Posted by: rockymtnhiker
list of cottage industries - 08/04/08 02:18 PM
Hello, long time lurker here. I did a search (like I always do to find out what I am looking for) to try to find a list of all the cottage industry hiking gear makers in one place and came up with nothing. I recently sold off almost all of my gear in order to help finance a new kit of lighter weight higher quality gear. I thought it would be handy for those trying to rebuild their kits to have a list of all those hard to find (unless you already know about them) gear makers. I'll start off with a few links to sites... post up others that you can think of and I'll add them to my list.
Gossamer gear- http://www.gossamergear.com/
Integral designs- http://www.integraldesigns.com/
Nunatak- http://www.nunatakusa.com/
Six Moon designs- http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/
Tarptent- http://www.tarptent.com/
Titanium Goat- http://www.titaniumgoat.com/
ULA - http://www.ula-equipment.com/index.htm
MLD - http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/index.php
Fanatic Fringe - http://www.fanaticfringe.com/index.html
Oware - http://www.owareusa.com/
Zpacks - http://www.zpacks.com
Ultralight Outfitters - http://www.ultralightoutfitters.com/index.html
Simblissity - http://www.simblissity.net/index.shtml
Ultralight Designs - http://ultralightdesigns.com/
Minibull Designs - http://www.minibulldesign.com/
Speer hammocks- http://www.speerhammocks.com/
Jacks ‘R’ Better- http://www.jacksrbetter.com/
McHale Packs- http://www.mchalepacks.com/
Claytor hammocks - www.mosquitohammock.com
Clark jungle hammocks - www.junglehammock.com
O.E.S.- http://www.outdoorequipmentsupplier.com/index.htm
Cooke custom sewing- http://www.cookecustomsewing.com/welcome.htm
Stephenson's warmlite- http://warmlite.com/start.htm
Stick Pick- http://www.thestickpic.com/
***I don't think these are truly cottage industry but they do make some great gear***
*Hennessy Hammocks- http://hennessyhammock.com/catalogue.html
*Granite Gear- http://www.granitegear.com/Index.html
*GoLite- http://www.golite.com/main/home.aspx
Gossamer gear- http://www.gossamergear.com/
Integral designs- http://www.integraldesigns.com/
Nunatak- http://www.nunatakusa.com/
Six Moon designs- http://www.sixmoondesigns.com/
Tarptent- http://www.tarptent.com/
Titanium Goat- http://www.titaniumgoat.com/
ULA - http://www.ula-equipment.com/index.htm
MLD - http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/index.php
Fanatic Fringe - http://www.fanaticfringe.com/index.html
Oware - http://www.owareusa.com/
Zpacks - http://www.zpacks.com
Ultralight Outfitters - http://www.ultralightoutfitters.com/index.html
Simblissity - http://www.simblissity.net/index.shtml
Ultralight Designs - http://ultralightdesigns.com/
Minibull Designs - http://www.minibulldesign.com/
Speer hammocks- http://www.speerhammocks.com/
Jacks ‘R’ Better- http://www.jacksrbetter.com/
McHale Packs- http://www.mchalepacks.com/
Claytor hammocks - www.mosquitohammock.com
Clark jungle hammocks - www.junglehammock.com
O.E.S.- http://www.outdoorequipmentsupplier.com/index.htm
Cooke custom sewing- http://www.cookecustomsewing.com/welcome.htm
Stephenson's warmlite- http://warmlite.com/start.htm
Stick Pick- http://www.thestickpic.com/
***I don't think these are truly cottage industry but they do make some great gear***
*Hennessy Hammocks- http://hennessyhammock.com/catalogue.html
*Granite Gear- http://www.granitegear.com/Index.html
*GoLite- http://www.golite.com/main/home.aspx