Tell us about gear, equipment or garments that turned out to be little used, outright useless, or a waste of money to you.
I've bought so much stuff I ended up not liking or never using that I have a hard time remembering it all.
One of the first was some utility tool that was supposed to be a combo shovel, axe and saw, but couldn't function well as any one of them. I think they were issued to losing armies in the war of 1812. I took it on one canoe trip 42 years ago and don't recall seeing it after that.
Another was an all-metal, double edged divers knife that I used to wear on my whitewater life jacket in the '80's, but other paddlers strapped to their bicep. It might have been good for stabbing baby harp seals, but it couldn't cut jack and I used it a grand total of once in ten years—to spread peanut butter.
I've bought so much stuff I ended up not liking or never using that I have a hard time remembering it all.
One of the first was some utility tool that was supposed to be a combo shovel, axe and saw, but couldn't function well as any one of them. I think they were issued to losing armies in the war of 1812. I took it on one canoe trip 42 years ago and don't recall seeing it after that.
Another was an all-metal, double edged divers knife that I used to wear on my whitewater life jacket in the '80's, but other paddlers strapped to their bicep. It might have been good for stabbing baby harp seals, but it couldn't cut jack and I used it a grand total of once in ten years—to spread peanut butter.