>>18475241
arcteryx's niche now days is its decently performing outdoors gear that look good enough to wear in the city. the target audience is guys who live in toronto and washington with tech jobs.
its not the brand it used to be since the chinese buyout.
you can get much better (but ugly) outdoors gear from cottage brands now days.
and if you need a major corporate brand, rab >>>>>> arcteryx.

>>18475983
north face is nowhere even close to arcteryx. arcteryx is actual serious gear, just overpriced gear. north face is built for suburban white women to walk from their car to starbucks.
north face's only products that compete are summit series, which isn't the stuff you're buying.

>>18476054
the fabrics they use cost wool and leather prices per yard and the jackets are very labor intense to make. not all synthetic is cheap, their jackets use some of the more expensive textile you can buy. the prices are a little inflated but not that much actually.
t. makes my own gear.