outdoor gear brand store · since 2025
Rab
British mountain-kit brand's US flagship, a few doors up from REI
Note: this place moved.
Rab is the British down and hardshell brand, and this is its US flagship - a small, tightly edited store carrying only what Rab makes: down jackets, GORE-TEX shells, sleeping bags, packs. Getting it open took a fight. Rab sued to void the lease in late 2024 over the landlord's construction delays, said in court it had banked on trading through the holiday season, then settled and moved in during 2025. Staff climb and ski and will talk fill power for as long as you let them.
Why go. One brand, done properly, when REI down the block is too many choices.
It's a brand store, not a comparison shop - price-check against REI two doors away before you commit.
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