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Need info about backpack
Sep 9, 2013 10:49
guest15212 Love this forum..I am arriving in Beijing 10/12 and on my last trip to India my backpack was destroyed in the back of a bus.
I bought it in Cambodia where it was made for an US manufacturer, Alpine and was available for sale in the local market. It cost $220 in US and I bought it for $35

Does anyone know if local markets in Beijing sell serious mountaineering backpacks by brand names such as Kelty, Osprey, North Face that were made in China but available inexpensively locally.

If not I will buy it before I leave because I need it for my trip.

Many Thanks
Sep 9, 2013 22:24
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GUEST7785 GUEST15212,

If you want to buy geniune Kelty, Osprey, North Face etc, you have to go to the big shopping malls in Beijing. Those sold in the local market are not real ones.
Sep 11, 2013 04:06
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I didn't see backpacks at the hongqiao pearl market, but got a pair of knockoff keen outdoor sandals there so you might check there for outdoor clothing
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Sep 11, 2013 06:59
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I was at the silk market and on the baggage floor there is a place called coco's happy bags that had a lowepro backpack in your range. Saw another store there selling backpacks a word of warning these may not be original mfrs
Sep 13, 2013 21:21
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Also go to the wholesale market near the beijing zoo. One of the bldgs in the back on the 3rd floor had a number of stalls selling backpacks
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