I know there was a thread a while back but had to post. I am a firm believer in quality products and
You get what you pay for. So my son in law got a 40% off friends and family. So him, me and my son
All ordered some things. What a bunch of extremely over priced clothing. It’s nice, not great. My son
Got a jacket for $400 that is normally $600, what a joke. I got a early season pair of gloves that were
$90 for $55, made in Indonesia that I guarantee they don’t have more than $5 cost, if I picked them up
In a store and they were $15 I’d set them right back down! Yet did my research and had 99% five star
Reviews. Who the heck is buying this stuff?

You ordered it and saw the price before you submitted the order, yet then you come here and complain about the price? Makes sense

You think you’re getting quality for the price but didn’t. I even said I don’t mind ponying up for quality stuff. I was
Saying the price doesn’t match the quality. Is that clearer sense for you?

Who is buying that stuff - the folks on Rokslide forum.

The sitka I own is good stuff. I buy used.

Sitka and all the other expensive brands are made in China…

Now I’ll admit I spent money on Forloh Hunting clothes and it’s 100% American made with American products. I am beyond pleased with what I have purchased so far. In fact, I’m finishing out everything else I need within the month. I have my lightweight gear and most of my winter gear. I didn’t realize how good this clothing was until I went to the PNW last Spring. The pants had built in knee pads and vents and even though I didn’t order their rain gear, these pants were pretty much waterproof. My son and brother looked like eskimos all bundled up with layers and all I wore was those pants and their jacket. My son actually had Banded insulated pants and sometimes two base layers underneath. My pants were warm enough by themselves and had the vents to open up and let heat escape on the climbs. The jacket is the same way. Lifetime warranty and like I said, 100% American made.

Anyone who ends big $$ on hunting clothes that don't hunt in cold climes is a fool.
Walmart end of year close_outs are just fine!.
But!some wanna look cool.
I bought a new warm (cold weather)hat today.
And ill look good wearing it.

Buddy you’d die if you had to walk a mile or two in Walmart clothes. Cotton kills. You build up heat and sweat and then stop and you start to freeze from wet clothes.

bucksnbears I had a girl friend that had a hat like that I agree 100% on the over price stuff for no reason. How did anyone ever kill a thing before there were $200 shirts.

Why....... Just trying to start something.......

pink hat and pink shirt.......ok.

They wore 20 $10 shirts on top of each other. Heck I remember wearing two pairs of longjohns, a pair of hunting pants, and insulated overalls of top of that to try and stay warm in a stand. Wore 3-4 pairs of socks and my feet still froze. So if I can by one shirt, one pair of pants, and one pair of socks to stay warm, I will. Heck, all the clothes most buy, they could’ve spent that money and paid for one pair of the high dollar stuff and been done with it.
Sorta the same with traps. People complain about certain traps that you can set out of the box so they but the cheap traps and make all sorts of mods to them and by the time they are done they have traps that are more expensive than the traps they didn’t want to spend the money on in the first place. You’ve heard the saying work smarter not harder? It’s the same as buy once, cry once.

I have had my sitka fanatic jct and bibs for years now, purchased used in very good condition in the summer at 1/2 price. They will last me till I die or I decide to sell them for what I paid...Great fit, very good pocket placement and warm as toast...

I own several pieces of Sitka and have 0 complaints. In my opinion it great for mountain hunting. Light weight, wicks moisture and warm. It definitely could be priced lower but if you plan to put miles on your feet in the mountains it’s worth it. Just my opinion.

I've wore and tried just about everything, now my go to hunting clothes are blue jeans or cotton asat and flannel shirts. In extreme cold it's wool pants (Korean military) and wool shirt with flannel over it. The wool pants when I bought a couple century's ago were 20 bucks or so.

I have hunted in my share of cold weather. I grew up in Montana, lived in Alaska four years and North Dakota for over 20 years. I have no clue where you hunt that is so cold, but expensive doesn't fix a thing. To me, it is over priced for what it does. I have wore all kinds of cloths and most is not any better than anything else. If you think it is smarter good for you. I feel it is a waste of money.

