Does anybody else hate DPM ?
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Yeah not everyone like's it, Each to their own and all that.
I wear the trousers for work, They're hard wearing, And the majority of the time can be bought cheaper than the Vastly overpriced work trousers that are on offer.
I don't go overboard when i wear it. As for wearing it around camp, They way i see it it's cheap and comfortable and it hides the dirt
I'm out " Bushcrafting" not at a fashion show full of labels like Berghaus or Craghoppers etc so i'm gonna wear stuff thats cheap.
I wear the trousers for work, They're hard wearing, And the majority of the time can be bought cheaper than the Vastly overpriced work trousers that are on offer.
I don't go overboard when i wear it. As for wearing it around camp, They way i see it it's cheap and comfortable and it hides the dirt
I'm out " Bushcrafting" not at a fashion show full of labels like Berghaus or Craghoppers etc so i'm gonna wear stuff thats cheap.I don't like it either, (or any woodland camo come to that) but I do have a PLCE bergen in DPM, I got it very cheap & has everything I need in a rucksack (with a few mods.) It is very faded, so the pattern isn't that noticable. I wouldn't dream of wearing DPM clothing or other bits of kit. That said I do like Flecktarn ( looks like an impresionists autumn scene to me) & have a few bags & pouches that I wear with pleasure.
For some reason I never look like a wannabe soldier.
For some reason I never look like a wannabe soldier.
I get enough grief from SWIMBO about 'building dens in the woods'
She thinks wearing DPM is a stones throw from 'playing war'
She thinks wearing DPM is a stones throw from 'playing war'
New here. Personally when out bushcrafting and generally being in the out-of-doors DPM is fine. Some of the brand stuff such as Berghaus and the like are very over price, much too expensive for my needs anyway, which is something comfortable, durable, easily and cheaply obtained. A few have posted about wearing DPM for fashion, which I think looks a bit rare, it gets very extreme sometimes. Once, an acquaintance wore full Soldier 95 BDU and he had a chest rig, for some light walking in the Mournes, and once i saw a smart-a** teenager in Belfast wearing a Nazi uniform, i nearly lamped the latter.
I have rip-stop Soldier 95 trousers, light shirt and heavy smock, all of these together cost me 20 quid from a surplus store and they do just the job. And at the end of the day its about getting mucked in and doing a bit of work outside. I also have an interest in Airsoft so this gear is useful for that too.
I have rip-stop Soldier 95 trousers, light shirt and heavy smock, all of these together cost me 20 quid from a surplus store and they do just the job. And at the end of the day its about getting mucked in and doing a bit of work outside. I also have an interest in Airsoft so this gear is useful for that too.
woodspirits
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I wore a military uniform nearly daily for over 20 years. I still have some woodland, desert and even some more recent digital. I do not wear it about. I do on occasion perhaps wear a pair of the trousers or perhaps a Gore-tex, for the pockets on the trousers and for the waterproofing on the GT. I only will wear camo when in the woods or desert and not often.
I do however like olive color or dark green or khaki and wear those colors often and anywhere. I like the low profile look mostly and for some odd reason olive is my favorite color of gear and some clothing. I remember my first military uniforms which were all olive, the so called "jungle fatigues" from the Vietnam era. I still have a few of them, best uniform the US military ever had IMO.
I recently got a really good deal on a Lowe Alpine Strike 40 rucksack but I could only get a woodland/DPM colored one. I have not used it, mainly because I don't like the camo look of it.
I have a favorite field hat and it is one of the 3 color desert camo boonie hats. It is about the only camo I regularly wear in the wild and never in the city. CHeers!
I do however like olive color or dark green or khaki and wear those colors often and anywhere. I like the low profile look mostly and for some odd reason olive is my favorite color of gear and some clothing. I remember my first military uniforms which were all olive, the so called "jungle fatigues" from the Vietnam era. I still have a few of them, best uniform the US military ever had IMO.
I recently got a really good deal on a Lowe Alpine Strike 40 rucksack but I could only get a woodland/DPM colored one. I have not used it, mainly because I don't like the camo look of it.
I have a favorite field hat and it is one of the 3 color desert camo boonie hats. It is about the only camo I regularly wear in the wild and never in the city. CHeers!
