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I like army surplus clothing because of the fact that I can really push the envelope in whatever outdoor activity I am doing when I am wearing this type of clothing. I can concentrate on the activity I am taking part in without getting worried about what strain I am putting on my clothing or what damage I am causing to what I am wearing.
I like to climb and also I like to head out into the backwoods to do some bushcraft. Bushcraft is basically like camping, but with survival elements thrown into the mix – so rather than taking a gas camping stove I like to make fire with items that I find in the woods and I also tend to forage for items I find in the woods like nuts and berries that are in season and that I know will not be harmful.
As you can imagine both clambering over rocks when I am climbing and when I am indulging in some bushcraft take their toll on my clothing and equipment. I used to only wear branded climbing and camping clothing. I knew the big brands from my days of climbing more seriously and so I would buy the well-known brands when I first go into bushcraft. And while these branded items still have a place in my wardrobe, surprisingly it is more likely now that I will wear my big brand waterproof jacket to the mall rather than look to use it in the wilderness. Instead when I go climbing I prefer to wear my navy surplus waterproof jacket as it is made from a much tougher weave of waterproof fabric than the branded item and as a result I trust it more to keep my dry when I depend on it.
Apart from army surplus clothing, I have really really impressed with army surplus equipment that I use for camping. For example I would previously always take a tent with me when I headed into the wilderness. While having a tent is a very reassuring item to have in my backpack, the problem is of course that it is a heavy item of equipment to take with me on my travels. With all the other equipment that I tend to take with me when I head out hiking I found myself resenting that tent. The result is that I found myself looking at military hammocks in my local surplus shop. Concerned that I could not keep the weather out of a hammock I ever invested in a tarp to go with the hammock that I bought. Both of these items were military surplus and were there before good value. The good thing is that if I ever wanted to replace either of these items for any reason they are reliably inexpensive and easy to replace. Certainly both the hammock and the tarp together were about a third of the cost of a tent pole which bent and became unusable in a high wind I experienced when i last went camping with a tent.
There are a lot of good things to be said about getting your outdoor clothing and equipment from an army surplus store and this is one of the reasons that army surplus UK wide is becoming more popular.
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