# Great Catalogs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822 "2004-01-16T19:22:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/41 "2004-02-08T02:17:50Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > Unfortunately, we’ve had some negative experiences with Garrett Wade. We also visited their store in Manhattan and found them to be rather jerkish. > > Lee Valley/Veritas is fabulous, though! We order from them all the time. We actually did most of our Christmas shopping from there. Their service is great, their prices are very fair, and their packaging is environmentally friendly. They have 3 catalogs: Hardware, tools, and garden stuff. > > Another nice tool catalog is [Hartville Tool](http://www.hartvilletool.com/). We regularly order from them as well. They have some unusual things in there, and it’s nice to look at. > > Some other favorites: > > [Tilley Endurables](http://www.tilley.com/): The best hats in the whole wide world! (I’m partial to the T3) I’ve never purchased their clothing, but I hope to do so soon. Their customer service is fabulous. But most of all, their catalog is a great read. > > [Travelsmith](http://www.travelsmith.com/ts/home.jsp): Travel clothing and accessories. Practically everything is machine washable and wrinkle resistant. > > [ULine](https://www.uline.com/index.asp): I love browsing this catalog. Who knew cardboard boxes and baggies came in so many sizes? > > [Conney Safety Products](http://www.conney.com/): This is a fun one to browse, but we actually order from them fairly often. They are a great source for things to go into first-aid kits–like individually wrapped doses of medication. > This is a great thread idea! Thanks. I love to read specialty catalogs of all types, and I’m always asking people if I can see catalogs specific to their profession. (My optician just gave me a really cool one. Wow, there are a lot of pliers out there for opticians.) I can always look online, of course, but it’s hard to know which are the good catalogs and which ones are overpriced, etc. > > So if folks want to post what some of their profession-specific catalots are, I’d appreciate it. > > One I need in particular: Does anyone know of any catalogs that sell medical/surgical/hospital equipment to non-medical people. I specifically need a couple of the glass jars that docs use in their offices. I also find that surgical instruments (scissors, tweezers) are way better for craft work than the tools sold to crafters, and I’d like to see what’s available. And I’d like a really big laundry hamper. I see those around hospitals… **Greenbean** , I just wanted to let you know that my hat arrived and I love it! I’m a MAD and we’ve recently gotten through a lot of soggy weather that usually ends up with me getting soaked. Not this time! I chose a hat with a 3 ½ brim which kept my glasses dry and the rest of me as well. I’ve got a large head and nothing in the stores around here would fit. Plus, I got compliments on at least two different people on how great my hat looked. I thought I’d look dorky, but if the hat worked, I’d get over it. The hat cost about $62.00, but at least I didn’t waste my time with cheap imitators. Thanks again for your suggestion! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/42 "2004-02-08T06:54:57Z")
two favorite book catalogues AMOK/KOMA (I’m not sure they issue one any more) and LOOMPANICS Gotta give credit to Sub-Genius Rev Ivan Stang’s HIGH WEIRDNESS BY MAIL for turning me on to these. ---
**Author:** ![toque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9e8a1a/32.png) [@toque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toque)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/43 "2004-02-08T22:32:45Z")
My favorite plant catalog is Seeds of Change: [http://www.seedsofchange.com/](http://www.seedsofchange.com/) And Taschen is always interesting: [http://www.taschen.com/](http://www.taschen.com/) ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/44 "2004-02-08T23:13:23Z")
Favorite book catalogue is A Common Reader (I think it’s [www.commonreader.com](http://www.commonreader.com)). For kids’ furniture, etc., I love Pottery Barn Kids, but I’ve never been able to afford a single thing from their catalogue. Bas Bleu is another interesting book catalogue, but it’s much shorter than Common Reader. The Dover Catalogue has inexpensive books and great stickers, paper dolls, and coloring books. Our toy catalogue of choice is C. Foster Toys. We’ve ordered so many interesting games from them. I also love looking through Restorations Hardware for interesting hardware, lighting, etc. for the house. Coming Home, the Lands’ End home catalogue, has some good stuff on sale, although the regular price of their home stuff is too steep for us. The quality of their sheets, etc. is excellent. Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/45 "2004-02-09T01:58:08Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > two favorite book catalogues > > AMOK/KOMA (I’m not sure they issue one any more) > > and > > LOOMPANICS > > Gotta give credit to Sub-Genius Rev Ivan Stang’s HIGH WEIRDNESS BY MAIL for turning me on to these. Ooh, another High Weirdness fan! After I got the book, YEARS ago, just before the internet metatasized, I wrote to Stang, sending him info on a group for his “hate groups” chapter. It was the Phelps clan, and he hadn’t heard of them yet. I even got a really funny letter back from him! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/46 "2004-02-09T13:46:08Z")
One I love is [www.practica.com](http://www.practica.com) . Cool kitchen and home stuff. I’ve spent a small fortune with them. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822/47 "2004-02-09T16:05:43Z")
Ah, yesssss…I loves me my catalogs. Here’s another one. Need to square up the walls of a miniature house? Make plastic look like rust? find anchor chains for your scale model of the _Bounty_? [http://www.micromark.com](http://www.micromark.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-catalogs/224822.md?page=2)