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Horse is definitely dead bro, better ice that shoulder up. 

The J47gt is the only item this drop that I’m interested in but fuuuuuckkk that’s a lot of money. Especially when you factor in tariffs... 

11 minutes ago, nodre said:

so juicy.. so refreshing.. all that and not one mention of price hikes, am i dreaming?

Meh, lacking context. I retract my previous post. 

5 minutes ago, upheavel said:

Thats all I needed to see. I've owned over 10 ACR jackets and 7 bags and I can tell you that I didn't get many, many years from it. The best example would be the foil bags that everyone has rips and tears on. For all the other stuff I guess we can agree to disagree. 

Agreed!  (Also- I may have just lucked out with my buys. Time will tell. Cheers)

Fucking double possstttt

30 minutes ago, upheavel said:

I thought the comment was funny which is why I thought it was a joke. Patagonia doesn't cost 200-300 a piece. Even if you had to constantly buy Levis you would need to buy more than 20 pairs to cover one pair of ACR pants. Yes, if you wear ACR every now and then it would last many, many years but so would 20 pairs of levis.  Which is why your argument of it being more economical made no sense to me. They do care about durability but it is heavily outweighed by the other reasons they are buying the item. Like I said, you are mostly buying it because it looks good and the brand. If you people buying ACR really cared about durability/usability that much they would be purchasing arc'teryx that has a lifetime warranty. 

‘You people’ is always a great way to back up an argument... I think you’re projecting a bit here. Or are ignorant to the fallacy of presuming you know what others are thinking. I never said it was more economical in general btw- I just factored in the cost per use and environmental effects of trash fashion. And it’s a win-win for me.  And I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the same for others on this forum based on conversations I’ve had with said members/posts I’ve read. I won’t presume as much though because I’m not trying to speak for others in this case. Nor have I been. This forum is still somewhere close to alive due to users sharing their personal experiences which is why I check in daily. I’m sure that some people are only buying ACR for the hype/fashion/perceived social status. Same goes for Arcteryx or any other ‘brand’. The lack of branding on the last few years of ACR was one of my biggest draws to the label. Which is what turned me off so much about this seasons presto drop. The look of ACR is very important to me as well, but only for my own sake. I’m almost 40. I could two shits what anybody else cares about how I dress. I also care about my footprint and consumerism. And yes I’m somewhat privileged enough to be able to have that luxury in my life. But if ACR was simply appearance based and didn’t have functionality/durability I wouldn’t be wearing it. That’s a waste of so many beers.  

18 minutes ago, upheavel said:

I'm sorry but this statement is a joke. It's definitely not more economical buying Acronym over some cheaper 'throwaway' garments. There is no way the cost per use is cheaper on a Acronym items over say Patagonia or similar brands. Also, I have 3 pairs of P10's and they start to fade and wear down after less than a years use. I think people need to stop convincing themselves that they are buying ACR for its usability/durability or any other bullshit reason. We are buying it because of the brand and the way it looks. Well, maybe you are buying it for the phone escape shit on the wrist because we all know how useful and practical that is. 

The last Patagonia jacket I had the liner disintegrated after just literally sitting in my closet for a couple years. Doesn’t mean they all do that of course. Fading and wear is to be expected in heavy use, but before I wore ACR pants I’d get crotch/knee blowouts within 6 months of use on multiple pairs of heavy weight selvedge running 200-300 a piece. I only started wearing them because I was tired of constantly buying Levi’s. Are all the features on ACR good for everyday use? Nah. But the anatomical cut and low key form factors are way above everything else I’ve used. If one were to only wear the average ACR every so often I guarantee you’d get many, many years of use out of it. Are prices getting to the point of making everything I said above irrelevant? Yes. I’ll concede that. But your point that only rich bois buy ACR and don’t care about the durability/usability shows a lack of insight on your part.

Oh-btw, I was simply disagreeing with you in my previous post and trying to start a line of dialogue. At no point did I say that your input was ‘a joke’. Debate is healthy. 

2 hours ago, CARLOOA said:

Color?

WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!?!?

1 hour ago, upheavel said:

Does it really matter if its shitty quality? If someone has the means to drop 2k on a jacket then they will surely have enough to drop another 2k when it breaks. Its not like someone who buys Acronym is calculating the cost per use. 

