Lowe Alpine Sting

[Johnnyboy1971]

I'm looking for some advice from the good people of this forum.
I have a mint conditioned Lowe Alpine Sting in olive green with original side pouches and straps to turn it into a day pack.
What I want to know is it's rough value.
Now I know these are hard to find now and OD ones even harder.
So your thoughts and advice would be most welcome.

 

[HillBill]

I paid £90 for one from a surplus store about 4 years ago... expect they will have gone up since then. So at a guess.. £130?

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Yeah going up in price. It doesn't get used much and a shame to have it sat about.
Also I don't need a pack for travelling distance. I only ever go to meets now so pretty much any pack will do.


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[caorach]

I recently paid about £45 for a decent cammo one with side pockets etc. You can get really good ones, as new basically, from Europe and because of the Euro rate they are reasonable money, around £75, at the minute and I'd bet with a bit of looking around you'd get OD ones in Europe. However I know the OD ones are more sought after. In the end they are worth what someone will pay but I personally don't think I'd pay £130 for something in one colour that I can have in another colour for £45 - £75ish. So, I'd say a more realistic price, at least if I were doing the buying, is going to be in the £70 - £100 region.

 

[HillBill]

As i said, was only guessing.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

All I will say is i have had a good offer for it. Just need to decide if it's defiantly for sale.

 

[bushcraftkid2001]

I've seen new OD ones online for £110 so probably about £90

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

I've seen new OD ones online for £110 so probably about £90

Where you found those.

 

[Jack Bounder]

See this link for a price but they appear to be sold out.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Pretty much the same everywhere. You just can't get them anymore.

 

[sunndog]

i bet if you could auction it on here you'd get a stupid amount of money

i'd like one in O.D to replace my dpm one, but not at the prices they go for

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

There was a black one on eBay last year selling for £200.
Selling I say not sold.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281156378...t%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D813489739865

 

[caorach]

Because they are Euro rather than UK gear I suspect that hunting around the EU surplus shops might be a lot more successful, this was one hit I came up with:

http://www.xmilitarystore.com/en/lowe-alpine-sting-backback

Now that is for a cammo version but I'm sure the OD ones are out there, in fact a phone call to that company might get you one for all I know.