What is the worlds best Extreme cold weather clothing system

[Mkim340518]

Hey, guys I know that there are plenty of people here that can help me out. I just want to buy a good set of Gore-tex pants and jacket but, I'm not sure of which countries Cold Weather System is the best. I know that the U.S. has the new Gen III ECWCS system which consists of 7 different layers but, that stuff is stupid expensive. I was also thinking about our Gen II system which you can get for way cheaper but, is it also that much of a inferior product compared to the Gen III?

Then I ran into the Swiss, German, and Dutch Gore-tex systems and so, now I'm really unsure of what I want.....

I need something light and packable, that is absolutely waterproof, breathable, GORE-TEX, and worth the money....PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!!!

Thank you again

Mike Kim

[norge]

if you need ligth weigth and so on, use britsh army gore tex
but they dont have pockets on the gore tex since it can make them leak.
i have 2 sets of british gtex and find them real good.
i also have us army/mc gtex that one is also super
but since i collect us gear i dont want to use it up
btw im pm to you later today.
cheers from norge

[jfko6]

Mike:

You're from the good ole' USA and don't know which country makes the Best extreme cold weather gear.

Check out Wiggy's: http://www.wiggys.com/

They make the best of the best.

JFK
P.S. viewtopic.php?t=1640

[housil]

Then I ran into the ... German,

As we don´t have real winter in Germany, we don´t have "Extreme cold..."

The Bundeswehr (German Army) is using its regular clothing and wear them in layers as follows to increase isolation:

Winter under wear:


Very popular for skiing
I also use it in the sleeping bag

Next layer is regular BDU

Now use the liner (Unterziehjacke Kälteschutz)



Next layer depends if it is dry/cold:

Use parker:


or wet/cold:

take (Goretex) rain suit

This will work in German "winter" (nothing you scandinavian, canadian etc. folks will call a winter!! )

There are some more nice clothings like liner pants:



My favorit:
Pullover :

with undershirt:


The German rain jacket has just two ordenary pockets - nothing else!




Anybody still reading untill here?! Let´s continue...


If it doesn´t need to be a genuine Bundeswehr one, better buy a rain jacket from another manufacturer like:
MILTEC :

€100
http://www.asmc.de/de/Bekleidung/Naesse ... arn-p.html

or Bausenwein :

"just" €179...
http://www.militaerbestaende.de/product ... cts_id=204


I have the MILTEC also:

Darker autum color, not the brighter green as usally Flecktarn has

but for Mrs. Housil we prefer US ECWCS w/ bear suit:

[Stef]

Hi,
I love my regular BW parka, that's really comfortable!
I had a Miltec flecktarn rain jacket (the old "pullover" type) but I found the material was too rigid, the front flap was not really wind/waterproof and the wrist straps were too short to be efficient. I gave it a friend’s son who uses it for airsoft