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Outdoor equipment

owinberg (2 posts) • 0

Can anyone tell me if I should bring my outdoor equipment from Sweden when hiking in Yunnan or is it possible to buy good equipment in Kunming.

Ahmet (98 posts) • 0

Vaude brand backpacks, name brand lighting, camp stoves and most name-brand outdoor clothing is available (Columbia, North Face, Marmot, etc). If you wear large size shoes and/or clothing you should definitely bring them because large sizes are just not available (even for products made in China and exported that are usually available in larger sizes). No name Chinese products are also quite good if you know what you are looking for. Often the products come out of the same factories manufacturing the names with which you are already familiar (especially for tents.)

If you have a favorite high tech sleeping bag it may be worth it to bring it with you because the highest level of technology is not that readily available here.

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