Tan or OD with Multicam Uniform?

[Unconventional]

Khaki, Tan or MJK for dry to moxed vegetation seasons

Ranger Green, Smoke, OD for seasons with mixed vegetation to thicker foliage and tree seasons/locations

[Solid]

I personally use OD, but I see a lot more tan out there than anything. You'll prolly have more luck with OD in the woods out here than tan, but all up to you really.

[Rainmaker]

How's Specter Gear's quality? It seems to be very affordable but not "cheap" gear. @Jewish Ninja that website is waaaayyyyy out of my price range!

And what's the deal with khaki/coyote brown/tan/coyote tan? Every website I see lists their products as a different color than the next. Are there any brands that I shouldn't trust to have a consistant color?

[Darius137]

You're in Wisconsin so it really depends on where you're at.

In the Pacific Northwest, OD works best until you start playing further South towards Salem, where it still works best, but CB/Tan/RG/FG work *okay*.

Tan gear on MC would give you the Army look. If you're in a dry area, it'd be good for both effectiveness as well as thematic sense.

Whatever you do, make sure everyone does it so you look uniform and awesome.

[Jerm_G]

Here is a little bit more of a technical breakdown. Multicam works by creating an optical illusion on the eyes. It forces matching background shades forward and subduing the non- dominant shades of color. This means that if you are in a darker green background, the darker greens and browns will seem to visually pop more. In a lighter brown environment the lighter greens and browns will pop.

The color of your gear will stand out more in a counter contrasting background. Green will stand out in light brown backgrounds and light browns will stand out in green backgrounds. The trick is to A: match your gear to your chosen camo pattern which gives you the best blending possible, B: choose a darker brown (Coyote Brown) color that will blend well in both shades of environments, or C: pick a color that best matches the primary environment that you operate in.

In the north west we have drastic changes in terrain color not only by region but by season. summer and fall tend to be more light browns with a hint of light greens while winter and spring tend to be darker browns and greens. A good example of how one branch of service tackled this issue is the Marine Corps. They determined that one pattern was difficult to match most environments. They there fore adopted an arid type patter and a woodland type pattern. They also determined that the color brown was the most commonly occurring color and that a mid range, to darker shade of brown for gear was the easiest color to blend across all environments.

As for gear. I recommend reading the sticky's that I wrote in the gear section. Cost is always an issue in this hobby but saving up or buying high quality kit piece meal or used allot of times is better than buying cheep gear. I would rather spend $30.00 on a mag pouch from Eagle or ESSTAC than spend $20 from Condor or other cheep brand company. You will find the QC is much higher, stitching is far better, and a thicker material is used. This means that instead of replacing the piece of kit once every year or so you will be replacing it 2 to 3 times as much. So financially in the long run you are looking at $30.00 for good kit or $60.00 for the cheep crap to last just as long. If you look at the hard core players or those who have been around a while, you will see most don't use cheep gear for a good reason.

[Rainmaker]

Alright thanks guys! Any recommendations for good brands that have Coyote Brown? Specter Gear looks pretty reliable. I wouldn't really trust Pantac based on the feedback I've heard from pretty much everywhere.

[Jerm_G]

Try this website. I order all most all my gear through them. If you use the checkout code "SUCKIT" you will save a bit. The gear is top quality, made by industry leaders and affordable for most. Watch for sales as well. 20% off may not sound like much but at the end of it all it can save you butt loads of cash.

http://www.skdtac.com

[RBeran]

after talking with them, ranger green is out of the question. Many of them simply do not want to spend twice as much on a multicam rig as they could for something OD or tan. I'm just wondering how OD and tan would look with multicam. I've seen in some pictures that tan is too light and that OD doesn't match with the brownis tone of Multicam.

OK, what're we holding a fashion show? When the OPFRO is shooting at your a$$ from 150 feet away, nobody is gonna say "Dude, shoot the one on the left, he is NOT wearing the correct green with that MC. Tsk!"

I saw a documentary where a Stryker Team Leader was interviewed...a full bird Colonel with over 10 years combat experience...he was wearing ACU's with a Woodland vest. Looked like hell, but whatever works, right? Do you think this guy really gives a rats a$$ about matching his greens?

There is green in MC. There is brown in MC. There is tan in MC. Honestly in the final analysis, it really will not matter what type of green or brown or tan you use on your vest and accessories. Seriously.

As for reputation of equipment. I own Condor and Pantac. Not sure how you would destroy either one playing airsoft...in other words, both are adequate. My .02.

[Skunk Ape]

heres my multicam/od loadout, i think its fine!

[Wattguy]

I go with OD but I live in the northwest so it blends better, I have a couple friends who like to use tan with their MC and it still looks OK, But in my opinion Black/OD has a way cooler Spec Ops look to it...

[Snowman]

Condor OD is closer to RG than EI/LBT/etc OD. Eagle OD over Multicam looks....interesting IMHO.

[Darius137]

If you're going for Coyote Brown, make sure it's the brown, not the other forms of Coyote.

Tactical Tailor has a Coyote Tan that is a bit lighter than CB. BDS Tactical has almost a Khaki under their Coyote name.

[Rainmaker]

@Darius137, I'm looking at Specter Gear's CB

[MJKramer]

OK, what're we holding a fashion show?

yes... we are actually. alot of people here are more concerned about being cool looking than being functional.

I saw a documentary where a Stryker Team Leader was interviewed...a full bird Colonel with over 10 years combat experience...he was wearing ACU's with a Woodland vest. Looked like hell, but whatever works, right? Do you think this guy really gives a rats a$$ about matching his greens?

me and a buddy or two have done this.
I mix and match on PURPOSE! functionality... it does what I want it to do.

meanwhile, some of us from what I have read are realizing that the field they are playing in won't change because they're in ACU, BDU, Multicam, ATACS or naked. Multicam= most functional "light" camo in washingtons forests. OD=green accessory. you put one over the other, you have functionality and something rather nice.
wanna stay alike and uniform? get matching patches and service tapes. Don't worry about the vest style and color.

[Snowman]

OK, what're we holding a fashion show?

Yes, we are actually. A lot of people here are more concerned about looking cool than being functional.

I saw a documentary where a Stryker Team Leader was interviewed...a full bird Colonel with over 10 years combat experience...he was wearing ACU's with a Woodland vest. Looked like hell, but whatever works, right? Do you think this guy really gives a rats a$$ about matching his greens?

A buddy or two of mine and I have done this.
I mix and match on PURPOSE! Functionality, so it does what I want it to do.

Meanwhile, some of us - from what I have read - are realizing that the fields we are playing in won't change because <we're in ACU, BDU, Multicam, ATACS or naked.> [wat]

Multicam= most functional "light" camo in Washingtons forests. OD= green accessory. You put one over the other, you have functionality and something rather nice.

Wanna stay alike and uniform? Get matching patches and service tapes. Don't worry about the vest style and color.

That last statement doesn't really make sense to me, as a lot of games up here in WA are based on uniform shades.