If there is some kind of collusion, then that is a clear and provable anti-trust violation, and anyone at any of these companies can make a lot of money being a whistleblower.

Yet somehow no whistleblower ever seems to show up. No proof is ever offered.

And for the oligopoly idea to work, you feel full cooperation between everyone. As soon as one company doesn't play along the whole thing falls apart.

Since there are indeed no shortage of long-lasting choices, that leads me to think this isn't really a problem.

Portal.

We hauled on average 30kg of gear daily for three months with 0 damage.

They don’t work but man the plastic coating is comfortable lol !

I hope you can still buy the one on the left, I too have one like the two that suck and recently I performed my annual can-opening ritual (try can-opener, swear, rummage through camping box, find little fold-out MRE can-opener, struggle round can with that, say "I really need to buy a proper can opener"... forget the whole ordeal until next year)

But they have ergonomic handles! /s

Alongside monopoly there's something called oligopoly too

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Haha. Looks like crap.

I've been using a Woods brand one for the past couple of years to haul groceries mostly... No issues. It's a relatively inexpensive brand available in Canada.

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I walk pretty much every day, at least a kilometer or two. I don't drag my feet.

Thought this was a huge GPU at first glance. Nice clock, bro.

I just bought a XS Max on swappa for $220. Perfect condition.

I will switch back to top load only when I find one with a built in heater. Front loaders heat the water up to 150F (sanitizing cycle) and eliminate the use for bleach. Whites are super white with a little bit of detergent and Oxyclean.

If you don't care about that and are comfortable with as far as your water heater will go, then any cheap top loader will outlast any fancy FL.

Depends on the person. If you drag your feet it can wear out twice or three times as fast... Also, how much do you walk?

For me it lasts two to three years if I wear them a lot, but typically over 5 years. I put on work-issued shoes or clogs in the office, so I mainly wear them on my short commute or if I go on a trip. If you walk a lot, obviously it'll wear out way faster.

And how long could a sole last, on average ?

I'm sorry if I post dumb questions..

Obviously hard to say.... I think you can fully wear the soles out twice or three times, perhaps even more. Ma big difference if you e.g. clean them up every month or two months and apply some oil on them now and then.

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How long do you think they'd last, for daily wear in a city, and hiking/airsoft every now and then ? How many resoles do you think they could sustain before not being repairable anymore ?

Back in my home country, I had neighbor, Nursultan Tulyakbay.

He is pain in my assholes.

I get a window from a glass,

he must get a window from a glass.

I get a step, he must get a step.

I get a clock radio, he cannot afford.

Great success.

And I'm not really sure how old it is because granny gave me one of her spares - it wasn't new in 1976.

Beautiful, timeless design.

1. You are in the wrong subreddit.
2. You are conclusion shopping when you should state them metrics of purchase and let the peanut gallery decide.

You are conclusion shopping when you should be asking an open ended question. Sateen is NOT the BIFL weave, so by asking this even generally, you have missed the mark of this subreddit. You should be asking about Percale.

Please stop speaking about thread count as that is the most useless metric in the history of the world as there is no thread size standard. Are the threads the size of jump ropes or 20 microns? No one knows, so comparing 400 to 450 when you don't know the thread size is an ignorant play.