MEC Montreal – Saint-Denis

Very small MEC and mostly clothes (fashionable and athletic) were sold. If you’ve been to other MEC locations, such as the one in Vancouver, you will be as disappointed as we were. You might be better off doing some online shopping!

Smaller version compared to Marche central. If they don’t have it in stock then ask the counter as they have extra stock out back in the store room. I was looking for some outdoor headbands that work wonders for a late Quebec fall– non snow winter but mild cold we have had for this fall of 2015. Selection is okay for outerwear. However as Mr. Khai has mentioned Marche Central is the place to go if you want the the whole enchilada MEC experience. This is the burrito light version of MEC. It suited my needs for my visit but much more selection is definitely had at Marche Central. MEC follows the Co-​op mentality. Buy a membership… Good for life and you can buy goods there. I bought my membership over 20 years ago and have moved two provinces since. Just update your profile in the system, and you are good to go. MEC was the place to go for a cheap polar fleece in the late 90’s and for reasonably priced outerwear. Now it has lost some of it’s cool and sexiness, but it’s still a functional outdoors store! It may not be as sleek and sexy as Arc’teryx North Face or Patagonia, but it’s still moderately cool in my books. Especially for the price in which goods are lower and more reasonable. Quality is still pretty good!

You have to choose your MEC shop carefully, depending on what you need. Honestly, I was kinda dissapointed by this store, as MEC seems to be a super big, outdoors sports business, which it is but at the one on Marche Central, and not st denis.
I was looking for waterproof case/​bag for my phone, and also I enjoy these kind of sports shop, so as the one on St. Denis is closer I went here first. But there’s literally nothing related to accessories here. It’s basically a sports clothing shop. So if you are looking for sports clothers, like tennis wear, or sports bra or something, yeah MEC St. Denis is a good shop, but if you are looking for anything else like equipment or bikes, or canoes, kayaks etc. go to the Marche Central store for sure.

this st-​denis boutique sucks donkey kong compare to its counterpart on marché central. not only is it smaller but its only clothes. no bikes or anything else. and with the surrounding competitors, i don’t see the point of this store other than buying online and getting it ship here for pick up if you live in the neighborhood.
its mostly empty on most days even though the staff is very friendly. selection is quite bare and there’s barely any sale/​discount which is totally different on the online shop.
and, since its a coop, you need to be a member to buy stuff. its $ 5 for a lifetime membership but seriously, i wouldn’t bother unless you’re looking to shop there often.
anyway, i did find what i was looking for even if i could buy it online. i didn’t want to wait days.
don’t bother shopping here. instead, buy online, ship it here for pick up or just go to marché central

Définitivement le magasin M.E.C. le plus inutile de tout l’univers connu.
J’adore Mountain Equipment COOP. J’y vais toujours. Mais pas cette boutique-​là. Elle né sert à rien.
Pour vous donner une idée, ça fait 2 fois que j’y vais avec l’idée de m’acheter des chaussures de plein-​air. Et ça fait 2 fois que je me fais dire qu’ils n’ont pas de chaussures (et rien d’autre relié au plein-​air d’ailleurs). Et les 2 fois, j’ai été à la boutique Courir à côté à la place.
Pourquoi je me suis fait avoir 2 fois? Parce que ça né me rentre pas DU TOUT dans la tête qu’un magasin M.E.C. né vende pas d’article de sport et de plein-​air! C’est leur raison d’être! Donc honnêtement, ils devraient juste donner un autre nom à cette boutique-​là en particulier.

ok, so there are two aspects that i have to take into account here:
1) as a store, this just isn’t «MEC» as i’ve known it. it’s pretty much just clothing, and quite frankly that’s the one thing that I think MEC really doesn’t excel at. So i would not recommend this store for somebody who was just going for a browse of what MEC has to offer.
2) that being said, i love that this store now exists, because i can order anything off the website free for pick-​up at the store. so in the past, when i needed bike lights, or even just a bike tube, i’d either need to pay inflated prices at boutique stores in the city, or trek all the way out to the MEC in the boonies.
so in all, i’m happy with this place, but only because i can mail any item I want off the website for pick-​up, for free.

Il n y a presque pas de vêtements de sport…

This just simply isn’t MEC… where’s the gear?! I dont go to MEC to browse for clothes. … And while you have my attention, how about that new logo? PUT THE MOUNTAIN BACK.

Oh little MEC on St Denis, I had such high hopes for you! I was expecting to find a miniature sized MEC store in a convenient location, something along the lines of Yeti but with the MEC house brand. Instead I walked in and felt like I was in any other oudoorsy/​sporty clothing boutique on St Denis. I will admit I was a little disappointed.
However since my first visit I have returned several times, and I am starting to see your place in the big scheme of things. I’m starting to understand that you are not just there to make us utilitarian MEC shoppers happy, those of us who walk into the store knowing exactly what we want, who them scratch our heads when all the waterproof breathables are not all stocked together, but are instead all over the store in attractive arrangements, you were created for the casual shopper who wants to browse. I get it. I go in when I don’t know what I want, and I want to look at pretty outdoorsy clothes. I go in when I know exactly what I want and have checked online and saw it was available in this location, and then I go in and hunt around for it, figuring the convenience of having it nearby offsets the having to hunt around.
So little MEC on St Denis, I get you. But I’m still a little disappointed MEC has yet to build a downtown accessible «big» store like they have in other cities, instead teasing city dwellers out to their suburban stores for the real deal.