Clothing

5.11-TACTICAL Tactical Vest

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Sunday, 15 April 2007 05:24

Sorry I know the placement is confusing, but despite the name, most of my visitors do not think of this item when they hear tactical vest. In the past these vests have been known as safari or photo vests. For a low weight vest, this is great for the range. I can't say I like to look very much and it is by no means low-profile, but the pocket placement makes it functional and easy to use.

5.11-TACTICAL Utili-T Crew, Three Pack

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Sunday, 15 April 2007 05:22

Another simple, but great product. 100% ringspun, 4.5-oz. cotton makes this shirt soft and comfortable. The shirt also has moisture-wicking properties to help keep the sweat off you when commonly used as a under-shirt. There is plenty of length so tucking in is easy and your able to adjust bagginess. The tag is printed rather than sewn guaranteeing no tag annoyance. Sold in 3 packs and crew or v-neck, these are very practical and affordable. Currently available in white, black, ACU-UCP tan, and navy.
Recommended place of purchase: <www.lapolicegear.com>

5.11-TACTICAL Response Jacket

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Monday, 02 April 2007 05:21

This is just a quick overview with updates to come. From my use so far I find this jacket to be a great lightweight windbreaker. It really makes a difference on those days that aren't really that cold, but have rampant wind. The hand pockets are zippered and I like the chest area velcro side opening pockets a lot. Extra side pockets are in the interior of the jacket. Now what sets this jacket apart from others is that it can go from a very casual looking jacket to an organization jacket using the removeable and concealable ID pannels.

5.11-TACTICAL Tactical Long Sleve Shirt - Cotton

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Monday, 02 April 2007 05:20

This shirt makes for a nice fusion of a common work shirt and a BDU shirt. This version is mostly comprised of 5.4-oz. cotton canvas, but 4.7-oz. nylon ripstop is also available. Cargo style pockets are on the chest along with great side opening velcro chest pockets. The left shoulder has 2 sleeves for pens or similar items and the reinforced collar has a button down ability.

SPECWARGEAR : Pants

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 07:04

SPECWARGEAR : Pants
-I need to take pics and do a propper review, but wanted to make sure and note that I have 2 specwargear pants which I've been wearing constantly for about a year and I find them to be the best full featured pants I've ever used, and so far seen.
Links: <specwargear.com> - <emdomusa BDU>

ICE-TACTICAL Advanced BDU Pants MC:

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 05:19

-Took forever to get these, but finally got them in recently. I'll be beating up on them so I can give a more thorough review, till then here are some first impressions. I enjoy the nice big side pockets and I find the back pockets to be an improvement over the CP style ones with a bonus pull tab and uses 2 pieces of velcro rather than 1. The double way zipper is clearly a win for droppn liquids on demand.

MULTI-CAMO Crye Precision replica BDU top and pants

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 05:18

Since the ICE TAC pants took so long to get I assumed I had been robbed, I ordered up some Chinese Crye Precision replica pants. After shipping and all of that, the BDU top was only $15 more if I got it, so I went ahead and scored that too. For starters, yes I said multicamo which is apparently what they are calling the Chinese copy of multicam. Since I don't own orignal CP I can only talk about what I have, but they do appear to have all pockets/features of the original CP BDUs.

MULTI-CAMO - MULTICAM : Quick comparision

Details: Category: Clothing; Created: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 05:17

-While here I bet you are wondering what the difference of this so called multicamo is from multicam. I don't have a huge swatch, but I did see key patterns that hint towards a near exact copy rather than a remix. Upon first view, the multicamo is a little more saturated and just looks "new". After a couple washes, I bet the colors will be extremely similar. You can't tell unless you are about 2 feet away, but other notable differences are that the multicamo fades are a little more "dotty". Also some parts have edge halos of color change in which the dark browns can get a little lighter and the greens can get a little darker.