Recommended BDU?

[TheMightyOb]

Alright, I've got my vest already in black, however I want to get more involved with outdoor games and its time to buy a BDU.

Whats recommended out there? multicam? Woodland? Is this just a preference thing?

If possible I would like to use my current vest with the camo, not sure how that will look though since its black.

Thanks

[oniwagamaru]

Olive Drab or woodland... makes it look oldish... or OD to look stargateish...

[Kokanee]

As a new player, you can't go wrong with some surplus US woodland BDU's. They are a staple amoung players and blend in well with most terrain throughout Canada.

You can eBay a set very cheaply, and while you are at it get yourself a set of Desert Tiger stripe. With these two BDU sets, you'll be able to cover 90% of your possible camo requirements. After a little more gaming, you might want to get into some more patterns such as CADPAT and MULTICAM etc.

[Cyklops]

German flecktarn of British DPM is always a nice choice, as is MARPAT.

[Ozone06]

Marpat's nice, Multicam is also very nice, Woodland sometimes has way too much green in it

[Eldin]

+1 here for cadpat

[Frozen Tex]

Originally Posted by Eldin

+1 here for cadpat, or digital camouflage in general.

But please
please
Don't get ACU if you're playing outdoors, your better wearing a reflective safety vest...
More like I.C.U.

Oh, enough with the ACU bashing; its effectiveness depends on terrain (and weather). Where does the OP live? It might work for him...

[Short Round]

I wear a black vest with a black hoodie or long sleeve, and my pants are marpat for the day and digital subdued for the night. Cadpat or marpat is a good fit for forest areas which I'm guessing your field has.

[Danke]

Here's a good test, go to a local game and see what the folks are wearing and who you can't see when they step into the bush.

[Eldin]

Alright, alright, ICU isn't bad for every environment....
It stands out like a sore thumb If you're not playing on rocks, in the arctic, in snowy conditions or in urban environments.
And I'm assuming he's playing in a greener, more forested area with more earthy greens and browns...

It does depend on terrain, but I don't recommend it for forested/underbrushed areas...

[m102404]

A similar question came up a couple of weeks ago...here's the reply I posted there. I think it'd be handy for your question...since it has a variety of stuff in it.

Originally Posted by m102404

.....

(From left to right)

I'm on the left messing around with my gear. DPM bottoms, OD top (looks black 'cause it was a wet one that day).

Technosnob is in the middle facing away...woodland

The guy to his right facing the camera is wearing woodland.

Guy in the back with the red kill-rag...CADPAT

The big dude (Coach) facing away who's stuff basically looks white....is wearing multicam (faded MC is ghey...but Coach is big so I don't say that to his face)

You can't quite see Ancorp...but that's a russian pattern (dunno russian pattern)

Pus is next to him...can't remember what he wore...can quite make it out for sure....but it's pretty faded

Duck was wearing a PCU top...







As you can see...LOTS of different stuff works. As long as you:
1. Stay out of direct light
2. are aware of your surroundings (stay in shadows, don't contrast)
3. don't have stuff so faded that it's going white (then it's ok even still for paintball places that are wide open anyways)

In the pic you can also compare how black gear gets along with coloured BDU's...how mix/match gear looks...etc...

The pic was taken in direct sunlight...note how dark/black the vegetation gets just a couple of feet in from the clearing.

[pusangani]

I was wearing CADPAT too with CB chest rig, it's issue but really old and faded.

[Ninja_En_Short]

Given that my Crye set is really expensive and everybody's going to argue over their own prefered pattern just go in a surplus (don't go internet in case it doesn't fit in terms of height and width), look what they have in the Propper (a brand) section and pick the one you like the most.
Also have a look at the Russian and ex-soviet ones, there are some really nice pattern.

But if you have both forest, rocks, mud and dirt, Multicam will probably work well for you.

[Grudge]

Woodland is a great base set, that's what I have. If you are interested in getting on a team, each has its own BDU pattern. Check with the teams and see what they are using. I know there's at least 5 different patterns, some teams even run two or three different sets just so they can have some flexabiltiy for ops.

[Short Round]

ACU is badass, love that stuff. It's almost like wearing tan in a wooded area, you pretty much wont blend in