Picky Picky Picky Store

Unfortunately I was in a hurry, so I couldn’t check out everything they had to offer, but let me start by saying this is the best outdoor equipment store I’ve ever been to!
I happened to be there during a time of fairly steep discounts (20% off all cutting edges). They have an astounding selection of knives. In fact, they have the biggest selection of knives of any store I’ve ever been to. All high-​quality stuff like ESEE, Benchmade and Gerber.
They also have many high-​quality axes and hatchets like Gränsfors Bruk, which are hand forged in Sweden.
I could have spent hours in all the corners of this store. They have literally everything you could ever need for any outdoor excursion you could think of! I had to pick up a bunch of stuff that I unfortunately lost earlier in my trip, and I ended up with much better gear than I had before.
I would almost consider making the 5 hour trek to get there from time to time just because it is THAT good.

Love the Outlet store! My bf can’t get enough of it, he’s always going in to see what’s new or find a treasure he may have missed last time.

Excellent priceing staff is friendly clean store without all the clutter the womans shooes is something that could use some work though parking is right next to the store so convenient…

This is a five star for the guys in the surplus store (not the clothing outlet!). It does not matter how I am dressed (dressed up to go out to dinner or in my grubbies working) nor my attitude (want to dwaddle and shop or give-​me-​my-​shit-​fast-​so-​I-​can-​get-​out), these guys are always up beat and take me right where I need to find what I am looking for. They always answer my questions no matter how dumb or flip, they give me respectful, serious answers. So rare! I greatly appreciate their golden customer service!

This is quite the outdoor place. I got some backpacking stuff from here and they do carry freeze dried foods, thermals, and thermarests (this is in response to a post from 2009). They have expanded from one to three stores in just a few years (pretty impressive). They have everything a natural science person needs and now my whole wardrobe is from this store. For the most part they are on par or below retail prices. They have a great return policy and I’ve actually called in a «hold» on sweater for my sister when I was out of town visiting her and realized that the sweater I got her was too small. Quality stuff and a good staff if you are patient enough to let them help you (they get really busy there sometimes).

I don’t understand some of the negative reviews here. Maybe from competing businesses?
I’ve been shopping at Picky Picky Picky for years, back when they were primarily a military surplus store, through them becoming a «work outfitter» store, to them finally opening a dedicated surplus/​military store next door to the original location.
Odd complaint in a negative review #1: Small selection of women’s clothes. WHAT? Their selection of women’s clothing is larger than their selection of men’s clothing. I suppose if you count all the unisex Carhartt jackets, etc as «men’s» clothing then there would be a smaller women’s section, but this store is the #1 spot my wife buys her clothes specifically because of the selection of more durable brands than the junk that stores at the mall carry.
Odd complaint in a negative review #2: Poor customer service/​lack of staff. This place usually has 5 or 6 employees working in the main store at all times, and two in the surplus/​military store next door (it’s much smaller). I’ve never had to wait, except on the few weekends a year when they do their big warehouse sales and seasonal clearances, at which point the place is so packed you’re lucky to get through the aisles let alone get through a register without having a wait a little. Stores like Sears and Kohl’s get you through so quickly because they’re big box stores that likely don’t even turn a profit individually, whose staff’s wages are supported by the profitability of other stores owned by the parent company. Those stores are overstaffed and can afford to be due to buying power. Maybe this reviewer doesn’t understand how local stores and other SMBs work?
Odd complaint in a negative review #3: Can’t find freeze-​dried food or a Thermarest in an «outdoor outfitter» store. Uhm… these guys have never, ever advertised as an outdoor outfitter. They’re a work outfitter, and prior to that a military surplus store. They sell mostly Carhartts, Dickies, various boots and coveralls, gloves, etc. They’re not an outdoor store. I realize this review is from 2009, so they caught the store when they were just a work outfitter and hadn’t opened the military surplus store next door yet. In the current surplus store, they do have freeze-​dried foods and Thermarests, though honestly there are better places in the county to buy them. Again, Picky Picky Picky isn’t advertising themselves as an outdoor or camping store. It’s a clothing store, with some accessories.
Odd complaint in a negative review #4: Carhartt prices are above retail. This reviewer then compares the prices to Costco’s prices on Carhartts. The Carharrts carried at Costco, just like the Snap-​On tools they have there, are made differently and more cheaply than the Carhartts you buy from a real Carharrt dealer. Also, Picky Picky Picky’s Carhartt prices are below retail and always have been (though you will get a much better deal online if you know what size you want already).
Odd complaint in a negative review #5: Fitting rooms are locked. Uh, DUH. This store is located in downtown Eureka, which is populated by homeless crazies and tweakers. What do you expect? This is a local business that has to keep losses to a minimum in order to stay in business and keep competitive prices. They can’t afford to have a bunch of stuff stolen from them all the time like the big box stores can. I’m sure the fitting room doors are locked so that they can count how many items you take in, and how many you take out. As a comparison, some of the big box stores lock their fitting rooms as well, such as Ross at the mall (or at least they used to, I admit I haven’t been in their fitting rooms for a few years).
I’ve always found the staff to be friendly and helpful. I buy most of my clothes there, some of my tactical gear from the surplus store next door, and most of my shoes at the main store. The prices aren’t as good as you can get online in most cases, but they’re better than any other store in town for the brands carried, that’s for sure. I just bought a Benchmade there yesterday, and on Amazon I would have only saved about ~$ 14 over buying it locally, plus shipping (which may or may not have been more than $ 14… probably not), so I think it was a good deal.
Also, if you go to one of their warehouse sales, try to get there really early unless you’re REALLY BIG. What I mean is, their warehouse sales are almost always nothing but 2XL, 3XL, and above sizes if you get there after 11:00AM or so because the stuff in «normal» sizes (Medium, etc) go REALLY quick.

