by Camo_fiend Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:06 pm
It's so-so... not the best I've ever seen, but certainly not the worst.
I tried it on just to see what it felt like... it was lightweight but didn't seem like it'd breathe incredibly well. To be honest, the material looks and feels like the same as a set of bedsheets (except these are camo)
The buttons are sewn on fairly well, but the buttons themselves don't seem of the greatest quality. The snaps on the jacket are alright, they don't get stuck shut or refuse to close when pressed. There's some sloppy extra thread at the ends of seams, but I trimmed those with scissors. The zippers aren't too bad, they didn't get stuck when I checked them.
Overall it's not too bad... definitely better than some other uniforms I've seen.
I don't know if it's something I'd personally want to wear in rough & tumble situations, as it doesn't seem incredibly rugged, but for all I know it could also be tougher than it looks. I've seen photos of Chinese Marines in war-games wearing them, and they were dirty and gritty, but appeared to be holding up. My guess is that they must hold up fairly well if they're still using them...
But then again, when you're talking about a military the size of China's, my guess is that it's quantity over quality; as long as everyone who's supposed to be issued a set has one, not much else matters.