New Direct Action line coming from Eotac
Rogue Elite will be running promos for the new apparel line called Elite Operator Tactical or which is more commonly named, Eotac. We have seen the tactical apparel market explode in the last few years, but we have also seen some casualties. There have been several small concealed carry clothing companies come out with pants or vests that have already gone out of business. The art of designing tactical or concealed carry clothing is not an easy one. The real problem that we see in many of the products that are showing up is consistancy and quality. 5.11 tactical has held a huge chunk of the market, but as many of our customers know, the original manufacturers made a higher quality clothing line and things have deteriorated. Some of the 5.11 clothing I own is nice, but on more than one occasion, the sizing was inconsistant. I have seen some of the newer casual clothing and it does look nice, but I’m still wondering if I’d have the same issues if I wore their shirts.
Woolrich has been making tactical clothing for almost 5years now, but seems to have taken a real hit since so many dealers have dropped the line. We have been told that many of the people that were originally behind the Woolrich Elite Series clothing split off from the company and are working with Eotac. We wondered about that when Eotac first showed up on the market because so much of their clothing mirrored 5.11 Tactical and Woolrich Elite Series clothing. This coming Fall there will be some real cutting edge products coming from Eotac, namely the Direct Action line. The new A-Tacs camo is really nice and we will first get a glimpse of this at the Atlantic City Expo in June.
Nothing beats a good brick and mortar store that stocks tactical clothing, but there aren’t too many of those out there. Makes sure you do some research on clothing sizing and look at the sizing guides closely. To avoid wasting money on shipping and return shipping charges, you may want to break out a tape measure and measure yourself. Comparing one clothing line to another is a no, no, since not everyone follows the same standards. The Eotac tactical pants have an elastic wasteband which will give you some flexibility in waist sizing. Keep in mind that when you measure yourself, you should be measuring with the gun inside your waist if you carry IWB. We have a great many of sizing issues when people order The Wilderness belts. These tactical belts are hands down the best configuration for carrying firearms around, but the sizing can be tricky.
The blue colar CCW owner is probable the most common gun carrier you may run into. I’m not going to go into a class warfare thing here, but in my opinion, there’s no reason to look down on blue colar workers as opposed to white colar gun owners. The whole blue vs white thing seems to be a made up argument between people that spent $80,000 on a College education that got them absolutely nothing a small business owner already knew. Life is full of invenstment opportunities and we need to take advantage of those opportunities. Getting an education should be viewed in the same manor as buying a house. You spend money on something, you expect a return, and if the return wasn’t worth it, the investment wasn’t worth it.