BTW... I bought my first Patagonia product in 1992.... the original SST jacket.

I still own it.

And while I've gotten too fat in the last 23 years to wear it comfortably, it's still highly functional and gets periodic use when my girls and their friends come to visit for a fishing trip with Dad.

I have a Patagonia jacket that is 20 years old and still looks timeless,also a Gore-tex North Face heavy winter jacket that I paid 500.00 dollars for around the same time,one of my best investments in a garment, nobody at the time had ever heard of the brand. I think the new ones are made in China now.

"Let My People Go Surfing" is a must read. Yvon is the man.

I recall they had a little issue with "human trafficking". Guessing that's the P.C. term for indentured labourers. I'd rather pay a little more for goods made by tax paying Americans.

I recall the plant burning down just before Christmas and all of the employees never missing a paycheck!