A certain someone who shall go unnamed insisted he owned the greatest stove going, so I bought a version of it. About two years later, the company quit making the fuel canisters for it. Not his fault of course, but these things can happen. I've got a few other things I was sure I really needed and it turned out not to be the case, at least so far, so it helps to think things through before getting out your wallet.

However, I have some nice stuff (including my big parka in my picture) that I got cheap because someone else succumbed to temptation, so it works both ways.