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Vent: spent 3 years hauling a bulky travel towel overseas when a $4 microfiber rag from a Bangkok street stall did the job better
I only figured it out when my hostel roommate in Chiang Mai laughed and asked why I was carrying a bath mat in my pack, so now I want to know if anyone else has been loyal to a piece of gear way past its usefulness.
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ruby6591mo ago
The part about the hostel roommate asking why you were carrying a bath mat is killing me, because we all have that one thing we refuse to give up no matter how dumb it looks. Mine was an old belt that I fixed with duct tape twice before admitting the buckle was shot. It's weird how we get attached to stuff just because we paid for it or dragged it around for years. I feel like this happens with everything, not just gear. People keep phones with cracked screens, cars that need three tries to start, even friendships with people who never text back. We hang on because replacing stuff means admitting we were wrong the whole time, and nobody wants to do that.
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