Military Charcoal Suits???
 

Anybody ever tried using the Military issued charcoalsuits?My cousin(treehunter)got us about 2-3a piece from work for free.Brand new still in the packages.Real nice suits and like I said brand new.I got to wash them though cause these things really have the charcoal in them.
JE

RE: Military Charcoal Suits???
 

Those are our chem suits.....and i would be careful saying he got those still in the package especially for free!!

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They are the old chem suits or something.They were giving them away.I'm sure he'll be on here later to clarify.You think they will work?
JE

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What exactly do you mean those are "OUR" chem suits?

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buddy of mine has been using them for years they work you can get them cheap at army surplus stores

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my son a stinky teenager uses an old green one it gets him close my best friend uses my old camo one he has had deer within 6 yard and didnt wind him from the ground

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We were cleaning out an old warehouse on a military base and found them. We were just going to throw them away but I decided to keep them to use for hunting. They are, by today's standards, training suits dated back to 1986. They should work great for hunting though.

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I agree. I used mine when I was at Ft. Hood. Dropped a doe at around 5yds and I was out in the open. Those suits have more thsn 1 use atleast. Problem is that after a few washes they just become a jumpsuit. The charcoal filiment doesn't last long.

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Hey Tree,
You got any Large left over? Send me one.:D

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I picked up a NATO chem suit(woodlands camo pattern) on ebay a couple of years ago for $25. Regardless of whethercharcoal suits actually work, you can't beat the price. Especially if you got"ours" for free.:D
Always try to hunt with the wind in your favor, and you'll be fine either way.

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Why would a Sent Blocker suit last so long and a mopp suit won't? Mopp suit is the military term for all you non military guys. It means mission oriented protective posture. Some call them NBC suits for Nuclear, Biological, Chemical suit. Just a quick explaination.

RE: Military Charcoal Suits???
 

Never got to keep it. When I transferred I had to turn it back in so someone else could use it.

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CIF...I know how that goes.

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Tree,
The charcoal filiment washes out over time. You've sweat your backside off in one of those things before. Don't tell me you weren't a shade darker when you took it off.

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A shade???? How about black. The new ones that I wore during the invasion in Iraq did not rub off like that. I would like to get ahold of a couple of them. They are like $800 dollars apiece and that is the government rate.

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Treehunter,How long are the new mpp suits good for?? Reasion being a buddy of mine gave me a new one a couple years ago when he got back from Iraq and i have worn it once i think frickin thing is to hot for early seasion archery here.but it has been in my closet since then.

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Well, I know it is good for a couple of wears at least. We were issued two each before we got there and on March 20, 2003 I put one of them on for the first time. We had what we thought at the time was a scud missle get intercepted over our tent by a patriot missle. Turns out it was a british jet that did not make positive communications with our camp. Anywho....I put that suit and the other one on probably another 30-40 times with all the scud missle attacks on our camp. So I know they are worth at least that. My skin has not peeled off since so they must have worked.

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Why does it seem like you can get more "activations" out of a Scent Blocker suit over a military chemical suit? Should at least be comparable.

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Just wondering,are they activated the same way as Scent Blocker?Just throw it in the dryer?
JE

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Check out an article in whitetail deer hunting-scent control. This should answer all your questions about chemical suits and carbon suits. There is also some brand new technologies that are now available for scent control/elimination.

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Do you have a link?

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The ones we had issued from CIF when we checked in are specifically for training and not for the real deal. The real ones are layered differently with different type of fillements. Not sure what they are but it's not charcoal.

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Yeah, the ones issued at CIF are "training suits and are not the ones you take to war but, it is still a real suit. When it was new it was just as good as the "real" ones.The new version is better, obviously. It don't turn you black like the old ones will and like I said, I know for a fact they work.

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I know they work I had one years ago, and I killed deer with it on some in the direction of the wind. Be carefull during the first couple washes cause they will turn the wash machine tub black.
P.S. can you friend get anymore in large, would be willing to buy.
Good Hunting.