What’s the difference between Woolrich and Eotac?
It seems that Eotac is no longer in existence, but Woolrich Elite is still out there. Its no secret that Fernando Coelho was involved with designing and marketting both product lines at some point the products like very similar. The answer we always tell customers is the designs are different. We did notice there has been some production changes to the original Woolrich Elite Series product line and the pants and shorts do have a much wanted change in the ID or wallet pocket. The Woolrich Elite pants pocket designs were a little tighter and the fit was baggier but some people wanted that.
Woolrich has been around forever and it looks like they have survived bad economies and the tactical clothing shake down. A few weeks ago we got word that another major clothing manufacturer just pulled out of China and is now making clothing in the Western Hemisphere. Woolrich Elite pants are still made in China, and we have gotten price increase on all of their stuff, but according to the number of disgruntled 5.11 customers that we have, Woolrich Elite pants are the next best thing.