Author: Tiberius Source: original website
This is a pit that has been dragged for a long time. It is a horizontal contrast between three high-end luxury MC color combat pants. The three pants are: UFPRO STRIKER X, Beyond A9 and industry benchmark CryePerception G3 Combat pants.
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See for UFPRO brand introduction（ //www.junpin360.com/html/2020-12-11/7696.html ）It is the best high-end combat clothing product sold in Europe. STRIKER X is a relatively new member of Striker battle suit series. The main difference of X is that it uses a lot of buttons to win over military customers. At the same time, compared with XT and HT, it is also closer to CP in design.
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Beyond is a small workshop in Seattle, focusing on high-end outdoor and tactical clothing manufactured in the United States. Beyond's Axios system once participated in the competition of PCU project, while the A9 is the general battle suit of Axios system, benchmarking CP battle suit. A9 has launched at least A, E, T, U and other versions so far. This time, it was the early A9A, but now A9A is different.
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Industry benchmark, not to mention. It should be noted that these pants are 36 waist pants, one size larger than the other two, so they become fatter on the same dummy. Therefore, the waist adjustment was specially tightened.
Because it is horizontal contrast, I will select an area for horizontal contrast.
On the whole, Beyond and CP are basically the same world view, while UFPRO is another world view. In terms of fabric use, all three use RipStop plaid (Americans prefer 50/50NYCO, UFPRO prefers 65/35)+soft shell fabric combination, and all use zippers, buttons, velcro and other accessories.
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It can be seen that the MultiCam fabric (plaid and Schoeller) used by UFPRO ® Four sided elastic fabric), its color and texture are significantly different from the other two. The difference between CP and Beyond is relatively small. In addition, because the Beyond style is relatively old, the matching weft elastic fabric and accessories are not MC color, but wolf brown.
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For load-bearing fixation and the combination of inner and outer belts, all combat pants are designed with deep crotch and high waist, and all waistlines are padded. Only Beyond is sewn into the hard lining, so you can see a stiff circle. The UFPRO is completely soft and completely flat. The CP lining has a certain thickness, so it has a little hardness.
Among these pants, only UFPRO has a black rubber anti slip strip (the black line in the above figure) to prevent the top from turning outward. At the same time, only UFPRO has a built-in zipper to connect half length waterproof shorts. These two designs are not available in other homes.
The waist adjustment of CP G3 is a one inch printed ribbon brace fixed by velcro, with elastic inside. The wrinkled part in the figure is the indentation.
Beyond's adjustment structure is the same as that of CP, but the webbing is different. Hypalon anti slip head is used at the pulling head position.
UFPRO is an adaptive elastic band. It can also be found that all pants are indented above the front pocket. The rear is the pad.
CP's placket and pocket are the most common, Velcro+zipper. The opening of CP's front pocket is relatively high, which is not convenient to take out, but as combat pants, it does not affect, because the urgently needed things are all on the equipment.
Beyond's placket is the same as CP's, but it moves the velcro position, adds a Hipalon pull head, and the zipper becomes double headed. Wolf brown is a two-way elastic (weft elastic) fabric, which is also the feature of Beyond pants, that is to say, the side and pocket of the front pocket are both weft elastic fabrics. The pocket edging is of course wear-resistant, and the pocket edge cutting is lower than CP.
UFPO is also double button (button+metal hook), but the distance between X's double buttons is greatly shortened. The zipper is always a double headed zipper with awkward length. The front pocket of UFPRO is cut in an arc, which is convenient to take out. At the same time, there is a small zipper hidden pocket in the left pocket.
In addition, the two belt rings on the front of UFPRO are double-layer, belonging to the tradition of the STRIKER family.
CP has a round patch from the male hair pants, which is very distinctive and can never be mistaken.
The upper part of CP's zipper fart pocket is weft elastic fabric, which is said to be convenient for activities, but I think it may be mainly wear-resistant (this is really cold, because players can't wear it out). After all, the location of the contact fixture.
Beyond A9 has no elastic fabric or circular reinforcement. It is all cotton nylon blend. Pay attention to the allowance (wrinkle) left by three-dimensional cutting. At the same time, the zipper of A9's fart pocket is very exaggerated.
UFPRO is still the most distinctive. The waist cushion of UFPRO is the highest on the ground, and a notch has been cut to prevent extrusion. At the same time, the nylon loop is also the widest, which can directly pass through the two inch service belt. Then a whole piece of UFPRO butt (actually three pieces of material) is Schoeller ® It is elastic on all sides, very soft, breathable, fast drying and comfortable. The fart pocket is buttoned, and the bag cover is made of cotton brocade blend.
