Hey All,
For those of you who have been looking to score one of the Black Rock Gear Vests – and I have been trying the last two batches of them – this is a very quick alert message to let you know that BRG has just released another batch of them!
Every single time they have put a batch of them up for sale the size large sales out within under an hour. Crazy!!
I am totally excited to be able to get one this time!!
No idea how many they have left but I suspect they are going to go very quickly.
http://www.blackrockgear.com/vest.html
No, I do not work for Black Rock Gear… and, Yes, I freaking LOVE their gear!!!
A 4.2 ounce vest with 2 ounces of down inside of it – it simply does not get any better than that!!
Nice! How about your pants?
Hey Stick, my down pants got sold along with the rest of my gear. Just ordered them with the wrong type of material for what I ended up wanting to use them for.
For such a ridiculous price jump from their original $145 they should at least have an XL. I haven’t had a chest size that small since high school over 20 years ago. Thanks for the newsflash and “much” more than that, thanks for the clarification on your new adventure. I appreiate you taking the time to share something like that with us.
Hey Jessee, I think the reason the vests went up from 145 to 180 is because shipping is now included but also because the initial production runs are done. I seem to recall their website saying that their initial release of the vests would be reduced in price – which makes sense, it gives them a chance to offer up early versions and work out the process. So, an extra $35 bucks… probably costing them around 12-15 bucks for shipping (mine is coming usps priority mail, probably the large size box, so that would be the 15 dollar mark) so that means a true price increase of 20 bucks or so. I can live with that, knowing all of the kinks in the development process has been worked out by this point.
I think the next XL batch is coming in 3 or so weeks, for those on the sign up waiting list they have setup over at their website for these vests.
Anyway, I am hoping my size large fits me… I will post an article once it shows up and I have had a chance to give it a go on a trip!