Defender Marine is exceptional

[Chotu]

Defender is pedestrian.

Same exact prices as west marine at this point.

First pic is Defender website.

Second pic is West Marine website.

West marine is slightly better at this point because they have local stores.

[Renegde_Sailor]

Originally Posted by Jammer

I used to buy all my stuff at Defender and have for the most part switched to Fisheries Supply for the reasons stated upthread. I'm in Minnesota where there aren't any local chandleries with meaningful depth of inventory.


I use Hodges for electronics.

I was getting stuff from Defender, then their website got hacked, and my credit card got stolen which was a huge mess, and I think that is what probably precipitated the buyout.

Now like you I am pretty much Fisheries as a first stop, and have bought so much from them on my account I am getting amazing prices on most things, although I still do shop it around because at times on certain things Amazon can be cheaper.