I just have brand loyalty towards US makers such as Paraclete, Eagle with long history, they were making Tactical gear while maxpedition, tac-force or such were making $10 school backpacks. Now, i'm not saying they are not as good as Paraclete, Eagle, SpecOps, LBT... but i just can't believe an asian company will go an extra mile to build a bombproof gear with double threading and premium quality material and worksmanship blackhawk and SDS went down because they outsourced most of their labor and subsequently the quality of their products have dropped significantly. My biggest passion is collecting Military Gear i'm a nylon freak, then knives and flashlights to a lesser extent.
Asian Countries cannot produce 1000 Denier Nylon in a profitable way thats why they use 900, 800 by brands such as Blackhawk or Tac-Force 600 denier nylon by the airsoft makers. Besides that asian nylon contains some percentage of cotton. And ripping off Genuine US designs.
After all that i believe US gear is much better. Pay $5-$10 more to get the same thing but made in a way you believe. All the warranty on the gear is BS no matter how much any company stands behind their product it won't do you any good if you are 5000 miles away from home.
I have no hate towards Maxpedition or any Asian makers they have their market share by airsofters or less passionate nylon freaks. But is not something i would own. They do have the function to fill the market gap because of the limited production of genuine US Gear and because now they are all being used and abused by the people they were designed for.
JasonC8301 said:
I second that. I have both Spec Ops and Maxpedition gear. Both survive what I put them through.