New Lightweight Tactical Pant, all Nylon
We had our Tru-Spec Rep in our store a few days ago to show us some of the new stuff coming in right now and later this year. Everyone that goes to SHOT Show always talks about how it’s flooded with the same old same old, and rarely am I impressed by more than a half dozen NEW products each year. It’s usually a fad, or some high priced product, that we know we aren’t going to be moving in large volumes, so does it really matter to us or our customers? The problem we’ve had filling within our clothing line, was the customer base that wore the Woolrich Elite Series product line and the Eotac. Finding a company to make a 100% cotton ripstop pant that doesn’t shrink and was durable was a hard task. And since those companies are gone, we get a lot of customers that are looking to replace their old inventory with something new, but since so much of the tactical clothing market is filled with 65%/35% Polyester Cotton, it’s really hard to point people toward other brands.
I’ve got a closet full of tactical clothing from early product prototypes to 5.11 Taclite pros, and the Vertx 98% cotton 2% lycra. Although I like the Vertx pants I’m not a big fan of the pocket placements and if I have my car keys in my tactical pants pockets and my knife where the knife re-enforcements are, my knife always flies out when I pull something out of the hand pockets. I realize this is a preference but when you’ve been wearing the same style clothing for almost 8yrs, it’s hard to have to re-arrange your cell phone, keys, knife and flashlight locations. I like the Tru-Spec pocket locations but a large number of our customers don’t like the Poly/Cotton material. If you are in that category, check out the new All Nylon Tru-Spec Eclipse pant which we’re hoping our customers in the Southwestern United States are going to want to try out. It’s probable going to be a good option for you this Summer and we’ll be awaiting our customers feedback.