[shooter]

The point of this thread is to see if anyone has had a similar experience with a Cabela's product. I bought one of their brand of packs, the All Day Transporter Fanny Pack and they claim it to be "Weatherproof". Now to most folks there is:
*Water Resistant - Repels water for a while but will eventually soak thru.
*Waterproof - Water will not penetrate. (Gore-tex, Dry-plus, etc)
*Windproof - Wind or air will not penetrate. (Wind-shear, gore-tex, etc)
So it's only logical to assume "Weatherproof" would be a combination of wind and water "proof". Especially since this pack has their "CT450 plus" material which they claim has 3 layers, 2 of which are waterproof.

Not so! In my first 3 uses of this pack, two of those days were the 17th when we had all that snow / wet rain, and then just this past saturday the 24th when we had a constant rain all morning long. Two great field testing days if there ever was one. This product failed miserably both days and only in a matter of a couple hours. Now this is replacing my very similar "FieldLine" pack (for shoulder strap reasons) which was waterproof.

I've written to Cabela's about it after the first day but got no response so far. Has anyone else bought this pack and had a similar situation?

 

[PA-Joe]

I have one of their winter hunting bibs and it has been waterproof for over 10 years.

 

[slavage]

you might of just got a bad one.. i own ther http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa...0770&hasJS=true

in orange i got it when they were 80$ a few years ago cause i wanted an orange one and its nice but after a few in rain every thing is soaked in side but your is made with different layers of waterproofing i would call ther WV store ask for one of the managers and explane to him in a good manor how you got it and your having problems with it and would like to exchange it
90% of the time when its like this they will say sure no questions asked.. the reasion is your walking back in the store so your prob gona spend more $$$ while your down ther...
now if you go though ther customer service on ther web site or 10800 number you might get the run around or not depending on who you talk too sence you got it this past fall they can say they might only have a 90 day return so your sol all depends.. but when you deal with the store directly thats different..
old manager once told me he rather have a customer come to him to have his issue fixed then go though the company.. one he dosent care if it gets returned hes not losing money because he dosent own the store.. two he made the guy happy so in return the next time he needs some thing it mostly will bring him back too his store and three sence hes ther dealing with it if the customer is taken care of most times he will look around and spend while he is ther... so most times then not with small issues like this the store makes out better then it started

 

[shooter]

Yeah I'm hoping it's just a defective one. I'm disappointed that I got no response from my email a week and a half ago. I called them at lunch today and she said they'd probably replace it but she needed my receipt to be able to do anything, which I have but it's at home. so I'll call them again.
I bought it at the Hamburg store in July so she couldn't pull it up on the computer. But I'm not running back there, I'll do it on the phone and thru the mail. The store is an hour and 40 minutes away.
I've bought tons of stuff from them and never had an issue with any of it. Hopefully this is a fluke!

 

[Springer Rage]

I have been a long-time customer of cabelas and I have spent many thousands of dollars with them. I still like cabelas but have been bothered the past several years by all the junk they put their label on. I am not saying all of their gear is junk - some of it is very good - but the trend seems to be toward puting cabelas labels on all kinds of low-end, chinese made junk. It used to be that Cabelas sold mostly other brands with only a few sold under the cabelas labe - mostly clothing. Now they have chinese and korean rod, reels, knives, flashlights, tents, etc. that they put a cablelas label on.

 

[tundragriz]

I'd be suspicious of a marketing term that has no defined standard. As in your original post, the word waterproof has a defined standard. Weatherproof is just a marketing word. This is from another Cablela's ad "CT450 Plus fabric is quiet and resists moisture".

 

[Loggy]

I have been a long-time customer of cabelas and I have spent many thousands of dollars with them. I still like cabelas but have been bothered the past several years by all the junk they put their label on. I am not saying all of their gear is junk - some of it is very good - but the trend seems to be toward puting cabelas labels on all kinds of low-end, chinese made junk. It used to be that Cabelas sold mostly other brands with only a few sold under the cabelas labe - mostly clothing. Now they have chinese and korean rod, reels, knives, flashlights, tents, etc. that they put a cablelas label on.

Hey welcome to outsourced America!! We are still flippin burgers here last I heard.

 

[Springer Rage]

I don't want to go off on too much of a tangent but most of us could benefit from being more aware of where products are made when we make purchases. Buying american keeps americans working and almost always results in a better quality product.

I went to home depot a while back to buy pruners for my apple trees. I checked every label and could not find a single american made pruner. There was Pakastan, Korea, China and Mexico.

 

[jayd4wg]

CALL them, Cabelas has fantastic customer service and will stand behind every product in their catalog.

 

[Steely Ran]

+1

 

[shooter]

Well I did call them, actually twice (after no response to my email). The first lady said she needed the receipt, which was at home. That night I called and talked to a guy. He didn't need the receipt but instead directed me to their returns form to print out on their website.
I mailed it out yesterday (the pack) and requested an exchange. Hopefully it gets returned soon. The sad part is that I had to pay the shipping to return THEIR defective product. Since the same pack is now on sale $20 cheaper I'm hoping they'll reimburse me, because I could have just returned it for my money back and then went and bought the same thing again $20 cheaper.

 

[Loggy]

They always sent me a prepaid shipping label or reimbursed me on shipping ...if a defective product.

 

[shooter]

Well I have to say their customer service is great. I mailed the defective pack to them last Thursday, they received it around noon on Monday, and I received a new one yesterday. But I didn't get reimbursed for shipping $17 so I called them and a check will be on the way.
Now lets just hope the thing is waterproof as they say!

 

[jayd4wg]

good stuff. hope it works out for ya!