I recently ordered an entire set of Bottomland clothing that Russel Outdoors produces and i have to say the pattern looks awful. It is all faded out and look like it has been washed 100 times or they used old faded out fabric. It looks nothing like what is on theirs or Mossy Oaks website when i compair it to their pictures. I have contacted Mossy Oak and they cant help me. I have tried to email and call Russel but nobody will reply or answer. Has anyone else notices this trend with this brand of clothing?
Bought some Breakup camo this spring from Russell and did not have any issues...fast shipping and pattern looked just as expected.
I bought the Russell explorer bottomland pants and shirt. I really like mine. I think it is supposed to look faded.
I dont see how it would be effective being all faded out. I remember the old Bottomland being darker and more crisp looking than this set i got the other day. Sofar no answers or replies yet from Russel, waited on hold for 25 min at lunch, i'll try again at 2:30
Mine looks great. I bought it before Christmas directly from Russel.
I own Mossy Oak bottomland pants, shirt, hat, gloves, facemask, and the patterns on all are more blended than the "original" bottomland.
This will help it blend in a lot better in more environments.
Bought the pants and shirt from Mossy Oak's website, and the gloves from Primos and face mask from Primos. All look the same.
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
Ever since they got mossy oak the quality has gone down and they are doing away with a lot of mossy oak patterns and replacing them with realtree especially the apx series that mossy oak started they have very little anymore in infinity or treestand >:( >:(
Quote from: CASH on March 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
:TooFunny:
Dude, I am short, and when I tuck these pants in my snake boots, I just about have to walk bow legged to keep from making noise. They are baggy.
Quote from: CASH on March 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
Excuses, excuses . . . :whip2:
HC
I have a mossy oak treestand set and a jacket, no issues here and love the durability for the harsh mountains.
I feel the same about the pants being to baggy.
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They are thick, baggy and faded but there aint that many options out there
Ok, I finally was able to talk to someone at Russel. The guy told me the cotton clothing is naturally like that but you can expect the pattern to be richer and look better on some of the other clothing like the Ripstop and Trekker lines of clothing. We also had a short conversation about bringing back old school Green Leaf cloathing! I will be in contact with them about the Green Leaf again soon. Just out of curiousity how many of you would buy Green Leaf clothing if it came back for a short time?
Quote from: CASH on March 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
Too funny and same here! ;D I'm not sure how they sized them, but relaxed fit would be a gross understatement. I feel like when I stand up after setting up on a bird that the back of my pants are still on the ground. Hopefully they make some changes.
Bought a pair of the Browning Wasatch series pants and they look more like the original Bottomland and fit like they should. In fact, I just ordered another pair.
I have a pair of pants from Ol' Tom and they are not baggy.
I like them better.
I just received my russell bottomland pants and vest. It looks good to me. I bought the XL pant from 40-42 instead of the L from 36-38. They are big and I will def have to wear a belt with them. If I bought the L they might have ran a little too tight as a 36 is very snug on me.
"I cant stand this" I bought a pair of mediums last night from Wal-Mart in Obsession so I did not get the saggy crothes from my old ones...threw them away...looked like enough material for a tent...
Quote from: CASH on March 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
Quote from: slickyboyboo on March 07, 2012, 12:06:54 PM
Quote from: CASH on March 05, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Only issue I've had with them is the pant legs are so big I look like I'm wearing M.C. Hammer pants.
The one time I wore them I swore I heard a gobbler I was hunting tell me, "Can't touch this!"
No doubt, they changed the design of the pattern when MO sold the clothing manufacture line to Russell back in 2001. I finally wore out my last pair of "true" MO made pants this year. I won't wear the Russell pants because of the M.C. Hammer effect. I did find that BPS makes some cotton pants that fit exactly like the old MO pants, so I bought a few this past deer season.
Yeah, I found my replacement pants at Cabelas. Love them
Yep, Russell's cotton MOBL is pretty weak. Browning's was a bit better.
But the Russell MOBL Treklite from Mack's looks great to me.
Only problem is that I tried to order the Super Elite III vest in MOBL Treklite, as shown in Mack's catalog, and it doesn't exist!! Confirmed by MO.
The Treklite SE III in AP was awful looking to me, so I went with last year's SE III in MOBL, cotton version instead.
UA Heat Gear in MOBL also looks outstanding.
Quote from: Philippe on March 05, 2012, 10:44:58 PM
Ok, I finally was able to talk to someone at Russel. The guy told me the cotton clothing is naturally like that but you can expect the pattern to be richer and look better on some of the other clothing like the Ripstop and Trekker lines of clothing. We also had a short conversation about bringing back old school Green Leaf cloathing! I will be in contact with them about the Green Leaf again soon. Just out of curiousity how many of you would buy Green Leaf clothing if it came back for a short time?
I've got an old greenleaf shirt. I wear it for the first few weeks before going obsession. I'd buy it
+1....I just got back from the sporting goods store....went in to get a pair of Russell pants...could not get a pair that did not look like MC Hammer....The dang stride was to my knees...picked up a pair of Ole Toms to see if they were cut different....bad idea...they wound up fitting great and I got a shirt to....better last me until I am 80 cause they got me hook line and sinker :o
Quote from: rawalley on March 05, 2012, 10:04:26 PM
They are thick, baggy and faded but there aint that many options out there