What do we like from Mountain Hardwear?

There was a similar thread for Outdoor Research that was helpful and I have some store credit I need to use.

Anything to recommend from MHW?

Compressor pants are rad

Will Hodgson wrote:

Compressor pants are rad

Compressor pants ARE rad. You don’t realize how often you will use puffy pants until you own them

The Alpine Light packs are a great lightweight option for scrambling/mountaineering. Their expedition duffel bags are also the nicest I've found. 

Crater Lake sun shirts, Crag Wagons, tents. 

Crag wagons and their lightweight long sleeve fuzzy shirts. Can't think of the name.

I like their multi-pitch pack.

Kor preshell is fantastic. 

The monkey man jacket has an incredible weight to warm ratio for a fleece.

Their Ozonic 70 is my go-to multi-day backpack but unfortunately out of production.  I regularly scour the web to find another.  Their Ozonic rain gear is nice kit as well.  Their Phantom sleeping bags are first-rate; expensive but I got lucky and scored one off this forum a few years ago.  The number one thing I like about MH is their customer service/repair department, they're totally awesome.

Sadly I have no idea what model they are, but the best cool weather pants I've ever owned came from MH. They had some nice boxy shorts for a while too. But the fabric apparently had too much cotton in it and "rotted out" too soon.

Airmesh: Super duper lightweight fleece midlayer.

Expedition Duffle

Ghost Whisperer: UL Puffy

Quasar Lite Jacket: Ultralight alpine shell

Snoskiwoski 40L Pack: Best backcountry ski pack I have ever used.

Since MH got bought by Colombia a couple years back, their quality has been absolute TURD. Many friends stretch down puffys busting at the seams. I blew through some pants in like 1 week.

That said, i LOVE my compressor belay pants. 

Max R wrote:

Since MH got bought by Colombia a couple years back, their quality has been absolute TURD. Many friends stretch down puffys busting at the seams. I blew through some pants in like 1 week.

That said, i LOVE my compressor belay pants. 

That happened just about twenty years ago, and while I don’t love Columbia’s stuff, I have loved pretty much all my MH pieces. I think they’ve ironed out those kinks 

The Kor Preshelll is probably the most unique piece I have seen.  Light and packable as a Patagonia Houdini but closer to the breathability of something like the OR Ferrosi but at a fraction of the weight.   The Preshell is getting used everyday on my current summer trip, and the Houdini has largely stayed in the bag. 

The original ghost whisperer windshell (2015?) was a cool idea on paper. It was crazy crazy light but looked like wearing a trash bag and felt like it too.  I keep it in the seat of my scooter for cold windy days in the winter.  Never much liked climbing or hiking in it. 

At the Lander climbing fest and yesterday I got a Koozie from their booth thats made from recycled sleeping bag material. It kept my beer cold and packs into a little pouch. 10/10 would recommend

Cragwagon, the 45L is perfect. Crater Lake sun hoodies are soft as a babies bottom. Belay gloves. All their sleeping bags are second to none. 

They had some great tents.

Steve Williams wrote:

They had some great tents.

+1 

Annapurna, nearly everytime I take it on a trip with a new partner they offer to buy it.  

Buy

• Kor Preshell
• Expedition Duffels
• AMG packs - 105 is excellent  
• Alpine Light pack (though I could go for some more padding)
• Alpine work glove
• Rotor Gore-Tex Infinium glove
• Airmesh Hoody
• Tents
• Stretchdown for around town
• -40F sleeping bag

Avoid

• Exposure 2 Gore-Tex glove (so terrible and just about any other glove they sell)
• Exposure 2 Shells (super short, not a great cut)
• Camp-4 Duffels (old style, the straps were detachable)
• Phantom Parka (old style, any moisture and you were fucked)
• 0-20 degree sleeping bags, I'm very on the fence about them

I seem to be alone in this, but I've always really like the AP pants.  Slimmer cut but not restrictive.  Huge back zippered pockets, small front thigh pocket that sits below harness, button roll cuffs, and fabric is reasonably breathable while still being strong enough to survive a lot of chimneys.  Some have reported durability issues, but all I can say is mine are doing pretty good, and you can usually fine them (like now!) below $50.