Is this a Chinese copy of an SAS smock or the real deal?

[presterjohn]

I have just bid on a very nice looking Olive Green Smock on ebay (and have since bin overbid) but on closer inspection the label says Zara Gear Products. The only thing I can see via google for that is a Chinese manufacturer with a base in Bangor, Down. Is this a kosher cotton/Gaberdine/Ventile(ish) smock or just a crude copy. Does anyone know?

 

[Gill]

no link buddy!!

 

[Badger74]

In my opinion it's a fashion copy of the "SAS/Army" style.

 

[sapper326]

Without seeing it i'd put my money on it being a copy. I have a genuine smock however it's in woodland DPM camouflage. Not too sure if there has been an OG one issued?

 

[widu13]

Sounds like the company I got mine from. It's a copy. Mine is OG. It is cotton, but normal cotton. They had sewn a label in with a military size. Their warranty terms included washing at 20c! I'm a 47" chest and found the 120cm tight(ish) on the arms when the chest is flexed, which it shouldn't be, but I have to admit it for about £18 it was worth the money. Mine's approaching 3 years old.

 

[presterjohn]

no link buddy!!

Doh!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111002700618?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649

I appreciate it is not an actual SAS smock as used by an actual SAS soldier. I just wanted to know if the quality was in the product and materials used. I know SASS used to make a very good version that would even be tailored to your size for instance.

 

[presterjohn]

Sounds like the company I got mine from. It's a copy. Mine is OG. It is cotton, but normal cotton. They had sewn a label in with a military size. Their warranty terms included washing at 20c! I'm a 47" chest and found the 120cm tight(ish) on the arms when the chest is flexed, which it shouldn't be, but I have to admit it for about £18 it was worth the money. Mine's approaching 3 years old.

This is what I am afraid of especially as it has now gone over £50 with postage.

 

[swotty]

Spotted this one while looking for the one you mentioned (no connection to the seller) looks pretty good for £32, says it's 100% Gaberdine which is what my SASS one is and very good it is too!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-SAS-W..._Jackets&var=600036978389&hash=item4601514273

 

[presterjohn]

Spotted this one while looking for the one you mentioned (no connection to the seller) looks pretty good for £32, says it's 100% Gaberdine which is what my SASS one is and very good it is too!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-SAS-W..._Jackets&var=600036978389&hash=item4601514273

Trouble is I eat to much cake and cannot fit into those sizes. A good choice for the more slimline fella though.

 

[Corso]

dont think the MOD ever got them made in OD...

 

[Badger74]

What about a cheap army one and packet of idye poly and a packet of idye for cotton and dye it?

 

[widu13]

This is what I am afraid of especially as it has now gone over £50 with postage.

That is EXACTLY the same as my one. It's not even very good quality.

 

[presterjohn]

What about a cheap army one and packet of idye poly and a packet of idye for cotton and dye it?

I've thought about that but I have yet to see a really good dye job and even that would cost around £15 to dye.

 

[screwdriver]

if it doesnt have to be green, look at the mod police ripstop black smocks same as a dpm windproof smock but black

 

[rancid badger]

It's a fake and its definitely not gaberdine or ventile but looks like some sort of "cotton drill" probably polyester cotton, similar to the stuff they used to make lightweights from but no where near as good quality.

You're well out of that.

Steve

 

[Wildgoose]

I have one exactly the same, it's the same material the lightweight trousers are made from. The build quality isn't too bad. I paid £15 for mine, wouldn't pay anywhere near £50 though.

 

[Robbi]

I have just bid on a very nice looking Olive Green Smock on ebay (and have since bin overbid) but on closer inspection the label says Zara Gear Products. The only thing I can see via google for that is a Chinese manufacturer with a base in Bangor, Down. Is this a kosher cotton/Gaberdine/Ventile(ish) smock or just a crude copy. Does anyone know?

definatley not from Bangor, Down !!

 

[presterjohn]

definatley not from Bangor, Down !!

I meant the distributor/wholesaler was in Bangor!

 

[BillyBlade]

To be honest, I'd report that to ebay as a fake. It's pure chincon and deceitful in the way it's described.

Someones going to pay over the odds for that by a significant factor thinking it's something it very much isn't.

 

[PREPER]

I have one just like it, mine is definitely a fake but still a good jacket for knocking about in the woods,

PREPER..........