If you love the great outdoors or are gift-shopping for the outdoorsmen in your life, REI is a one-stop shop for all the best brands. REI notoriously forgoes a Black Friday event, presenting the #OptOutside campaign instead.

Patagonia, Hoka, The North Face, and more top brands are all up to 50 percent off Everywhere you look, Black Friday deals abound — except for REI, which celebrates the holidays with its own exclusive Winter Sale.

There's an REI Winter Sale happening right now that's basically an early Black Friday event. Why do I say that? Crazy deals and discounts. Come look. The post This REI Winter Sale is basically an early Black Friday event — You need to see these prices appeared first on The Manual.