now! All the affiliate retailers we are working with have great deals in the warm months, Summer, on all those fancy material base layer warming products that you wanted, had , or ruined during the colder months.
Check out the summer sales on these types of products:
-DSheek
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