Gear for the long way round.
Tents, packs and layers cut in small batches, repaired for life and shipped from one warehouse in Duluth.
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Tents, packs and layers cut in small batches, repaired for life and shipped from one warehouse in Duluth.
Every pack comes with a map of where it was made and a promise to fix it for as long as you own it.
Free returns within 60 days, used or not.
Tents, packs and layers cut in small batches, repaired for life and shipped from one warehouse in Duluth.
Winter collection. Boundary Waters, Minnesota.
Shells and sleep systems rated for minus thirty, tested by people who go there on purpose.
No marketing gloss. This is what we do differently, and what it costs us to do it.
Send any pack back. We patch, re-stitch or replace the part and return it in two days.
Learn more : Repairs for lifeForty runs a year, each sized to what we can inspect by hand.
Weights, waterproof ratings and fabric sources on every product page.
A volunteer crew of guides signs off every design before it ships.
One warehouse, one team, orders out the same day before 2pm.
Trade in a used piece and we refurbish and relist it.
Learn more : Resale built inFive rules every product passes before it carries our name.
Every seam and zip can be replaced with hand tools. If it cannot be fixed, it does not ship.
Forty runs a year, each sized to what we can inspect by hand before it leaves Duluth.
Weights, ratings and mill names on every product page, measured by us, not the supplier.
A volunteer crew of guides carries every prototype for a full season.
Trade-ins are refurbished and resold, so nothing we make ends up as landfill.
2 days
Send any pack back. We patch, re-stitch or replace the part and return it fast.
Forty runs a year, each inspected by hand.
Weights and ratings measured by us.
Guides carry every prototype for a season.
Trade in, we refurbish, someone else heads out.
Made
Every product page lists where the fabric was woven, cut and sewn, with the batch number printed inside the lid.
See our mills
Tested
Guides take each prototype out from first thaw to first snow, then tell us what broke.
Meet the crewThe zip failed on day nine of a twelve-day trip. They fixed it in two days and the pack outlasted the rest of the season.
The first jacket I have owned that came back from a repair looking better than it left.
Honest weights on the page, and the pack matched them to the gram.
They asked what went wrong and then actually changed the design.
We outfit twelve students a year. The fleet plan paid for itself in the first term.
Boring answer: it works. Exciting answer: it works in sideways rain.
Heavier than the ultralight brands, and I have stopped caring.
Unedited, from repair tickets and trip reports.
The zip failed on day nine of a twelve-day trip. They fixed it in two days and the pack outlasted the season.
Honest weights, to the gram.
We outfit twelve students a year. Nobody has lost a buckle since we switched.
They asked what went wrong and then actually changed the design.
It works in sideways rain.
Sent back a ten-year-old pack expecting a refusal. Got it back with new straps and a note from the person who fixed it.
The resale shop is how I afforded my first proper shell.
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Over two hundred shops, guide services and outdoor programmes run on Northwind gear.
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A single repair or refit, done at the bench.
Unlimited repairs and a yearly tune-up for the whole kit.
Guides, schools and teams outfitting twelve or more people.
By quote
Sample figures for demonstration.
One repair, done at the bench.
Unlimited repairs for the whole kit.
Fleets of twelve or more.
By quote
Larger projects are scoped on a call and quoted in writing.
$420
per year, billed once
Our most chosen plan. Everything is repaired, nothing is replaced.
Rentals, repairs and member pricing in one subscription. Sample prices.
For a few trips a year.
$9 / month $90 / year
For people out most weekends.
$19 / month $190 / year
For guides and instructors.
$39 / month $390 / year
Stitching, zips, seam tape and fabric patches on anything we made, for as long as you own it.
Two working days on average once the pack reaches the bench, plus shipping both ways.
Yes, to Canada and the UK today. Duties are shown at checkout.
Within 60 days, yes. Tell us what did not work and we will take it back.
The short version of how we work.
Ask the bench a questionStitching, zips, seam tape and fabric patches on anything we made, for as long as you own it. Damage from a fire or a bear is on you.
Two working days on average once the pack reaches the bench, plus shipping both ways. Rush slots open each Friday.
Shells are woven in Portugal and finished in Wisconsin. Every product page lists the mill and the batch.
Yes, to Canada and the UK today. Duties are shown at checkout so there are no surprises.
Within 60 days, yes. Tell us what did not work and we will take it back, no form to fill in.
Send the pack back and we will have it on the trail again in two days.
Send us a photo. A person on the bench will reply within a day.
Every pack we have ever made is still repairable. Send yours in.
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