Over priced? Yes.

I haven’t wore Sitka but have been accruing Kuiu gear, comparable in my mind. For most hunting I don’t think it’s necessary. But for hunting backcountry I think it’s nearly a necessity. Try going 7-10 days with just cotton on and hunting out of a backpack. When your stuff gets wet and you don’t have anywhere to dry stuff except next to a bonfire or hanging in your little tent good luck to you without wool. And that fancy stuff weighs less, that’s less weight I gotta haul. I grew up hunting in Walmart clothes and canvas overalls, that’s just fine for 95% of it, but I think there’s a time and place for the “gucci” stuff.

I guide for a living. Some of the hunters show up wearing more in new clothes than they paid for the hunt. Sitka fits nice and is comfortable. I don't own any, it is way overpriced, the quality simply isn't there, their zippers suck and their clothes don't hold up to hard use. The "hunters" who wear it two weeks a year mostly love it. Those who use and abuse their gear year round may buy it once, but when it doesn't hold up they don't generally rebuy. The owner of the outfit I do the most work for once had a complete wardrobe of Sitka gear, he still has a little bit left, all that he currently owns has been replaced on their warranty. He will tell anybody who listens that the Sitka cold weather coat he has is the warmest coat he has ever owned, but the quality is junk and he has had it replaced three times in three years and just sent it in to be replaced the fourth time. Zippers have went out in three of them and the lining has came apart in two, one of them the lining came apart the second day he wore it. I own some KUIU gear, also way overpriced (comparable prices to Sitka) but better quality and customer service on returns and warranty service is much easier to deal with than Sitka. I have their Yukon raingear, which is way overpriced, even with a 40% off discount I get. But it is the best nonrubber raingear I have used and is very comfortable. Is it worth what they want for it? No, but if you want comfortable, nonrubber raingear that is actually waterproof that is what you are going to have to pay, so I bit the bullet and paid for it.
I will pay for quality, and do, but I expect to get what I pay for and the majority of the clothes and gear marketed as "hunting gear" is sold as a fashion statement to "Cabela's Cowboys" nowadays. Camo is cool, and a successful marketing campaign can sell a name way more than a quality product. Take a look at the guys who hunt for a living, unless they are sponsored by a brand, very few of them will be decked out all in one of the big name brands. You are more likely to see them wearing jeans and a hickory shirt in warm weather and surplus wool pants or the nylon winter fallers pants (Labonville is the brand I wear) in cold weather with a fleece or wool shirt covered by a Filson (there is a name that lives up to its reputation for quality, but the price is up there also) or cheaper brand wool coat. You can pick up many brands of ski or snowmobile coats at a thrift store for a few bucks that will keep you as warm and dry as the high dollar hunting coats, they just aren't in the latest fad camo patterns.

If you see a guide or other outdoorsman who makes a living out there wearing a mix match of brands, ask them how they like that particular item and why they are wearing it. It may have been a gift or something a client left in their truck, but chances are if they are wearing KUIU gaiters and nothing else by them they think those gaiters are a good buy for the quality. They usually aren't brand loyal, they buy what works and holds up, so they are liable to be wearing gaiters of one brand, pants of another, coat of a third and a hat of a fourth.

I literally wear shorts, t shirts, no camoflage at all. Sometimes i go bare feet. If its cold i will wear my merrils, sweat pants, maybe waffle bottoms with shorts. Baking soda for washing only. 99% of all the "hunting gear" in my opinion is an elaborate scheme used to try to milk people for money. The only camo that I would ever wear is 3d camo, but even then most times its not necessary in my opinion.

When guiding bowhunters I have to wear camo because they all expect it, and if they aren't successful are liable to blame it on their guide not wearing camo. If it weren't for that I likely wouldn't own any. When bowhunting myself I tend to wear jeans and at most a camo shirt, half the time I don't bother with the camo shirt. It does make it harder to see the hunters in their camo if they hold still, but most of them never hold still enough for the camo to do any good, and if you stay still and out of sight, or at least broke up, the camo is generally unnecessary for game.