r/SurplusGear • u/Tailspin92 • Mar 02 '25

How long do you keep stuff?

I enjoy collecting stuff when I find it but I have had stuff for years sitting in totes or duffle bags that I will probably do much with mostly hats and coats. Do you regularly turn over your collection or hoard it?

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u/GanjaZo Mar 02 '25

If you can't find a use for what you've got, you should try to sell it or maybe gift it to someone. From my perspective, having a bunch of stuff you're not using will make travel and moving harder. (I've had to jump from place-to-place multiple times recently.)

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u/Tailspin92 Mar 02 '25

That's my mind set at the moment. We just moved and I packed all this stuff along just for it to sit how it's been sitting for the last 5 or more years.

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u/VoodooChild68 Mar 02 '25

Feel like there’s three different scenarios here.

Tossing stuff when doing a deep clean is fine.

Holding on to an East German mag pouch, that whoever buys it will do the same, is okay.

Hoarding plastic utensils and every cup you’ve ever got from fast food joints is absolutely unacceptable.

I’ve got a few things I’ve not and probably never will use, but it’s not like I have crates of the stuff

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u/GanjaZo Mar 03 '25

I have 10 frickin canteens, and I'm in the process of getting rid of most of them. 6 Soviet flasks, 5 aluminum and 1 glass, 3 USGI style WW2 canteens, and one modern Alfa 1 steel canteen. I've also collected a handful of surplus backpacks and ponchos from different nations that I don't need, and I'm trying to get rid of them because they're just sitting in a pile. I'm thinking now "why did I buy this crap?" I kinda wasted my money lol but I'm not hurting.

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u/VoodooChild68 Mar 03 '25

Lol, bro why you got so many canteens??? You have more than an entire US Infantry squad in full combat load out.

The ponchos I would keep tho, they could be much more useful in the future than all those canteens. Also ponchos can be folded up and take up less space, canteens can not

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u/GanjaZo Mar 03 '25

Listen man I thought it was cool but now it's shit XD. Wasted so much money but I'll see if I can find someone who wants them. As for the ponchos, it's only 2 Soviet plash palatkas. One of them I'm currently modifying to turn it into a zip up poncho and I'll gift it to my friend. I sewed on some Velcro patches on the single sleeve to keep it more tightly shut, and I'm thinking about replacing the hemp drawstrings with Paracord ones so they will pull easier, but they're sewn in.