Scout Direct

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Frequently Asked Questions Product Positioning: Ours could probably be summed up as "You get more ... for less ... with a smile". It really is our goal to offer products that are at least as good as our competitors (and in most instances, have some features that are actually better), but to be able to offer them at the most competitive prices possible. Then when we offer Scouts our 45% discount, our prices really are almost unbelievable! To finish out the statement, we also try our best to be helpful and friendly with any dealings you have with us. I recently thought of two other pretty well know companies that I think have similar positionings: Southwest Airlines and Lands End. Southwest is sometimes teased as being the "bargain" airline, or the one that has the "cattle herding" boarding process, but the last time I checked, they're about the only one making any money. From my perspective they offer a great product (on-time air travel), with better than industry pricing, and for sure with friendly service ... like I said, what we try to do. Then recently when I received my latest purchase from Land's End I noticed (they may have been doing this for quite a while, but I just noticed it!) that they have as part of their logo "Direct Merchants". They're proud of the fact that they can offer their customers "factory direct" products and pricing ... again what we're trying to do with ScoutDirect. We know we have a long way to go to be as popular and well known as these two giants, but we're doing our best to get the foundation started. Tent Frequently Asked Questions: Here are a few common questions that we get asked about our Taurus and Meramac tents. Awning Fly vs. Full-coverage Fly - Meramac tents have awning flys for easier ventilation ("easier" because the pole in the fly automatically forms an awning) and are best suited for summer use and conditions that are "less windy", since the awning fly can sometimes be a real "wind catcher". In slow, non-windy rains, the door windows can be kept open because the awning provides some protection from the falling rain. Taurus tents have full coverage flys, which give the best rain, snow, and wind protection. To increase ventilation, the vestibule zippers can be unzipped ... either a few inches up from the bottom, which gives you a little opening and still lots of coverage ... or most of the way to the top, giving the most ventilation, but obviously the least coverage. Full coverage vestibule flys, like those on the Taurus tents, are really good in windy conditions because the vestibules act line "guy out points", both anchoring the tent/fly and shedding the wind. Lower Sidewall Mesh - Meramac tents (both standard and ZF models) have lower sidewall mesh. The idea is that awning fly tents are more "summer oriented" and therefore want the most ventilation, and adding mesh to the sidewalls helps to increase air flow in hot, muggy weather. Taurus tents have little or no lower sidewall mesh ... standard Taurus tents have an "elliptical shaped" section of mesh in the center of the sidewalls and Outfitter Taurus tents don't have any lower sidewall mesh at all.

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