Sometimes gear breaks or fails before it should. If that happens, you want a refund聽or at least a new product. Some companies will fight you, but I've listed several聽below that won't.聽They not only make some of the best outdoor products, but聽also have bombproof聽warrantees to back up everything up. Buy聽an item from any of them, and you should have it for life.
Eddie Bauer
has an聽unconditional lifetime guarantee. This policy started in 1921 when Eddie himself decided to forgo an argument and replace a customer鈥檚 tennis racket that had clearly been left out in the rain. Since then, the 95-year-old company has offered a full refund聽on any item if you aren鈥檛 satisfied.
Looptworks
, based in Portland, Oregon, builds all of its products from leftover,聽up-cycled materials. So as to not have these new products then end up back in a trash heap, they come with a 鈥淟oopt4Life鈥 guarantee, which means the company will refund any gear you're not happy with. That鈥檚 good for you聽and the environment.
Outdoor Research聽
聽Infinite Guarantee is another lifetime warranty. The company will replace anything that fails聽or doesn鈥檛 meet your expectations, no matter how long you鈥檝e owned the product. The only caveat? You need to wash your return before sending it back. 聽
Duluth Pack
This proved it聽stands by its lifetime guarantee: it聽recently replaced a rivet for a customer who owns聽one of their 104-year-old packs.聽
Darn Tough Socks
I recently interviewed people hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and many of them said they only use . Why? Because any shop that carries the socks will replace them, no questions asked. Two of the hikers I spoke with聽had聽just swapped聽their socks hours after using them for more than a thousand miles. 聽