Name 3 products (outdoor) that are great and 3 that you have had problems with

Like the post reads : 3 great outdoor products that love and 3 that are pain in the rear in your experience
My best 3 are:
My Ford F-350 diesel, never let my down
Ranger boats , never a issue with the boat, batteries ,trolling motors, eletronics excluded
Bennelli shotguns, will always shoot!
Bad 3 are:
Honda generators, great when new , not great after time
Danner boots start out ok , brake down after 100 miles
Apple cell phones and I pads , work at first , slow down or are not updated when old

3 Great Products:
-K Drill
-Mercury Optimax Outboard
-AMSoil Products

3 Not So Great Products:
-Rapala Crankbaits of new (broken hooks, entire bodies of baits breaking, paint chipping)
-Thermacel insoles (very expensive, weak battery life over time)
-Hub style ice fishing shacks (not really a product issue, just that I found out in a hurry that I like mobility and catching fish versus setting up shop and hoping for the best)

3 great products
Yamaha outboards
St Croix rods
Red Wing work boots

3 poor products
Vanish fishing line
Over priced tv packages
Packer defense

Great products(long term);
Yamaha outboards.
SeaArk boats.
StCroix rods.

Not so good;
Motorguide Xi5 Pinpoint
Pre 2000 mercury/Mariner outboards.
Rocky boots.

Skeeter boat.
Mariner Outboard.
Falcon Rods.

Jiffy Pro4.
Rocky boots.
Nair hair removal cream. (I dare wear short shorts)

Good,

Limit creek rods
Otter sleds
Carlisle tires

Not good,

Champion spark plugs
Corn fuel
Dewalt batteries

Dodge Ram
Ranger Boat
Evinrude

Bad….really bad

Xi5
Xi5
Xi5

robby wrote:

Nair hair removal cream. (I dare wear short shorts)

WTH?

Brian Klawitter wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>robby wrote:</div>
Nair hair removal cream. (I dare wear short shorts)

WTH?

My thoughts exactly!

Good:
Winchester SX2
Vexilar FLX-28
Frabill F2 rain gear

Bad:
Clam ANYTHING
Hardcore Brand Decoy Cord
eBay knockoff LED light bars

Marcum 6
Helix 7
Jiffy Propane

Black Betty (tangled all the time)
Ion (battery would get cold and would stop auger)
Yamaha Grizzly (would’nt start when really cold, but did resolve the issue)

I do have a very long list of good stuff, had to think about the bad stuff a bit.

Yellow Fever wrote:

Dodge Ram
Ranger Boat
Evinrude

Bad….really bad

Xi5
Xi5
Xi5

WHAT??? the Xi5 is bad???? I know at least 6 guys that own these and wouldn’t trade them for the world….

Good:
My trusty 5-gallon bucket. Oh how I love thee. (Not sure about the newer models)
6lb Fireline crystal line
Surplus/military wool gloves. Best deal ($5 pair or less) around for warm gloves.

Bad:
Vanish line
Heavy portable shacks built with cheapo-material
Bottom bouncers without a closed eye for the main line (Scheels are best)

Good:
Garmin chirp
Ripple shads
Lucas products

Bad:
Solarbat sunglasses

Good:
Heater Body Suit
Shimano Reels
St. Croix Rods

Bad:
Spider Wire
Abu Reels
Rubber Boots When its Cold

Good:
K-Drill
XI5
pfluger reels

Bad:
Vanish Line
cheapo headlamps
assorted knife sharpeners

Great:

– Milwaukee power tools. Nothing but heavy duty.

– Beretta shotguns. Soft shooting and reliable.

– Shimano Sahara reels

Not great:

– Stihl power equipment. Yeah, it used to be great, that was 20 years ago. Now Chinese parts screwed together to keep up the facade.

– Remington. Sorry Remmy guys, like Stihl I want to remember them for what they WERE.

– Audi. Never, never, never have I been so glad to dump a car with less than 75k miles on trade. German quality my @ss. Total POS.

Grouse

GMC 2500
Ranger Boats
Yamaha Outboards

Bad
Luggable LOO (Good up until somone to Large decided to just plop down on it breaking inner seat )
Ethanol Gas (Had to be invented by a Woman… Just kiddin’)
And Last, I have to go with mxskeeter. Deadon balls accuate about Packers D

Good:
St Croix made rod blanks
Shimano Reels
IDO

Bad:
The downward fall of companies products that were once the best.

Good:
– Everstart deep cycle batteries from Walmart.
– Ranger Boats/Merc motors.
– BFT plastics and Jigs.

Bad:
– Every net I have ever used for walleye fishing.
– Bearing Buddies.
– Carpet in boats.

-J.

good:
Custom jigs and spins jigs
yeti fishhouse
rapala

bad:
mr heater little buddy
scheels rod and reel combos
cabelas selection on waterfowl stuff

Good:
Muck Arctic Boots
Striker Ice Predator Suit
St Croix Rods for open water and TUCR Rods for Ice

Bad:
Ice Armour Gloves
Black Betty
Cheap Headlamps (used to go through one a year. Bought one on Amazon Cyber Monday this year for $25, originally $100, works great!)

Nalgene water bottles
Cabela’s Guidewear
Thorogood Boots

Everything else from Cabela’s
Rocky Boots
Clam (All I’ve ever owned)

Good:
1.) Thermacell – Thanks BK
2.) Z-Man Prododucts – What’s not to like?
3.) P-Line Fluorocarbon Line. I can’t remember when I i put it on the reel, but I know it was before I moved 3 years ago.

Bad:
1.) Solar Garden Ornaments – Switches inevitably fail or wiring just goes to poop well before it should.
2.) Cheap Okuma Surf Combo – Anti reverse inevitably went out after the first couple of uses.
3.) Speedo banana hammock – My wife inevitably get jealous of all the attention I am getting.

Good
1. Yamaha boat motor 30 hp
2. K-drill
3. My 2 Vexilars fl20 and 18
4. Sorry had to do four, IN Depth Outdoors!

Bad

1. Clam products
2. Any inline real especially 13 brand
3. Almost any Rapala they always break fall apart etc.

Bad:
The downward fall of companies products that were once the best.

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Very true.Goes true with automakers such as Toyota,Honda and such.

I think my next truck may be a GMC.Regular cab long box without all the bling.

Bad….really bad

Xi5
Xi5
Xi5

WHAT??? the Xi5 is bad???? I know at least 6 guys that own these and wouldn’t trade them for the world….
well…I am on my second one because the first one was a total lemon, and this one isn’t much better but Mercury won’t give me my money back. My buddy has one on his boat and hates it as well….ton’s of issues. I advise everybody that asks NOT to buy one

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the good…

Lund Boats
Otter Hub
Ion Auger

the bad…

Ford F250
MinnKota Ulterra
Polaris Ranger Glass Windshields

Good
Hoyt bows
Vexilar flx 28
bunny boots

Bad
cheap 22 shells
Rocky boots
ANYTHING Trophy Ridge

Good
Yeti tumblers and ramblers
Nissan Pathfinders -have owned two now and absolutely bulletproof vehicles
Tuned Up Custom ice fishing rods