Cadpat-clothing market today (following to frontenac cadpat)
 

Those who have made frontenacs Cadpat-clothes until now has been bought out and will not continue with the production of these clothes. who will take over their place and how do the cadpat-clothingmarket look today? Is Parklands cadpat still bad?

The market is always changing and what was the best 2 years ago is not always what's best now.

Please wright what you know about cadpat-clothes, news, quality and brands.

The market is indeed uneven. For us, we planned to manufacture a batch of clothing in that 50/50 polycotton ripstop:
http://www.felixtactik.com/images/diskreet/PW-13.JPG
It's not issue Supplex Cadpat, but I think it's pretty close and the quality is quite good.

If the parklands cadpats aren't your cup of tea I have noticed another pattern of cadpat clothing recently in my local surplus shops. I'm not sure who makes it (didn't see any obvious mfg tags) but they did say 'made in Pakistan' on them. Unlike the parklands stuff which is patterned on the US BDUs these ones seem to be patterned on on the gen. 1 cadpat uniforms, although the fabric is noticeably different, it isn't the soft fabric that Canadian combat uniforms are made out of. Other than that, if your looking for a more 'Canadian' look they could be a viable option.

If I'm not mistaken it's the same one on the Army Issue website:
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/dis...lbum=17&pos=17
There's also an arid cadpat version available if your interested.

They usually use 65/35 poly. It's is stiffier than Supplex or NYCO/Polycotton ripstop.

i cant remember what brand it is but i got the CADPAT TW bdu's from Seals Action Gear and a friend on mine who is Ex Forces game me his Issued boonie hat and i swear the CADPAT is the same and looks the same so no complaints

Yep its because they make their cadpat items out of real cadpat material :D

No more Frontenac?

PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Less CRAP out there now!

Are you sure you aren't thinking Parklands? Frontenac CADPAT was as far as I know the best easiest to get CADPAT there is, more durable than the issue MARPAT I have and very light for hot weather. Also almost zero fade. Only thing I know of better than Frontenac is issue which is quite hard to get.

Those both look like horrible versions. This is what it's supposed to look like:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...g/180px-Tw.jpg

Getting a constant supply is not that easy. The Supplex fabric available has discoloration or fade like hell. You can only get mixed feeling when seeing comments from thoses how use differents "brands" of Cadpat.

For the next batch of clothing we'll do, we'll use the second best thing we can get. At least the supply and quality will be constant.

But if you're looking for real issued fabric, then tough luck.

Which brand of cadpat-clothes did you recommend actually?

Accept quality and not so expensive price is my requirements.

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I'm not sure why folks are down on the Parklands stuff; the ones I've seen, albeit being made of a fairly heavy material, were infinitely better quality than the Frontenac cheesecloth material.

Frontenac cut was wrong, the stitching was quite ordinary, and the quality of the material was ridiculously bad.

I'm not sure which issue MARPAT you have, but I have two sets of bona fide MCCUU (I know the source) and they compare quite favorably to most things out there, including issue CADPAT.

Parklands cadpat has its uses. its good on cooler days, as the fabrics thick and keeps the wind (and mosquitoes!) out. Which is also the downside, as it gets really hot in the hot summer days. It also faded extremely fast. By the end of its first season, it looks like ACU.

Frontenac so far has been the best alternative to surplussed issue combats. Who cares if the cut is right or wrong. This is airsoft, pocket placement isnt going to dictate victory or defeat. The issue cut isnt that great either when you think about it.

The real deal
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/alb...adpats_004.jpg

Frontenac
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/alb...curity_011.jpg

The stuff that parkland used to make
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/alb...s%20CADPAT.jpg

The stuff they make now
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/alb...tock_31840.jpg


A field of Cadpat ready for harvest.
http://www.armyissue.com/Gallery/alb...cadpat_015.jpg

1. Excellent.
2. Good.
3. Looks like crap. Is that like neon green or something in there?