I have gear from zpacks, ula, and enlightened equipment that was manufactured in the U.S. but I bought each item because it was the best on the market for my particular needs. U.S. Manufacturing is not dead but it doesn't make sense to manufacture cheap commodity goods here and manufacturers that succeed have gone up the value chain. I don't consider a $30 Wal-Mart sleeping bag competition for my zpacks bag that cost 13x or my EE bag that cost 10x but the majority of campers and hikers will go for low cost and that's ok.