Considering how durable all of my ACR has been up to this point, I actually do calculate cost per use, and it’s far more economical thus far than repeatedly buying cheaper ‘throwaway’ garments, not to mention more environmentally sound. I say thus far as I haven’t used anything other than the S/CH/DS, GTpro3/PL, and laminate. If my $800 pair of P10-S’ I bought 2 years back had started to crumble after 6 months, there’s no way I’d have gambled on more gear. But the 2 jackets, bag, 2 shirts, and 3 pairs of pants that are in my current rotation have held up amazingly well from repeated offtimes daily use. I can count the number of days in the last couple years that I’ve worn a pair pants that weren’t P10’s. I haven’t babied any of my gear in any way shape or form. If the durability/usuabilty factor diminishes in favor of strictly style based/architectural pieces, I’m out. 

37 minutes ago, kiraraneda said:

hm will wait for the re-release of the J72-DS black.

Don’t hold your breath bro. It was two years between O.G. P10 drops. And they’re foundation pieces. 

23 minutes ago, jeddyhsu said:

You're pretty much right, but it doesn't necessarily put more force on your chest, the 3 point straps on mess bags are mainly there so that your bag isn't sliding to your sides as you're in position bent over on a bike.

Yeah, I’m aware of the purpose, just thought that the weight distribution/posture change might influence the mechanics of the mechanism. Check out the Bagjack video from a couple years back showing how the mechanism works(if you haven’t already). 

I’ve done it on my 3ts. Didn’t care for it. The 3 point from bagjack is very fiddly, and would become slack/loose all the time while I was walking. I’m guessing it’s meant strictly for wearing on a bike as the position of your body would presumably put more force on the main mechanism across your chest that regulates the strap tension. I don’t bike though so can’t really say. When it does hold tension it looks and feels great, but not worth the hassle IMO. 

Shit ain’t going down in price that’s for sure. 

37 minutes ago, CountZatara said:

@brainerd666 W2C that modular with the anime character on it?

That’s a pouch from one of my LOT2046 drops (I’ve received 3 pretty useful pouches from them over the last year. As well as a full tattoo gun setup last month!), you can find other mil-surp ones of similar design. The manga image is actually a pin designed by @corpsetits on Instagram, her shit is rad. 

Group buy!

As promised(excuse the crappy lighting please)

First pic is main compartment/bag full, second is empty. Third pic is empty main compartment/view of modular, fourth is full main compartment. Fifth is view of interior hanging pockets overlapping and resting in the primary compartment of the modular. Sixth is hanging pocket partially removed. Seventh shows hanging pocket placement. Eighth shows full access to all compartments. Hoping this all formats correctly...

9 minutes ago, dreamboatjustsoul said:

Yes please, want a interior organizer as well. May I ask how big is your laptop?

Don’t own a laptop, but it easily afforded my 12.9” iPad Pro back before I switched to the 10” pro last spring. 

I re-purposed a bagjack Velcro laptop modular and crammed it into my 2016 era laminat 3ts. If you fold the 3ts’ interior hanging pockets over/into the opened modular’s main compartment, it holds the modular pretty securely and offers both very useable interior organization and extra back padding. Changed the entire dynamic of the bag. I’ll post some pics when I get outta work. 

54 minutes ago, jukes said:

That was a unique story to see this afternoon.

Nevermiiiiiind

One thing that I’ve come to realize after using these different newer school materials is how much body hair has to do with performance.

  I love my P10-ds but my Sasquatch haired legs contribute to a very intense greenhouse-esque environment on an average 70 degree farenheit day. No surprise on the hair being an insulator. But the Stotz and CH iterations I own are nowhere near as intense sweat/heat-wise. Which goes against a bunch of the info on here in my experience. Which leads me to believe that most of the peeps on here ain’t as hairy as me maybe...?

All that being said- I wore the P10-DS in a heavy rain the other day coupled with my J47R. Temp was in the 70’s F, steady rain. Walked for a good 20-30 minutes and they both felt/performed great. Didn’t feel like they were soaking through, and the inside environment was less green housey, and they had a nice coolness overall. I’ve been pondering the science of this for a couple weeks now, but overall it makes me wish there was a more hirsute member employed on the ACR team for testing purposes. I gladly volunteer my services btw...

14 minutes ago, X.bee said:

Not my photo, IG digging seems to be my only way of contributing here. The guy said he only used cotton balls & acetone and that doing this made the black more matte than it's original transparent finish.

More matte more gud 

1 hour ago, X.bee said:

Here's the result of taking acetone to the pattern

Oh shit- you just made me rethink this whole deal...

Shit my bad, didn’t catch the DS vs S. They’ll move different but the cut/general fit is the same IME. Drape and weight are far different material wise, but the sizing is comparable across iterations. 

31 minutes ago, NEO.3000 said:

anybody with a pair of p10a-s know if they fit a bit smaller in comparison to the p10ts-ds? 

The p10a’s in CH fit the same as in the regs in CH. They seem to fit pretty consistently over seasons/iterations from my experience and what I’ve seen posted on here by others over the years.