Ha ha, plus one on that! Unfortunately DPM issue goretex is all I'm willing to wear around fires and bushwhacking. I try to avoid camo when possible but sometimes needs must. Same can be said for olive, I prefer olive to camo but browns to olive...
I don't hate camo and don't judge anyone else for wearing it. BUT I don't tend to go for it myself. That's not to say I would not buy something because it was camo (I do have a realtree fishing jacket). If it is the right piece of kit and is only available in camo I would buy it but if I had a choice of green or camo then it would be green every time. I definitely wouldn't feel right in complete camo, camo jacket and green trousers or vice versa but not camo both, I would just feel a bit over the top. As I say though that is just what I am comfortable in and I would have no problem if someone else wants to wear head to toe camo.
still have my DPM gear from my days in the RAF and it still has its uses...that being said, the woods is hardly a fashion parade so it still gets worn. Prefer mil. spec OD over DPM though...and it doesnt make my bum look BIG!!
still have my DPM gear from my days in the RAF and it still has its uses...that being said, the woods is hardly a fashion parade so it still gets worn. Prefer mil. spec OD over DPM though...and it doesnt make my bum look BIG!!
I would have thought you would have prefered a "Sanderson Print" to a "Cammo Print"
i can understand the thought being in the army my self i dont use the clothes much, i do however use allot of the equipment, bergan, ponch etc etc etc.... i also use my real tree jacket all the time, for shooting walking the dog and bushcraft and any other bonkers thing when i need a good waterproof warm coat with about 6 million pockets.......
the real question is does it matter??????
the answer, no not at all, good gear for a good price, hard wearing dries quick, nuf said!!!!!!!
the real question is does it matter??????
the answer, no not at all, good gear for a good price, hard wearing dries quick, nuf said!!!!!!!
i don@t usually wear more than one item of camo at a time, but i think that maybe thats so as not to mis-represent my activity to those that may see me doing it. which is sad realy, as the clothing and equipment was designed in a lot of cases to function at all cost in the outdoors.
i would not be parted from my windproof smocks. outstanding peices of kit. trousers i can give or take as plain trousers are avail genreally. my goretex jackets are ace, i have a 94 patt dpm with big chest pockets, and an american desert goretex which is as good as any hi spec mountain jacket i've seen.
lowe alpine strike from endicotts in dpm, damn good bag.
and army boots, have to say, i like them, though am trying to find a decent all leather hi leg boot made by civvy manufacturer.
i don't mind the dpm's, but i'm trying to thin it out a bit now
i would not be parted from my windproof smocks. outstanding peices of kit. trousers i can give or take as plain trousers are avail genreally. my goretex jackets are ace, i have a 94 patt dpm with big chest pockets, and an american desert goretex which is as good as any hi spec mountain jacket i've seen.
lowe alpine strike from endicotts in dpm, damn good bag.
and army boots, have to say, i like them, though am trying to find a decent all leather hi leg boot made by civvy manufacturer.
i don't mind the dpm's, but i'm trying to thin it out a bit now
I have, as I'm sure a lot of people here do, quite a bit of army surplus clothing, some of it OD, some of it in various camouflage patterns. However, I avoid british DPM as I'd feel a bit of a walt wearing it, especially as I have a short haircut (well what is left of it is short). For some reason I don't get the same feelings of waltishness when wearing flecktarn or other patterns. I also try to avoid wearing a complete set at any one time. The only time I do is in the wet as I have a complete set of flecktarn "goretex". As others have said, it's cheap and practical. My OH on the other hand doesn't have the same reservations and is quite happy to wear DPM. That has the benefit that we don't look like a camouflaged Howard and Hilda. The only piece of DPM kit I own is a bergen, again practicality and cost were the major considerations, it only cont me £15.
TFan you bring up an interesting point when you mention that you and you OH don't generally wear camo at the same time. It's one thing to see an individual walking in a piece or maybe 2 of camo clothing but it might raise a few eyebrows to see a group with all members camoed up; unless it's a hunting group in a civilian pattern.
I had an interesting thing happen recently at a course. The entire group of 14 stopped at a store on the way to another site, we were grabbing some quick eats and drinks and standing about in the parking lot, enjoying our break. A guy walked by with his kid and says to the kid "what do we have here a right wing military outing?" Some of the folks on this course had on various camo items and it was rather funny. The guy that made the comment was not trying to be amusing, he was being a *ick.
