This place has consistently missed the mark over the years when I have gone to buy essential items. It is the VERY rare occasion that they actually have the item that I'm looking for. For instance, just recently I went there to buy camp fuel for a Jetboil stove and they didn't have it. Yesterday I went in to get a lightweight backpacking tarp and all they had was the very heavy types of tarps that you would find at Walmart that no idiot would be found carrying into the woods due to the crazy weight of such a tarp. I have also gone in to buy MSR Sweetwater purification drops and you guessed it, they didn't have them.
They are a friendly bunch and will always offer to order something if they don't have it, but that really defeats the purpose of me going there in the first place. I already have an Amazon Prime account and I have the internet so I can order anything I would like. The only reason I go to Half-Moon is when I am in a pinch and don't have time to order an item and wait for it to show up, like a day I am packing and leaving for a a camping trip. While they do have a decent selection of tents usually, I find that this is the type of "outfitter" that is really geared towards selling high-end fashionable outdoor clothes to rich college kids. If you need an $85 pair of shorts that look nice when you are walking around campus but really have no function out in the woods, then this is the place for you. If you are the type of person who actually needs quality and functional outdoor gear for backpacking and other such outdoor activities then you may just want to go ahead and purchase said items online or drive to REI in Atlanta. I actually find that Dick's Sporting Goods and Academy typically have more of the basics like camp fuel and the other items I mentioned above. You may get lucky if you go into Half-Moon Outfitters, but I certainly wouldn't count on it. I would have given this place one star if the staff hadn't been so friendly, so I bumped it up to two stars to be generous. There is simply no excuse for not having such essential items at a place that claims to be an outfitter. Again, I have left empty-handed on numerous occasions and I certainly wouldn't recommend that you waste your time. read more