This place has a great selection for being in humboldt. They have almost anything you need to be a master outdoorsman.

Great stuff. Sometimes a little pricey but they are local and makes a difference to me. Career to local growers it would seem.

This is the best store on the north coast for outdoor clothing and such. They have a fantastic selection of boots, socks, clothing and other gear. Its where I go for nearly all my outdoor gear needs, heading there now in fact.

I love shopping here for my Husband, lots of good quality stuff and huge selection.
The main reason of why this place only gets a 3 and not higher: GET A BIGGER WOMEN’S SECTION. There’s so much inventory in this store that they had to open a second location right next door just to fit everything and yet, hardly anything for women. What they do have is so ridiculously priced and it’s such a small section that it gets irritating. It also gets boring only walking around looking at men’s stuff and work clothes that only include scrubs or stuff for hard labor. I’d like to get a nice pair of Carhartt’s too!!!

Very nice store. They have everything! Best place in town for Work Boots and Work apparel.

Extremely overpriced compared to local competitors such as Redwood Marine when it comes to Bogs, Ridiculous! Carhartt prices are above retail, which sucks when you try to shop local and not at Costco, but for 40% cheaper I have to.

absolutely awesome place ! need BIG sizes. & popular brands. check them out!

Part outdoors outfitters, part military surplus would be the most apt description of Picky Picky Picky. My brother and I were about to embark on a four day backpacking trip to the Lost Coast. We had all the necessary gear short of some 550lb para-​cord, which thankfully PPP had in abundance.
There’s a good amount of clothing to pick through, yes pun intended. We found surplus military jackets from Russia, Germany, Holland, Sweden and more. Towards the front of the store is an ancient German jackhammer that runs on diesel. This relic was going for $ 2500! On your way out, you may want to snap a pic or two with the massive G.I. statue in the front window for gags.

Looking for outdoor stuff that’s cheap? You’ve found it. Last time I was there (last year), PPP was the only place in town that had punk rock styled belts that fit my pants (Hot Topic was a total wash). I also found some carryone camoflague luggage for under $ 20, and a cool lighter that I still use every day.

Lame lame lame.
Yeah, I don’t know about this place. It touts itself as an outdoor outfitter store.
We went here to try and pick up some freeze-​dried camping food, thermals, and a Thermarest. We ended up scoring 1 of 3.
They only had some MRE meals (but they weren’t full MRE’s, they were just the main dishes without the «heater» and Charms candy — what fun is that!).
When we asked them where their Thermarests were, they had puzzled looks on their faces, looked at each other, and then looked at us again, with a «huh?» expression.
Would have liked to have bought some stuff at this local business, but it was for naught. Ended up going to a Big 5 on the way out of town.