Winter Options
You’ve heard that word before, but this time we actually have something that is tactical, useful, warm and makes concealed carry easier in the winter months. There are plenty of half-zip sweatshirts out there, you see them at Cabela’s or your local outdoor sporting goods store, but all of them make carrying a little more difficult in cold weather. Wearing slightly over-sized T-Shirts make carrying easier, but after putting on more than 2 layers of clothing, carrying IWB or OWB becomes dangerously cumbersome.
The Eotac Style 501 Half-Zip sweatshirt gives an operator another tactical apparel option. The 14 oz. 80% cotton / 20% polyester, preshrunk and washed sweatshirt looks and feels like a normal sweatshirt, but the sides of the shirt has break open flaps that make drawing your firearm easier, or just reaching for your cell phone for that matter. Most never liked the idea of carrying a firearm outside of their body in a jacket or vest. I really like this item. With a nice base layer over a T-Shirt, then 1 of these 501 Sweatshirts, and you’re good to go for most Cold weather carry. These come in Charcoal, Olive, Brown and Navy blue.
The Style 702 womens operator grade lightweight pants will be made of the same 100% cotton ripstop material that the men’s pants are made of, the stitching and durability are the same, but the buck stops there, or should we say doe? The pocket designs are unique to the womens pants and nothing like anything Eotac has out. The front pockets will easily accomodate pocket holsters, the two additional wallet type pockets can hold ID or even something as large as a pistol magazine. The pant legs are slightly tapered for a better look while still allowing access to an ankle holster or being worn with boots. These pants will be available in late Winter and will come in Black, Khaki, Navy blue and OD Green.
Woolrich Elite Pants
Many of you may think that spending $60 for a pair of pants is too high, but for a lightweight material, the design is extremely important. Eotac lightweight pants have a gusseted crotch that will drastically increase your ability to manuever without wearing about ripping your crotch out if you’re running and jumping. We had a user mention that another manufacturers pants tore in the crotch when he went from prone to standing up on a firing line. I guess we’ve all torn pants at some point in life, but tactical pants are not meant to be worn like Levi’s jeans.
What else is new about this shirt? This new polo shirt has unique sleeve designs giving you a better range of motion without feeling your shirt move around. The combination of raglan sleeves, one piece underarm gusset and side panels, and our Eotac’s Tact-Fit Sizing means unique comfort. If you’ve been looking for a lighterweight polo shirt from Eotac, this is what you waited for. The Style 410 Polo will be available in, Black, Khaki, Navy, Red, Light blue, Royal Blue, Grey, Hunter Green, and the much waited for…. White Polo.
Eotac pants have been on the market for almost a year now. One of the most popular tactical pants is the Style 201 Operator pants. These pants are hands down one of the most practical tactical pants you can find on the market. You may even find that these pants are so well designed and comfortable you almost won’t need to wear a tactical vest since the pocket designs will allow you to hold up to six 30rd AR/M16 magazines in the pockets. These pants are made of 100% cotton rip stop and have a gusseted grotch for extra strength. It may be funny to read about someone talking about how the crotch on a pair of tactical pants are re-enforced, but if you’re in hot climates, you’ll need lightweight clothing and durability is always an issue for the lightweight stuff.
The Eotac zip up shirt is also very popular amongst firearm instructors because the back is mesh lined vented bi-swing which provides you with freedom of movement and maximum air flow. Many of our customers that work on the training courses like the ability to zip it down just because it gets hot. The front left pocket has a pen pocket as well as the left shoulder sleeve. On the long sleeve 402 version you can roll up and button the sleeves is it is warming up on you. If you are a firearm instructor this is the shirt you should have in your closet.
I’ve seen a few military style jackets at Army Navy type stores, but most wearers are using them just for the look, but not because they really use it for any practical purpose. There are some military style jackets that have good outdoor applications, but recently the very innovative and emerging tactical apparel company called Eotac, has developed something new. The Eotac 502 Field Jackets is far superior to the Woolrich Elite Algerian jacket that has been on the market for a few years. Both jackets are based on the Algerian style military jacket issued in the 1950’s.