Battle of the Salcombe Jackets!

So it's the battle of Salcombe's 2 premier clothes outlets:

Quba vs Crew!

Round 1: Price
Quba: £375 (yes that's right £375)
Crew: £175

Winner by a country mile: Crew - in fact you can buy a white one a blue one and still have £25 left to spend in the KA!

Round 2 Robustness:
Quba: - Pretty heavy duty although the main zip has always been a problem and the pockets in my 3 year old one have started to come unsticthed
Crew: Brilliant, heavy duty zips with waterproof coverings and heavy duty stitching

Winner: Crew

Round 3 Waterproof abilities:

Quba: my 3 year old jacket is fairly waterproof in a quick shower but tends to soak up water in prolonged rain.
Crew: Excellent, you could chuck a bucket of water over me and I would stay dry!

Winner: Easily Crew

Round 4 Buying Experience::

Quba: Really good, lovely shop, great staff.
Crew: Lack of staff in shop, lack of stock in shop. Had to order on the web, no stock, phone help was useless. I had to ring around shops myself to locate the one I wanted.

Winner: Quba - EASILY!

Round 5 Coolest jacket?
Quba: A real sailing image, although the jacket has become synonymous with rich people over Summer 2007. Still, they look good and have a great range of colours.
Crew: This is the original Salcombe brand! They have been through something of a revamp lately, ditching the awful pastel coloured, starched collar rugby shirts and becoming more of a outdoors clothing company. A move for the better. These new GBR 07 jackets are superb!

Winner: A close call but is it possibly just Crew? I am sitting on the fence here.


So the OVERALL WINNER is undoubtedly Crew, although they could learn a thing or two about customer service! Come on Alastair sort it out.