This is surprising to hear since they've been such huge proponents of SP over the years and probably helped put them on the map. I'm not on FB so I'm not aware...did he mention why they're moving away from SP?
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This is surprising to hear since they've been such huge proponents of SP over the years and probably helped put them on the map. I'm not on FB so I'm not aware...did he mention why they're moving away from SP?
TBH, personally it seems overly luxurious and spendy for just camping. Though I come from the UL-backpacking world where we forsake comforts to literally save grams, so take my opinion with a grain of salt
Personally I also dislike specific-use items like garlic crushers or even camp tables (ie a table you'd only ever use camping--the rest of its life it sits around doing nothing). That's what appealed to us about the IGT system...expensive if seen in the light of purely a camp cook kit; however, it's nice enough to use daily at home. We use ours as the table in our breakfast nook, in addition to backyard BBQs and bringing it out camping, so it gets used 365 days a year. If it were a system that we would only deploy in the field, we never would've gotten into it.That said, we don't have one but we've considered it (only if it's on sale) because:
- when it's not being used at home, it turns into shelving for storage in the garage
- we can set it up in the backyard for additional seating
- seating at camp
- turns into a cot for sleeping at camp
motoz
Adventurer
From reading his posts and comments on this l think the main reason is their terms of trade.
They used to only sell internationally in US dollars. He had negotiated to distribute in Australia purchasing at their domestic pricing in Yen.
From my understanding SP have increased the minimum order numbers of items and are moving away from this agreement.
With the current economic climate and the position of the Australian dollar Drifta have just increased all SP and Uniflame products by 20% after absorbing cost increases for a while. From a consumer point of view it’s made a premium product become a boutique product.
It seems Drifta are dropping lines across the range and only focusing on the volume sale SP items. They have started selling new lines from other manufacturers and releasing their own Drifta Stockton range of products. These are all at a cheaper price point which will naturally detract from SP sales.
Retail is a tight margin industry and when your dealing with a high cost product it doesn’t take much to make things unviable. It’s a shame as there are no other distributors in Australia and eBay etc out of Japan in crazy for shipping costs. Third party shippers and Japan market sites are just a hassle to negotiate.
I’ve been a supporter of Drifta for over a decade and commend them on the service thus far. You can’t blame Luke for these decisions moving forward if they totally moved away from SP It wouldn’t leave us with an option in this part of the world.
I live in Brisbane so I often visit the Brendale store to go and see the products, when he announced the Brendale store shutting down I was devastated... but they said they have given them a 6 month lifeline, I have an IGT3 and large fire pit, Drifta adjustable legs, cups, plates etc, I dont mind paying the money for good gear... with the huge amount of camping and 4x4 in australia I think it would be wise for snow peak to open their own stores, in reality they could make good money here selling direct.
Chris Boyd
Explorer
Ooh, great idea. I have that table too and didn’t think of it!
TooGouda
Active member
Just joined the Snowpeak IGT club a few months ago with an IGT 3 unit and flat burner. I cut down a restaurant cutting board to be a 2 unit insert for now.
took it out on its maiden outdoors voyage to the desert not too long ago. Nothing like cooking in the middle of nowhere with not a soul in sight
I have been using some of the snow peak backpacking products for a while now and decided to start getting some of the big stuff.
took it out on its maiden outdoors voyage to the desert not too long ago. Nothing like cooking in the middle of nowhere with not a soul in sight
I have been using some of the snow peak backpacking products for a while now and decided to start getting some of the big stuff.
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TooGouda
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yes sadly... there were some local to me for sale this winter but i spent my fun budget on winter sports and then they were gone
if i ever find one i would buy it in a heart beat. I saw some for sale on ebay a couple months ago for $450 USD but if im spending that kind of money on snow peak gear there are other things i would buy first.
JIMI.Love
New member
TBH, personally it seems overly luxurious and spendy for just camping. Though I come from the UL-backpacking world where we forsake comforts to literally save grams, so take my opinion with a grain of salt
That said, we don't have one but we've considered it (only if it's on sale) because:
So to me, it might be worth it since it can fulfill those 4 functions for us. If we'd only use it camping, no way it'd be worth it for us. But to each their own! Just wanted to give you our thought process.
- when it's not being used at home, it turns into shelving for storage in the garage
- we can set it up in the backyard for additional seating
- seating at camp
- turns into a cot for sleeping at camp
Thanks, you have made some really good points. I agree that items need to have more than one application.
I guess I need to wait for a sale.
campsaver.com has 25% off full-price items until 11:59PM MDT tonight!
JIMI.Love
New member
Thanks for the intel. I just bought the futon couch!!
Now I can't wait to get back out camping, here comes the summer!!
Resistance is futile you will be assimilatedJust joined the Snowpeak IGT club a few months ago with an IGT 3 unit and flat burner. I cut down a restaurant cutting board to be a 2 unit insert for now.
took it out on its maiden outdoors voyage to the desert not too long ago. Nothing like cooking in the middle of nowhere with not a soul in sight
I have been using some of the snow peak backpacking products for a while now and decided to start getting some of the big stuff.
