{"id":2442009,"date":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/uncategorized\/5-best-budget-gear-sites\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T06:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T12:23:29","slug":"5-best-budget-gear-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/gear-news\/5-best-budget-gear-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Budget Gear Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hiking boots wear out. Bindings break. You want the next best thing but know the suggested retail price is exactly that: a suggestion. Here are five of our favorite websites for finding gear at prices that won't burst your adventure fund.<\/p>\n

Steep and Cheap<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Powered by online outdoor retail giant, Backcountry.com<\/a>, Steep and Cheap highlights one great gear deal\u2014typically at over half-off\u2014until it\u2019s sold out, then starts all over. If you don\u2019t want to get caught obsessively hitting your refresh button, you can sign up for instant alerts<\/a> that tell you when a new item is listed.<\/p>\n

REI Outlet<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Recreational Equipment Inc.\u2019s outlet site highlights gear deals in different categories, like the deal of the day or week, deals under $20, or savings on US-made gear. The \u201cDeal of the Day\u201d has its own RSS feed<\/a>, so you can easily stay on top of what\u2019s discounted now. Don\u2019t want to buy a dud? Top-rated outlet gear<\/a> is only a click away.<\/p>\n

The Cheap Outdoors<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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This site scours the web for deals from retailers like REI and backcountry.com so you don\u2019t have to. Search hand-picked deals by activity, brand, retailer, type or eco-friendliness. Up top, see the day\u2019s best deals. Scroll down for coupons you can enter at checkout<\/a> to get discounts from gear and travel retailers.<\/p>\n

Sierra Trading Post<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Founded in 1986 in Reno, Nevada, this company has been selling discounted gear, furnishings and apparel for almost 25 years. Check out their clearance<\/a> and bargain barn<\/a> sections for discounts of up to 80 percent off. This site is currently offering 20 percent off purchases of $75 or more if you sign up for their DealFlyer email newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SuperTopo.com\u2019s Gear Price Finder<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Founded in 1999 by climber Chris McNamara<\/a>, SuperTopo.com was originally \u201cdesigned to be a resource to help you plan a climbing itinerary, as well as get the best topos available for those climbs.\u201d The site has since added a gear search that crawls stores big (REI<\/a>) and small (Summit Hut<\/a>) to generate a list of relevant gear that can be sorted by price and that highlights sale items. The gear finder is still working out a few kinks–sometimes gear that's sold out still shows up in the search.<\/p>\n

For more on buying gear online, check out the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Guide to the Web<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hiking boots wear out. Bindings break. You want the next best thing but know the suggested retail price is exactly that: a suggestion. Here are five of our favorite websites for finding gear at prices that won't burst your adventure fund. Steep and Cheap Powered by online outdoor retail giant, Backcountry.com, Steep and Cheap highlights … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"c8146f69c06b4fcc00d8312e72e5c8aa","footnotes":""},"categories":[2567],"tags":[2640,2827],"byline":[1315],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2442009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear-news","tag-climbing","tag-style","byline-erin-beresini"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The 5 Best Budget Gear Sites","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/gear-news\/5-best-budget-gear-sites\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/gear-news\/5-best-budget-gear-sites\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Gear News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sperkins-pom"}],"creator":["sperkins-pom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["climbing","style"],"dateCreated":"2010-09-01T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2010-09-01T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2022-05-12T12:23:29Z"},"rendered":"