REI

Love this place. I could seriously go in debt with REI. They’re products are great quality and they have a great guarantee to back it up. Every time we have been in we found what we wanted and received great service.
Before leaving Charleston my husband found a pair of shoes on clearance in his size. Worried they might be gone before we got there, he called and was able to have them held for him.
When we got there we bought him and my daughter waterproof hiking shoes and some energy bars for our hike.

I recently moved to the upstate area from northern Arizona. I loved the REI where I was at and was skeptical I would like this one as much. I was wrong. The staff is extremely helpful and very friendly. I have only been able to attend one class at this location, but am hoping to get to a few in 2016. I love this company and its priority in customer satisfaction.

Staff is super knowledgable and friendly. I bought some climbing ropes and gear and prices beat the Internet. Would recommend these guys to any outdoor nuts.

REI is what an outdoors store should be like! In Canada we have MEC but I would concur REI and this location have their game on when it comes to retailing and selection. They have a standup offering of clothes mixed in with outdoor camping gear and basically anything you will think of or need when shopping for hiking or camping. Prices also are very reasonable!
They also have a cool selection of some outdoor gadgets and items to keep your gear ready when out on the hike or camp or make the experience more palatable!
On the wall on the left side is a good variety of bags — packs and sleeping bags.
Over on the other side is Thule racks and some cycling related paraphernalia. In the centre is all clothing and jackets!
The difference between REI and Cabella’s is REI in my opinion caters to the hiker– camper– cyclist while Cabella’s market’s to the hunter– fisherman — boater. Sure both groups could be sporting a beard but there are somewhat fundamental differences in the species!
Great Gear, great selection and reasonably priced!

I absolutely love my REI–
Their price and selection will make you cry!
The service: always friendly, the stores always big–
You‘ll be outside everyday trying out your new digs!
Come on down to REI for winter, sport, and camping gear,
you can get lost in all the super cool stuff here!

There’s an R.E.I. in Greenville now, so you don’t have to drive to Atlanta to get your gear on. REI, if you haven’t seen it before, is an outdoor activity outfitter, jam-​packed with high-​tech sporting equipment. In fact, it’s OOZING high tech. There is something here for every kind of outdoor activity you could want, whether it’s day hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, camping, snow boarding, mountain climbing, spelunking, or just the occasional cow tipping. REI offers a very wide selection of products. For example, if you are into hiking, you’ll find footwear, all manner of outdoor clothing, hiking staves, wide mouth Nalgene bottles, back packs, Camelbak and Osprey hydration bags, Katadyn water filtration devices, Suunto and Brunton compasses, GPS devices, National Geographic topographical maps, plus anything else you’d care to put into a backpack or butt pack such as their outstanding REI Stormproof matches (see «REI Match Test» on Youtube), a Light My Fire Swedish firesteel, various and sundry knives, first aid kits, flash lights, rain gear, dehydrated foods, Gerber folding saws (in case you get your arm caught under a boulder), and more. I guess you could say they’ve got just about anything you’d care to have to make your encounter with Nature as safe and comfortable as possible. The Greenville location appears to offer items in the same categories as the Atlanta store, but it looks like it offers fewer items. They have city and mountain bikes, for example, but you’ll see maybe ten here whereas Atlanta has scores of them. The staff seems helpful and knowledgeable. If there is a down side to this chain, I’d say it is the high prices. If you are a comparison shopper, you may find many of the items in this store are overpriced, and you may find them cheaper at other venues in Greenville or online. They want you to pay $ 20 to become a lifetime REI member to take advantage of sales, but the discount isn’t that much – it’s something like 10%. Yawn. I’m not certain, but I suspect R.E.I. stands for Really Expensive Items. However, if you take advantage of sales, this would be a good place to shop for that special someone, that recreational outdoorsman, boy scout, an admirer of the TV show Dual Survival, or that doomsday survivalist in your life holed up in a cave.