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Northbound Gear Reviews Summary

Northbound Gear has a rating of 3.2 stars from 1,671 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Northbound Gear most frequently mention adventure pants, customer service and good quality. Northbound Gear ranks 5th among Outdoor Clothing sites.

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returns
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quality
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California
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Expect long delivery
April 14, 2023

The delivery seems to stuck in one area, update not prompt. In summary, took longer than expected.

Northbound Gear attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: March 15, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Drop ship only
April 14, 2023

Long lead time. Should inform customers you are a drop ship company only and country articles are sourced from!

Date of experience: March 15, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Received too late
April 13, 2023

First off.I Do like the 2 prs of pants. However, shipping took so long that I was back from my hiking trip before they even arrived.
Still waiting to hear if pants in my husband's sizes are available. Have been checking Weekly for about 2 months now…

Date of experience: March 14, 2023
GB
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Another great buy
March 14, 2023
Updated review

GREAT, RETURNING CUSTOMER SO THAT SAYS IT ALL.BOUGHT A SMALLER SIZE IN TROUSERS AND STILL BIG SO I WOULD ADVISE ORDER 2 SIZES SMALLER

Date of experience: March 14, 2023

GREAT, RETURNING CUSTOMER SO THAT SAYS IT ALL
February 9, 2023
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GREAT, RETURNING CUSTOMER SO THAT SAYS IT ALL

Date of experience: February 9, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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Happy
March 14, 2023

A bit of a long delivery lead time. Love the jacket.

Date of experience: March 14, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Looks good
March 14, 2023

Haven't had a chance to use it yet or test out its durability. Seemed well made with an inner lining and was quite comfortable to wear (only tried it on...couldn't use it). I usually wear pants that are size 32x32 and ordered the same but they were a little loose for me. Needed to size down to a 30 (waist)x32(in seem) instead and have shipped back my pants. Given the relatively longer shipping times, not sure I'm going to get a replacement before my hiking trip. If you can get this on sale for CAD 120ish, totally worth it. Anything more than that...not sure.

Date of experience: March 14, 2023
Nevada
1 review
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Love the products. Ordered a pair of the adventure pants. Incredibly warm and cozy and comfortable. Promptly ordered about another three or four pairs (still waiting on the summer pants so not sure of their quality/comfort yet) and the jacket and am pretty much in them all the time.

Only complaint is the web site hangs up some times at the check out page when signed in. Click the buy now button and the circle spins and doesn't advance- so have to check out as a guest. And delivery takes a bit longer than preferred. Don't expect to get them in a couple of days- seems to take about 4-5 weeks as they're coming direct from China.

But all that being said- worth the hang ups and slow delivery. Took the dogs for hikes in the snow and was perfectly warm. Absolutely recommend them.

Date of experience: March 13, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Great pants
March 13, 2023

Just have to lose a few pounds, otherwise the pants are awesome :P

Date of experience: March 13, 2023
Costa Rica
1 review
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Everything as expected
March 13, 2023

Got the two pairs of gloves and everything is as expected

Date of experience: March 13, 2023
Illinois
1 review
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Quite good
March 13, 2023

I ordered the weatherproof tactical jacket and unfortunately the smallest size was a bit too big for me (I'm a female 170 cm tall and thin but not skinny). I'm a little disappointed that their sizes for this jacket do not cater to women adequately. But the jacket itself is great! Supreme quality and worth the price. Unfortunately I had to return it.

Date of experience: March 13, 2023
Michigan
1 review
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March 12, 2023

I really like the pants I ordered. I was a bit put off by the length of time it took to receive them. I kept getting new email offers before I received the pants. I could hardly take you up on any of the offers because I didn't know if I liked them yet.

Date of experience: March 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Explorer pants
April 11, 2023

Bought the Explorer summer men's pants. Size 34 waist and 32 leg as I usually buy(actually I get 33/32 in most cases when 33 waist is available). Waist was ok ( note they come with elastic band) however crotch was abnormally long resulting in length from crotch (drooping) to leg bottom resulting in baggy fitting in front and a longer than normal length.

Northbound's policy says one had to pay for return if not defective, and after several discussions the manufacturer said not defective.

Return postage costs were $21 plus tax so makes a return hardly cost effective with this cost and $5 fee for return. So not returned and I'm out $100.

These pants might fit you if you like them as high riders and/or have at least a 33 leg length. Otherwise choose another design and clothing supplier.

Northbound Gear attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: March 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Great shopping experience and love that you plant a tree. I love that your company plants a tree for every purchase.

Date of experience: March 12, 2023

Great shopping experience and love that you plant a...
February 10, 2023
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Great shopping experience and love that you plant a tree

Date of experience: February 10, 2023
Wisconsin
1 review
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Pants are stretchy.
March 12, 2023

I found these pants to be stretchy, and would recommend ordering a size smaller for waist if you're between sizes. I'm not carried away with the orange zippers, but the pants are comfy!

Date of experience: March 12, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Jacket Olive Green
March 11, 2023

Nice looking jacket but fits small. I wear a Large but the jacket fits tight like a Medium. Not sure if I'm willing to purchase a larger jacket.

Date of experience: March 11, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Delivery time
March 11, 2023

As I have purchased several items from you I was not surprised by how long delivery took. Wish you could speed it up through customs.

Date of experience: March 11, 2023
Canada
1 review
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Pants
March 10, 2023

Great service thankyou
Yes great service if i asked a question you were on it.emails with answers thankyou.Dorothy

Date of experience: March 10, 2023
Maine
2 reviews
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Kayak pants
March 10, 2023

Item exactly as described, very comfortable. Website easy to work with.

Date of experience: March 10, 2023
Canada
1 review
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The delivery was longer than usual, about 2 weeks, instead of 1 usually. I ordered a medium size jacket but it fit more like a small...

Date of experience: March 10, 2023
France
1 review
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Couple of issues with my experience. I saw a pair of lovely walking trousers on social media and linked to order on line. An intro discount voucher was offered so I filled in the detail but the 20% off voucher never arrived. I ordered the trousers anyway, spent £80 and took a while to arrive. They were lovely but too big so I wrapped them up hoping to get a replacement. That's when I discovered that I had to pay for return postage to Canada from the UK at a cost of £18. I contacted customer service and cancelled my replacement. Overall disappointed with the wasted time.

Date of experience: March 9, 2023

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Northbound Gear is a leader in water-resistant outdoor clothing, made tough with a strong commitment to the environment and the communities we work in.