This place is very important, but it is also the most easily overlooked detail. At present, diamond stitching at the sole is very common, and can even be said to be a cutting design of the standard tactical pants. CP G3 in the figure is already the weft elastic material of MC pattern. A closer look shows that the texture is slightly different from NYCO.
It should be noted that UFPRO uses four side elastic materials, so instead of using the common diamond patch, it directly extends a piece of material from the buttocks to the zipper position. This is also the difference between X, XT and HT have four side elastic diamond splicing and butt joint material.
The thigh pocket functional area is the main carrying area of the tactical pants. The main things and the most commonly used things are here, which is also the place where the characteristics are concentrated.
CP's thigh pocket is square and straight. There are three-dimensional pleats, separated by elastic bands.
Beyond is basically the same as CP, but the pocket is bigger and the angle is more oblique. At the same time, the cutting edge of G3 is canceled.
UFPRO is the most terrible and complex. There are knife pockets, small pockets (also Canadian button pockets), thigh pockets with elastic rope closure (also Canadian buttons), and side open vertical zippers for cars.
Compared with the zipper pockets that XT and HT basically do not have, the leg pockets on the X are simply unprecedented in size. Of course, the quick pull pocket on the outside is cancelled, but the big pocket doesn't smell good?!
CP G3 is very familiar with it. It is characterized by a double-layer design. The cover cloth can be torn off and plugged down. The cover cloth is made of plaid cloth, while the layer of sticking meat is made of double-sided elastic material.
Beyond's A9 is completely copied from CP's knee pad design, but it is shorter than the CP at the bottom. There is a pocket in it. You can also use CP's knee pad directly (it just leaks out at the bottom, as shown in the previous figure). It is believed that Beyond has launched its own short version of knee pads, but I have never seen them.
UFPRO's signature knee pad design is much simpler than XT/HT, but it is still the most complex. In addition, UFPRO is one of the few combat pants among many brands that can be directly worn without any knee pads. This must be blown out.
Knee pads are all velcro except UFPRO buttons. Beyond is a double velcro, which is more intimate than CP.
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UFPRO is the most terrible elastic webbing button - but actually it's useless because I can't run even if I put it directly on the loosest one.
Calf pockets are very weak. They are filled with things that are not commonly used, such as plastic explosives or tape. If CP is the same as Beyond, UFPRO is different.
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UFPRO has replaced the original three-dimensional zipper pocket with a square pocket with vertical zipper. At the same time, UFPRO is also the only trousers with bell mouth design for easy on and off.
Only UFPRO in the three houses is a retractable elastic webbing+button limited closing structure, which is very disease-free. It also has UFPRO style lace hook.
There are three pairs of pants, but actually CP and UFPRO are compared. Beyond's A9 is still a minor revision of the CP version that "I think is correct", which does not substantially improve performance or significantly reduce costs.
CP and UFPRO are two completely different ideas. We know that CP is the legacy of the future soldier plan of that year. It was originally intended to provide support for the whole new individual soldier. The design idea is also in line with the Americans' consistent practice that relaxation can save money, so as to reduce processing difficulty and improve production efficiency. While UFPRO is a piece of product piled up with exquisite details, which is characterized by breakthrough (of course, it also has the influence of marketing strategy).
As far as the performance of pants is concerned, I think we can give a personal score on comfort A, sportiness B, protection C (mainly knee), loading experience D, connection and matching of fittings E, and cost performance F.
Note: UFPRO's bonus is mainly due to its large area of four sided elastic fabric.
It must be noted that these three pairs of trousers are commodities, which are more than the necessary "luxury goods" for public hair. These pants are not more wear-resistant, washable and wearable than BDU or ACU or 07 training, nor are they flame retardant, waterproof and bulletproof. All they can do is to make users more comfortable and more comfortable. That's all.
In order to improve this experience, these pants increase the unnecessary cost from the perspective of standard distribution. In addition, they also implement the high-end acceptance standards of commercial ready to wear, pushing the price of finished products to an unimaginable height (not to mention the high value-added persistence of Americans).
This practice of exchanging 90% of the cost for 10% of the performance improvement is completely caused by the neo liberal economic thought, which is a luxury game that can only be supported by European and American commodity markets standing at the top of the food chain. It is not something that weak and poor countries can afford to play with, and that any big country system can do with bidding procurement. It just conforms to the craftsmanship spirit of some media.
Of course, "those who don't spend money are not". Spending more money is really to provide something that can't be satisfied with spending less. All three pairs of trousers are far above the passing line, so as long as the budget meets, any one can meet your expectations. The main weighing factors are appearance and brand influence. w
