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BlackRock Gear has upgraded its top-selling beanie with 950-fill-power Hungarian white goose down, making it one of the lightest and warmest to date. The result of 9 years of production and development, this improved design weighs less than an ounce and compresses down to fit in your pocket Read More
WebstAre you saying there's something wrong with wearing socks and sandals together? Pffff. What's next, are you going to try and convince me something is wrong with wearing shorts over long underwear to work? ('90s teachers in Seattle) ;-)
CardamomteaI sometimes run wearing shorts over underwear when it's cold. It's comfy.
I guess you all got me convinced. I'm going to try this hat next winter!
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very poor customer service, I didn’t like the hat, had a really difficult time to get a refund, although mine wasn’t a mass drop purchase, just be aware
I'm really sorry Ramesh. We are just a very small cottage industry. We aren't a huge mega company where you can return goods without contacting anyone by some online automated form. And yes, our address is NOT posted online. We get ridiculous mail and people showing up when we do ;) Tried it... Our shop is small and nothing more than a small production floor filled with goose down, fabric, cutting tables and sewing machines... The address IS located on both your invoice when you purchase the gear and again on the envelope containing your hat. So if you really wanted to you could have sent it back to that address with a note saying "Refund".
We do make it very simple though. If EVER you get a piece of gear from us that isn't right, doesn't fit or simply isn't what you wanted all you've got to do is shoot us an email. I will instruct you to send the gear back USPS 1st class for cheap and ask you to include a very simple note asking what you want. We don't generate RMA numbers, we just restock new/unused gear and ship back requested exchanges until we get something that works for you. I never heard back from you or got a note. So we had to wait until we figured out what you wanted done with the hat. It took longer than you expected and I'm very sorry about that. We do lots of gear in and out all week long. Most exchanges and refunds go quickly. We do bin any gear we can't identify so like yours it sat until I could place an owner with the gear that arrived.
We also don't include an invoice or added paperwork when we ship gear out. I've focused hard over the years to minimize our footprint. We seal hats in shrink wrap that can be recycled. We use 9x11 envelopes that can be composted along with the handspun hemp twine and hang tag. Even the safety pin is USA made and can be re-used. In the end you should have nothing more than the gear that you can wear and love for years to come.
Sorry for your troubles,
Evan
BlackRockYou sound like a good guy. If I lived north of the Mason-Dixon line, I just might get one. My hooded Carhartt and $5.00 TJMaxx beanie does the trick for me in TN.
I bit on this to experiment with when I head back to the Whites (and maybe Maine as well) next year to help a buddy on the AT. Any chance of adding a top quilt to the catalogue? I need to update mine to something a bit warmer. 20F would be my preference, but I think anything 15-25F would work for me. I'm using a 40F now and it got a little cold in Maine (despite having a 20F under-quilt, a top cover, & low slung rainfly with doors to keep out wind) in mid-Oct. when I was finishing up my thru-hike a couple of years ago. If something like that is in the works and this beanie is as good as advertised I'd entertain a TQ from BRG instead of a HG Burrow 20F to match my UQ...using a similarly lightweight fabric (like Argon 67) the 950fp down should be a noticeable amount lighter than HGs comparable quilt.
P.S.: How hard is it gonna be to cut off that "signature"?...you gotta know half the folks buying these are cutting off that dead-weight? That's an extra peanut I can carry for a snack! I jest, but yeah, it's absolutely getting cut off post-haste.
Wow, that is a really impressive design. Hopefully some other folks might chime in and permit a drop on one of these. That way you could have a guaranteed sales base to make a run of them and at least test the waters to see if it would be worth full production. I think the fill weight/warmth rating was the problem with previous sales, as I think most folks in the hiking/backpacking category want at least a 30F quilt (along with a minimum size about the same as the later version), which would bump the price a bit, but almost certainly increase the market as well.
I would pay $250 @BlackRock for one to keep the wife warm. Ordering one of these now for her....warm wife means more camping and snowboarding, and fun after. :)
Can someone verify this drop is for the current 2018 'Original' beanie with 20d HyperD ripstop nylon? The Drop description only lists the Black Color beanie as being HyperD ripstop, and the pictures do not show newer diamond weave fabric, but instead appear to be perhaps earlier models/other fabrics, so confusion ensues..
See attached picture from BlackRock website of current 2018 model 'Original BlackRock hat with this HyperD fabric.
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The earlier model is on clearance with free shipping from BlackRock direct @$60, FYI, and looks like the pictures shown in this drop so wondering if this drop is actually for the outdated/clearance hats?
Thanks!
RVinSCSorry I missed the comment RVinSC.
Yes, the limited number of Black hats in this drop was for that exact hat and material. The HyperD is such a cool weave with the diamond ripstop. It's got a beautiful sheen and just looks really nice and techie too.
My wife discovered my hat soon after it arrived. I am now waiting for the next drop so I can have a hat.
A community member
Apr 10, 2018
thewoodrowI hear you. it pays to buy them in pairs....
seenypaul
Oct 11, 2016
I've been wanting to follow up on the BlackRock Gear Original down hat I got in a drop this past spring. At that time I expressed some concern about how thin it seemed. Link to my previous comment is below. Since then I've used it on several chilly mornings last spring and a few more chilly nights out and mornings this fall. And I'm still really not impressed. Yes, it's light. Yes, it compacts well. Yes, it's also pricey. I have a bunch of acrylic watchcaps with "thinsulate" that I've regularly stocked up on from Tractor Supply Co. for workwear and hacking around, $5 or less and even under $3 on sale. So they're about 66g as opposed to BRG's 26g, made in China as opposed to USA, and the BRG is a bit more wind resistant but, subjectively anyway, feels a little cooler to me. The BRG hat also cost me more than 10 times as much. So I don't think this was one of my better purchases.
seschimeresMy boyfriend won't even consider a puffy jacket, yet we live in Minnesota and are outside for over an hour at a time. He thinks they are just too hideous to wear, even though he is not into style/fashion whatsoever.
You can tell he never goes backpacking ;-) I think that'd change his tune real quick.
LoadExcellent LOAD!!!
I also wanted to mention we've just started up our very FIRST "social media" thing... Instagram!!! Only took us 8 years...
Check out @BlackRockGear for gear pics, shop pics, customer pics and even our first "commercial"!!!
My guys here in the shop consider me an old curmudgeon. Sorta grumpy behind the sewing machine, grouchy about the goose down and a bit cranky most of the time, but I've given the green light on Instagram and people seem to like it. So go follow, like and comment on our feed!
@BlackRock I joined the drop, but I'm concerned about outofmemory's comment. I do wear glasses. Is this is legitimate concern? If it is, I'm afraid I'll have to withdraw. Thanks.