hi everybody Todd Helms from Eastmans'
hunting journals here today to talk to
you about a the handful of offerings
from a new hunting clothing company
called Sixsite
Sixsite is owned by Stephen Holley
who's a former Navy SEAL guy knows a
thing or two about good gear he also
builds all of Sixsite's gear right here
in the good old US of A
First of all I threw the Blackfoot rain gear on
because as you can see it's kind of
blustery raining we moved down into the
protection of the trees here to get out
of it a little bit what a great time to
talk about this rain gear I'm not
wearing the pants at the moment because
I'm standing up and I wanted to be able
to show these to you a little bit better
one of the great things about these
pants is they have an integrated belt
system they have a little bit of stretch
but they are three layer that's a lot of
waterproof breathable protection for
your lower body another great thing
about them is if I did want to slip
these on right now
they have boot zips that go right up to
just below the knee and they're though
it's going to accommodate your boot just
fine you don't take your boots off you
slide right over your pants really
really great feature about the Blackfoot
rain pant I've been pleased with
the jacket so far I love the velcro
adjustment tab for the cuffs I can cinch
this down tight it rained pretty good
here for a few minutes and I'm dry and
so the water is beading right up on it
but again that three layer technology
some water's not gonna get through that
so let's take a look at the Gunnison
softshell series one of the first things
that I noticed about the jacket
when I put it on was the brushed fleece
liner this is extremely soft material
and if you're wearing it with a short
sleeve t-shirt for example it's going to
be really comfortable and it's got all
kinds of great little features like a
bicep pocket or upper arm pocket it does
have pit zips one of the great things
that I liked was I had my rangefinder
to this earlier and it's right here it's
above my backpack strap I can grab it
real quick I can either unhook it or
it's an anchor point for a retractor and
that's what I had my rangefinder on I
could just grab it and go and I could
range the Gunnison softshell jacket also
has fleece lined hand warmer pockets
here that are very generous
I had a can of bear spray in this pocket
earlier and it fit no problem and I
could get it in and out no problem it's
a really well-designed really well
thought out jacket so the pants that I'm
wearing are extremely lightweight and
very comfortable when I first put these
on I thought holy smokes
there's nothing to these pants and
they're that's one of the great things
about them is they are incredibly
comfortable pants to wear you'd hardly
know that you're wearing them it's like
pajama pants but yet they come loaded
with some with a pile of features very
intuitive pocket placement great pocket
design like this particular slash pocket
here that I can put calls into there's
lots of different purposes for that so
the lightweight pants have six pockets
total I have a rear zipper pocket for
your wallet or your phone or anything
that you want to put back here that you
don't want to lose you just zip it shut
they're very stretchy pants
I can easily bend and flex in these
pants they are not restrictive at all
with the right set of long johns on
under these I could push these pants
much later much later than the early elk
seasons and deer and pronghorn seasons
one of the other things about Sixsite
that I've come to enjoy is they
have a more I guess realistic sizing
model when they say double extra-large
they mean double extra-large they don't
mean an extra-large that's got a little
extra room in it this is a double
extra-large
and while it is a little bit big for my
frame it's got lots of room under it I
could put a puffy jacket underneath this
and cover it up with a soft shell it
would be great so when you're ordering
Sixsite or when you're when you're
trying it on looking for sizes go with
sizes that you know you wear if you're a
large you're probably going to wear a
large in Sixsite you're not going to
have to bump up to an extra-large this
is a little overview of
a great new gear company out there
called Sixsite American owned and
american-made go to their website and I
tell you what I'm impressed with their
gear give it a look
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