Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Backpack Hunting Move over, Sitka.

If you guys use and like Sitka gear, I suggest you try out stuff from the Browning lineup of technical hunting clothes. I had most of the Sitka stuff and I sold it. The browning stuff is better, they have a broader line up, and it is cheaper. I can't tell you how impressed I've been with it. This stuff needs more pub as I believe they make the best clothing for hunters on the market right now. I bought a few pieces and loved it, and bought more, and bought more. I own most of the outerwear now and I continue to buy more.

The Quest jacket and pants are a gore tex soft shell. Breathable and waterproof. A+ quality. The zero gravity lineup is straight paclite goretex, 2.5 layers. Very light weight, super packable, stretchable and breathable. They have the pursuit series of jackets and pants that are a traditional soft shell with a little bit of nap inside to provide extra warmth, yet very breathable. There's another set (I don't have it) of goretex wind stopping soft shell. That's probably a winner as well. I also love their down jacket and vest - 700 fill and very warm and packable.

It sounds like I work for them - I don't. It's just a better product and much more economical. It comes in mossy oak treestand which looks a lot like the mothwing camo Sitka uses. All goretex and top of the line stuff. I highly recommend it. I had no qualms with Sitka, but this is better quality and less money.

I haven't tried their regular pants and shirts yet but that's next on my list. I'll report when I do.

There's a lot of good stuff out there... Sitka has never really impressed me.

It would be interesting to find out who the manufacturer is.

Hmm... IF that's true, then I had better buy stock in Browning...

Calvin -
From gore-tex's website:
http://www.gore-tex.com/remote/Satellite/product-content/soft-shell

The equivalent jackets from the top end companies cost about $500-600. The quest is about half that.

Looks like basspro has the quest jacket on clearance for $199 here:
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...Y&CMID=BOTTOM_selectitems#itemDetail

I agree.

Dryfly... you may not work directly for them but maybe you are a dealer??? I detect some untruthfulness in your words.
Gore may claim to be breathable and it is to some extent but it cannot keep up with the vapor the human body puts out. So it is not breathable in a realistic world!

Dryflyelk,
How quiet is your Browning softshell jacket?

+1

It's amazing that this miracle jacket is on clearance...

-1 Guess I'm easily swayed after using poor quality gear. My Sitka Downpour is the best rain gear I've ever worn but I haven't use any other high dollar rain gear. My $200 goretex jackey doesn't hold up to rain, should be called water resistant.

I use the Browning gear in Fl. for Deer and Turkey. It holds up very well and is durable through the mess we hunt in down here. It usually dries fast and doesn't lose it's color either. I bought it for it's price, to have a second set. I was considering Sitka or Predator on my out west Trip to CO. for Elk, looks like I better do some more research on gear. Thanks.

The latest line of clothing by Sitka..... IMO is as good as some of the best mountaineering equipment I've used.... and this comes from someone who's killed plenty of game wearing Patagonia and Arcteryx clothing and climbed plenty of ice and mountains.....

Sitka clothing is for real and it's only getting better........

Big Sitka gear fan myself. All that I own has far exceeded my expectations, and my expectations were set very high!

I've been through a lot of goretex over the years. While it does well, the bottom line to it, is if I'm in rain for hours and hours, eventually it'll soak through somewhere.

Their clothing is binding on me. It's advertised to
be 4 point flexible, NADA for me.

The pack is good stuff.

I have read about others that have sold Browning and switched to Sitka and rave about the Sitka.

I have Sitka and love it.

I have never really been a fan of sitka but I saw the new stuff Mark has and its pretty friggin sweet!

I have no idea what the price point will be but its right up there with any thing I have seen.

Nah, I don't work for them. And again I've owned both. I loved sitka for really breaking through into the technical area of hunting clothing. That was long overdue. It's great stuff...but very expensive. I have found the latest generation of browning gear to be just as good, if not better, and it costs much less. After having a closet full of both, I sold off the Sitka. I just liked the browning stuff better.

I haven't tried the browning pants yet. I still use the Sitka as my go-to pants and shirt. I've just switched for the outerwear. I intend to review what browning has this summer in that regard, and either switch or stay.