Tactical vests to go with BDU?

Ghostx

Recently got a Woodland Marpat BDU and now I'm looking for a Tactical Vest. Does anybody know any good tactical vests for a reasonable price that would suit my BDU? Haven't seen many Marpat Vests around.

MerryDespot

Hey dude - depends on what you want to do.
If you're after a USMC style loadout then you could pretty much use any old pattern woodland ciras vest or a coyote brown vest as both were in use initially. I think that the official set up for the marines is for coyote brown tac gear - so that it can be used with either desert or woodland camo.

Like so:


And here is the link to the stuff I use:
http://www.uktactical.com/acatalog/Coyote_Tan.html

Otherwise, if you just want to try an overall matching marpat loadout, I think eirsoft had some marpat ciras vests a while back - a few other retailers stock them as well.

Personally, when I'm using marpat I use a similar loadout to the above - or sometimes just a plain OD chest rig.

Ghostx

MerryDespot wrote: »

Hey dude - depends on what you want to do.
If you're after a USMC style loadout then you could pretty much use any old pattern woodland ciras vest or a coyote brown vest as both were in use initially. I think that the official set up for the marines is for coyote brown tac gear - so that it can be used with either desert or woodland camo.

Like so:


And here is the link to the stuff I use:
http://www.uktactical.com/acatalog/Coyote_Tan.html

Otherwise, if you just want to try an overall matching marpat loadout, I think eirsoft had some marpat ciras vests a while back - a few other retailers stock them as well.

Personally, when I'm using marpat I use a similar loadout to the above - or sometimes just a plain OD chest rig.

Anything a little less pricey? Something in the 60 euro range?

MerryDespot

Try some of the Irish retailers Ghostx - I was just posting the link to give you an idea of the type of kit. Even for a gear junkie like me the uktactical stuff is pricey alright - but on the plus side, it's not airsoft kit - it's real kit - so it's built to last and there's zero chance that it'll fall apart on you in your first skirmish.

How about this:
http://www.eirsoft.ie/clothing/ciras-tactical-vest-tan.html

or this:
http://sgairsoft.biz/product_info.php?cPath=30_42&products_id=113

Gatling

another option is the coyote and OD interceptor vest for around 6Oe shipped from the uk but you would need to add pouches. www.flecktarn.co.uk

sliabh

Try Flecktarn.co.uk as well. They have a good selection of Coyote Brown gear and the quality is pretty good. I went with this one for stg£25 when I moved to Austria and I didn't fancy spending a fortune replicating stuff I have back home:
http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/ustmb9nx.html


They have a few others there as well. Do a search on "Coyote" and you will get a good list back.

Spooky-Vinny

You can get intire vests fully geared out for pretty cheap here!
and it does seem like coyote is the way to go for the marpat bdu!
although this website have more kaki and tan than coyote so i think som1 will have to anwer you on that one!

http://www.ebairsoft.com/combat-gear-vest-c-62_27.html

Lemming

Ghostx wrote: »

Anything a little less pricey? Something in the 60 euro range?

MerryDespot wrote: »

Even for a gear junkie like me the uktactical stuff is pricey alright - but on the plus side, it's not airsoft kit - it's real kit - so it's built to last and there's zero chance that it'll fall apart on you in your first skirmish.

As MD (hey Merry, that doesn't sound bad for a name ) has pointed out, UKTactical sells real-world kit. I have some of their Warrior pouches and the stuff is near indestructible. You could swing a cow out of it whilst simultaneously using it to beat/flog someone to death and it'd still just keep on going.

For the sake of €20-50 (and that's the cost of a couple of decent quality pouches when put in perspective), if whatever load-bearing unit (vest/ciras/whatever) you're planning on buying is something that you can see yourself keeping beyond this month's fashion-craze/topical-themed-loadout and just mixing & matching pouches for whatever you require, then spending that little extra to make sure it'll last is a pretty decent notion as far as investments go. You don't need to spend silly money but the old maxim of getting what you pay for is very true in airsoft, especially when it comes to cheap reproduction knock-off kit.

MerryDespot

Spot on Lemming - OP, you'd be surprised how much grief you'll end up giving your kit. Your typical legging it around a field Sunday skirmish won't test your cheaper kit, but if you're ever going to think about carrying a lot of stuff through woods or rough ground then you're better off with the sturdier kit.
That said - the stuff that Sliabh posted above is also pretty decent for the price - I've used flecktarn for BDUs and they're quick and generally On The Ball.
Just beware ... once you start putting kit together you might find that you end up spending just as much on kit as you would on aegs!!

MerryDespot

Lemming wrote: »

You could swing a cow out of it whilst simultaneously using it to beat/flog someone to death and it'd still just keep on going.

That's such a good idea for a practical real world test!
Oooh Andy ...

kevwinston

Can anyone recommend a nice cheap vest that'll take 7.62 NATO mags

AUDIE MURPHY

Gatling wrote: »

another option is the coyote and OD interceptor vest for around 6Oe shipped from the uk but you would need to add pouches. www.flecktarn.co.uk

I would totally agree with gatling , i got my OTV from them and i have abused it for over a year without any problem, the colour is about rigth for it and its the propper job for woodland marpat.

Mr.Kemp

http://www.airsoftpost.com/product_info.php?cPath=30_165&products_id=29970 ?

good quality vest