ACU vs MultiCam vs OD / Ranger Green

[elChupacabra!]

Just wanted to get opinions on the various camo patterns - which is best / most versatile? I live in Middle Tennessee, so I don't particularly need the camo to adapt to "desert" conditions, which is why I included OD / Ranger (whatever you want to call it) in there.

A couple of concerns:

1) Which blends in best in a "woodland" setting (people love MultiCam these days)
2) Which has the best variety of affordable / economical MOLLE pouches etc. ( I would tend towards ACU for this attribute, but not sure)
3) Don't want to be mistaken for military (ACU definitely behind on this one)
4) Cost is a concern (MultiCam will suffer from this one)

What do yall think? What would you pick? I don't want to have to mix and match patterns if I can avoid it.

 

[jsebens]

Have you considered woodland camouflage for blending well with a woodland environment? Cheaper than UCP (the actual name of the ACU pattern) or Multicam, too. You can get woodland BDUs and pouches at just about every surplus store/website.

 

[elChupacabra!]

Well, I have thought about woodland, but I don't think it's a good solution - first it's very dark and doesn't camoflage very well in the woods (at least compared to the other options), second it could possibly fall victim to the "mistaken for military" category better than anything but ACU, and third, although there IS alot of gear out there in that pattern, there is hardly anything modern and there certainly won't be anything new made in that pattern (like mag pouches, etc.), so I don't think woodland is a good choice for me.

I'm starting to lean back to coyote. I know it's brown and doesn't camoflage very well into the hills of Tennessee, but it is clean looking, doesn't look particularly military (most people don't think of khaki when they think of Marines, even though they do wear coyote kit in the desert), and just about anything comes in that color.

As far as the camo itself goes, I don't know how much I would actually need to hide - I'd rather have a good set of gear in one matching color that is functional - but if I did have to grab my gear and head to the hills, I could just apply some OD spray paint real quick to break up the lines...

 

[taliv]

if you want to blend in in the woods of TN, it's hard to beat blue jeans. t-shirt optional

 

[elChupacabra!]

ha, right on Taliv

 

[lesjones]

Don't forget the orange UT Vols shirt.

You know the old joke - do you know why people in Knoxville like orange? Because they can wear it on Friday on the road crew, Saturday at the UT game, and Sunday in the deer stand!

 

[MIL-DOT]

Back when we were paintball junkies, I went through several different camo phases. I would regularly ask friends how things appeared at distance. Of course, the old woodland is pretty good in the south. The ACU stuff the army uses today was pretty decent( so I was told, I wore it sometimes,so I couldn't tell). The Marine digital was outstanding here ( south georgia in the spring/summer). In the fall and winter,though, I learned to fear those guys wearing the Mossy Oak stuff. When most of the leaves are gone, and the predominant colors go to browns and greys, that stuff is scary invisible !!

 

[strambo]

In order I'd say: Multicam, OD w/spray paint to match your AO, Marine digital, Coyote, Woodland, ACU.

 

[GTSteve03]

Go for OD for your clothes. Blends in well enough and no camo patterns to worry you. For your pouches, buy Coyote/OD in whatever combination works for you, that way you break up the color a little but still no camo patterns to look too military.

 

[elChupacabra!]

GTSteve -

You know, I think that's exactly what I'm going to do. I think the gear will all be Coyote, which I like as a nice, neutral color that doesn't do bad in the woods and blends in very well in an urban environment, worn over just neutral, drab clothing, like you can find at WalMart or any place (these days it's very easy to find military-looking clothing at just about any clothing retailer, seems to be the "in" thing these days). That breaks up the patterns but does so without any "camoflage" per se. It also removes much of that "military" look that I want to avoid.

 

[Roadwild17]

I went with MultiCam. I saw some of the information about MultiCam and night vision. MultiCam kicks but there.

 

[bwavec]

I used to be a big fan of being all comoed up.....and it did serve it's purpose at the time.

Now that I am more discreet and low key with what I am doing, I have found that OD/Ranger Green and Coyote Brown in combo seem to be the best bet in just about any type of non "sandbox" climate.

I can go from hardwood forest to rain forest to scrub desert without sticking out or changing my gear.

And when I am done "in the field", I can strip off my gear and go to eat, or to someone's house and not have anyone bat an eye or wonder what I have been up to in the woods.

 

[havoc7usmc]

Camo Craze

First off. Cammie for you environment. Dura coat sell a temp camo paint or if you want it to be permanent I would go with bwavec' idea. The critters are not going to know what colors you used, but the pattern does make a difference and that goes back to the environment your in. Marine camo was made for two legged game, it's digital pattern confuses the human eye and it's ability to focus quickly in day and night environment and is why it's so effective. Most people camo for the CDI "Chicks Dig It" factor, and what looks "bad ass", a deer or bear could care less. Just remember. Our fore fathers used muzzle loaders and had on idea what ACU, Digital, Realtree, Mossy oak or Woodland was and took game at close range.
In short. Camo is good, sexy camo is ego.

Guns - out
Semper Fi

 

[Wolfman_556]

I'm fond of plain ol' OD.

 

[MrHowUdoDat]

I do not think its is available yet but you should check out Roggenwolf camo.

 

[RONSTAR]

I generally wear brown carharts od jacket and multi cam hat when trying to blend in kind of a hodge podge but it works well for me and doesnt look to soldierish. Where the Acus enough in the army.

 

[Mandolin]

I airsoft with Multicam and it is awesome. Works fine in VA