Lowe alpine stinger...

[The Big Lebowski]

(thats sting LoL! I drifted off there...)

I know these come up fairly often in the kit chatter, but having pretty much no luck whatsoever in finding an OD version...
Anybody know of a shop they may visit with one hanging up?

There's a large percentage of kit that dosen't make it onto the WWW, so here's hoping (in vain)

Cheers, al.

 

[darrenleroy]

Good luck, dude. I spent weeks calling and trawling and ended up with nothing. Finally got one from someone flogging it on this site.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Cheers darrenleroy, I thought as-much

Not to worry!

al.

 

[swissgearlabs]

A good friend of mine has a shop in Switzerland and sells them (got my salient from him): www.materialmagazin.ch
He also ships to UK... Cost is an issue though with the Pound/Francs conversion...
It might help you
P@

 

[Mike8472]

cotswold outdoors had some a while ago, thats where i got mine from. They had some sitting in the stock room that they hadn't sold. Its worth phoning them as they will call all their other branches for you and you never know you might get lucky.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Thanks guy's... appreciated

I'll give cotswold's a ring tomorrow morning! If not, I might look into swissgearlabs link.

Cheers, al.

Switzerlands out... £290. eeek.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

i've already been thru cotswold customer services at length about this item, they haven't got any apparently. they said they could order for me direct, refunds are at a reduced rate for special order tho so beware if you go this route.

 

[R.Lewis]

DPM ones are still around. Got mine recently of Ebay. It is such an awesome pack that I considered the sacrifice of OG to be a compromise I can take!

I like it better like that now, feel more happy when wild camping that my pack is less visible....

 

[Ahjno]

New ones here, though pretty steep in its price (180 EUR - 158 GBP) - but if you really want one:

http://www.countrystore.nl/bushcraft/shop/rugzakken/lowe-alpine-strike-40--groen.html

 

[swissgearlabs]

Thanks guy's... appreciated

Switzerlands out... £290. eeek.

yup, the conversion rate is horrible a the moment if you pay in £...

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Was worth a look anyway, with thanks!

Cheers, al.

 

[Silverhill]

There's a LA Strike on eBay now (in OD). Would that be any good?

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Already had a look-see thanks SHF, sadly its the same size as my current pack... So I decided against bidding.

I've put in an offer for the DPM/Dutch army version, so I'll see where that go's

Thanks for the pointers all, appreciated!

al.

 

[Silverhill]

You can't go wrong even for the lowly price of the DPM one from the Netherlands. The problem is, as soon as you get it, you'll want an OD one even more!!

 

[The Big Lebowski]

LoL!

I dont mind the DPM really, I would have prefered just plain green, but my previous pack is US woodlands... If i could have got the same pattern in the lowe alpine, It would have solved the problem.

Its an amicable compromise

 

[Ahjno]

This is mine

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Go on... Rub it in

Keep an eye on it at the moot... It may 'strangely' turn into DPM overnight!

 

[R.Lewis]

I already had a DPM medic pouch so was ok with my DPM sting. Fits great and work fantastic together, only prob is all my MOLLE pouches are OG!

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Well, It turned up today... What a well made bit of kit

Not had a chance to load it up yet, but feels comfortable enough with a few items in... I'm going to fill it up to the brim and go for a good walk over the weekend.

Cheers for the help! al.

 

[resnikov]

You should be very happy with it mate. I have one and think its great.