We can easily say the Beyond ARX 2.0 Jacket and Pants are rated to survive all four seasons out here on the east coast of Canada. We have used it in torrential downpours during a hurricane, ice storms in the winter, and as a windbreaker when we needed a bit of warmth....
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The Tactical Drug Rug: a “combat hoodie” by All Skill No Luck
The “Tactical Drug Rug” (or “California Combat Hoodie”) has remained a favorite of our readers – support this former USMC vetrepreneur!
Tactical Poncho review: Hazard 4 Poncho Villa
Consider the poncho. Quite possibly one of the world’s oldest articles of clothing, and why not? It’s a simple garment to make. Find some material , preferably waterproof, or at least resistant, generally rectangular in shape, make a cut in the middle, poke your head...
Dead Bird, Gendarmes, and the Spirit of Rescue
Arc'teryx gear of any line is expensive. Damned expensive — and there's a reason for that. Not only do they use the best materials they can source (often developed in-house), they design everything with input from professionals whose lives literally hinge upon the...
Review: Tactical Distributors Inc TD Down Range Jacket
Matt gives us a look and some insights on the Down Range Jacket from Tactical Distributors. Mad Duo Review: Tactical Distributors Inc TD Down Range Jacket Matt Stagliano There was a time I slogged miles through snow, uphill both ways, to get to school. On those cold...
Review: Tactical Distributors Elite Hoodie 2.0
Review: Tactical Distributors Elite Hoodie 2.0 Dave Merrill I'll start by admitting I wasn't exactly in love with the Tactical Distributors (TD) Elite Hoodie 2.0 when I first saw it. Perhaps it was because it wasn't named after a Chuck Norris character like their...
The Jacket You Didn’t Know You Need: Propper Packable
The Jacket You Didn't Know You Needed: Propper Packable Unlined Wind Jacket Dave Merrill “There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing" -Alfred Wainwright Be it due to El Nino, La Nina, Global Warming Climate Change, Dzahui, or Chi Chongz, weather...
Arc’teryx: Area 51 of Outdoor Performance Apparel
Usually when we spend this much money on something we expect a blowjob out of it...but sometimes it's worth the money all by itself. This is one of those times. Mad Duo More so than many years previously 2015 brought us many new “innovative” outdoor performance...
Ultimate Field Poncho — Bushcraft Outfitters MEST
This, oh ye displaced back country refugees who push outside the wire or up into the hills to get away from civilization's tomfuckery, is the Bushcraft USA MEST™ Poncho. It is an improved version of the long classic (and sadly no longer ubiquitous) USGI poncho worn...
Review: Propper Packable Windshirt
You don't have to live upside down in the south Pacific to deal with occasional weather extremes (we'd argue it's because they deserve it, because everything there tries to kill you), so even those that live in sunny southern California may find some use in this. Mad...
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