OK, we've all heard how high the prices are at West Marine, and we know Fred does not like Wal*Mart, Chinese made zincs or our Dubya
, and we know that WM is convenient but expensive. My question is this. What have you found that IS an EXCEPTIONAL value for use on your boat? I'll start (Fred ignore this item)! I just came from Sam's Club (owned by the evil Wal*Mart) and purchased some new microfiber rags. Many of you have heard me extolling the virtues of microfiber for years and this is about the best deal I've seen yet. As a point of reference I used to pay about $4.00 per rag when they first came out and even at that price found they were worth it. The microfiber rags from Sam's are 16" X 16" and are of a surprisingly high quality for a multi-pack. A 25 pack of these microfibers cost me just $9.88 or .39 cents per rag. Of course I bought two... Microfibers make great tack rags, dusting rags, drying rags, dodger glass cleaning rags, compounding/polishing/waxing rags, stainless steel cleaning rags (with denatured alcohol), glass cleaning rags on and on & on... They make terry cloth rags about as outdated as riding your dinosaur to work and they are in the league of Rain-X, The Absorber (synthetic chamois), Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and a hand full of other products that actually work as advertised. So what have you found that goes above and beyond in a boating value?
, and we know that WM is convenient but expensive. My question is this. What have you found that IS an EXCEPTIONAL value for use on your boat? I'll start (Fred ignore this item)! I just came from Sam's Club (owned by the evil Wal*Mart) and purchased some new microfiber rags. Many of you have heard me extolling the virtues of microfiber for years and this is about the best deal I've seen yet. As a point of reference I used to pay about $4.00 per rag when they first came out and even at that price found they were worth it. The microfiber rags from Sam's are 16" X 16" and are of a surprisingly high quality for a multi-pack. A 25 pack of these microfibers cost me just $9.88 or .39 cents per rag. Of course I bought two... Microfibers make great tack rags, dusting rags, drying rags, dodger glass cleaning rags, compounding/polishing/waxing rags, stainless steel cleaning rags (with denatured alcohol), glass cleaning rags on and on & on... They make terry cloth rags about as outdated as riding your dinosaur to work and they are in the league of Rain-X, The Absorber (synthetic chamois), Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and a hand full of other products that actually work as advertised. So what have you found that goes above and beyond in a boating value?
