Hi, I'm Dave and I'm addicted to Snow Peak.
It all started in Hollister, California years ago when I ran into this pusher in camp named Joey. There was piles of the stuff on tables, Snow Peak tables, in Snow Peak tents with Snow Peak lights. He started the conversation by offering me beverages and snacks served on titanium. Snow Peak titanium from Japan.
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Cooking it on the coolest stove and table setup in the world - the Iron Grill Table set. I'd never seen anything like it.
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See, Joey wasn't just any street pusher, he was THE guy in North America representing Snow Peak back in Nippon. I'd met "the source" and was several levels above the street from day one.
That would be my undoing.
Because Joey made me a deal I could not refuse that night. Truth is, I have a problem. I collect camp stoves. And lights. And tents. And...
... stuff. So he had me at hello when I saw it. A Snow Peak Baja Burner. See, I like single burner stoves. And this one was SHINY. Made from aluminum and stainless steel with brass in just the right places. Sexy. Long legs and all.
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In the words of Sir Mixalot, I was sprung on the cat.
So I forked over my $150 and brought home my first piece of Snow Peak gear. And it became my precious. Still have it to this day, although my daughter likes to think it's hers. But... We needs it. It's OURS...
I've bought a LOT of it. Some I liked some I could live without. The double wall titanium camp cup goes everywhere with me. This is a single wall below. Because the double wall is unobtainium. Unless you get lucky and score one.
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I can live without the hipster clothes though. But the good stuff... man, it's hard to get enough. Especially when it's unobtainium. When it's the best.
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Along the way I've had what some would say a pretty good hoard of Snow Peak but I've thinned it out a lot over the last 3 years. Now it's all plates and silverware and lights and table and chairs. The IGT is long gone. But we still has the Precious.
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It started right here on version 2.0 of the Tacoma... added a Snow Peak cutting board and cups and it all went downhill from here.
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And just when you think the monkey is off your back, you know, because you've kicked for awhile, along comes that one friend. You know, the one that offers you drinks when you're on the wagon and stuff. That guy.
Well in this story of Snow Peak addiction that guy is Mark aka
@Trump because he is in Japan right now and occasionally regales me with tales of the different Snow Peak stores there (think Japanese REI on steroids) and once in awhile sends a shiny bauble my way. My collection of rare unobtainium stainless steel Snow Peak cups has exploded, rekindling my desire for yet more rare Snow Peak items.
CAUTION: The following photos may give Snow Peak addicts a terrible jones.
Know that you will never have these.
Unless you or a friend travel to Japan and visit these stores in different cities...
... unless you or a good amigo make the Pilgrimage.
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Stackable. Nesting. Stainless. I have 6 but will only show you 3 so as to not send
@Yuman Desert Rat into siezures by wantonly displaying all SIX here in one photo.
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You know what they say, once an addict, always an addict.
What's your Snow Peak addiction story?
