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Based on personal experience, I chose to buy a ghillie suit instead of making one myself (and I rarely use it with the temperatures and humidity my home field reaches). To make one still can cost upwards of $50-$75 for mid-grade ghillie suits. If you would prefer to make a suit to ensure it meets your exact needs and expectations, consider buying a kit (prices can be lower than buying the materials yourself!). Kits are lower priced than buying a ghillie suit pre-made and they allow you to customize your suit to however you'd prefer. You also get the pride of knowing you made it yourself (if 7+ hours of manual labor is still worth it)! Below you can find a few kits I recommend that are made of quality materials and yet still have low prices:
*note: the difference between a ghillie suit and a ghillie poncho is exactly how you'd picture it. A poncho is typically an one piece (rain) poncho-like garment. A poncho looks VERY similar to a suit, but they do have their differences. Ghillie suits are comprised of 2+ pieces, always including one piece that covers your torso and arms, the other that covers your legs. The poncho style of ghillie is just like a rain-poncho: A person slides the one piece over them. Ponchos usually have a hood and arm sleeves.
Recommended Ghillie Kits:
Pros: Kits are typically less expensive than pre-made ghillies. Kits are made to your exact standards.
Cons: Kits can still be a long, tedious process, taking around 7+ hours to make. If not built correctly, the ghillie will not last near as long (just follow exact directions to prevent this).
Price: $51
Website: www.ghilliesuits.com
Find this kit HERE
Price: $59
Website: www.ghilliesuitplus.com
Find this kit HERE
Recommended Ghillie suits/ponchos:
Pros: Pre-made ghillies are ready to wear out of the box! Ghillies are made to a professional standard which means a longer lasting product.
Cons: Average about $20-30 more than kits.
Price: $90
Website: www.camodump.com
Find this Ghillie Suit HERE
Price: $100
Website: www.theghilliesuits.com
Find this Ghillie Suit HERE
Make sure that the Ghillie you buy is adaptable for your individual requirements. For example, snipers will often be laying down, unlike a hunter. This means an open front ghillie suit may be preferrred. Just make sure you shop around and find one that suits your needs, and your wallet. The four recommended kits/suits* are just a handful that we found to be not only high-quality, but low priced as well.
For those "do-it-yourselfers" out there who would prefer to build their own ghillie suits from scratch, more power to you! I'm not saying it'll be easy, but if you can stay with it and have the extra time to put into finding the supplies and making one yourself, it could very well be worth your time. It's very rewarding to build your own suit and great because you customize it to compliment your exact needs. I was going to post my instructions on how to build a ghillie on this site, but there are already so many good instructions floating around on the web I just decided to point you in the right direction. Remember that there are many ways to build a ghillie suit and all can either end in disaster, or a professional-quality ghillie suit. Alright, enough talking. Here are the links!
Try out: Stalker 217
Try out: Ghillie Suits - Very simple (and obvious) design
Try out: Pukindogs
No matter what you decide to purchase, there are four big things you need to remember:
#1 - Find an even balance between quality and price. Although finding the lowest prices is a good way to start when choosing to buy a suit, poncho, or kit, if the materials contained within them are cheaply manufactured, your suit will not last long and you'll be buying another one before you know it.
#2 - Safety First! Ghillie suits are highly-flammable by nature so it's important to either buy fire-retardant treatment to cover your suit in, or purchase a suit not made out of the flammable burlap, but a synthetic, already fire retardant material. You'd be surprised how quickly these suits can go up in flames. I highly doubt you'd like to be a human torch.
#3 - Make sure you stay hydrated and try to keep your ghillie around 3 pounds. The temperature inside a ghillie suit can quickly reach 115+ degrees Farenheit. Not only are these temperatures very uncomfortable, but potentially dangerous. Drink plenty of water before, during, and after games.
#4 - Customize your ghillie to suit your needs.Ghillies come in all styles, shapes and sizes. Make sure the one you choose is the one that fits your needs the most. For example, the sniper that is often on the move may prefer a suit that has an open front, is lightweight, and one that doesn't have strand after strand of burlap constantly covering his/her eyes during movement!
So here's our page on ghillie suits. To keep things simple we're going to recommend a few types of suits, where to purchase them, and, if you really would like to try to make your own, how to do that as well. If you're wanting a ghillie suit to be a part of your wardrobe, then there are a few things you'll need to consider. A few examples include whether or not buying/constructing one is in your budget, what type of terrain will you be playing in most often, what type of sniper are you most often (highly mobile, stationary, prone position, etc.), what are the average temperatures of where you play, and the list goes on.
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