MEC Longueuil

So MEC, why’d you have to wait until I moved away to open on the South Shore? I’m telling you, you lost out on lots of my $$$. Actually, you seem to be doing a pretty good job in taking my money, even if I don’t live so close these days.
I like this location over the Marche Central one (St Denis doesn’t even qualify for this race!) because it’s a lot less hectic to get to, and is easy to stop into on my way to visit friends and family. It’s a little bit smaller than Marche Central, and thus doesn’t carry as much, but overall it still has a good selection. In particular I find the staff are great! Friendly and helpful if you approach them, but not jumping on top of you either. I’ve been encouraged to take off my shoes and get into tents and sleeping bags to try them out. I have a MEC employee to thank for the suggestion to buy a compression bag for my sleeping bag … and a demonstration on how useful they are. That really sold me. There was no hard sell or «you NEED this!», just a suggestion and a demo. I like that.
All the good stuff being said I find like any store there are seasons where I love everything, and others not so much. I like their house brand clothes, but sometimes the colours are just ugly. Other times they are great! I was buying a fleece jumpsuit for my infant recently, and was a little bummed that the only options were bright pink, or bright blue. Whatever happened to a nice green or orange, something a little less gender specific? Some of the other kids clothes had better colour schemes. At least they had what I was looking for, that’s better than most places. I can definitely see him wearing this for awhile, and it was much better made than some of the alternatives.