Thread: Ghille Suits

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Greetings!

With Halloween nearly upon us, I'm thinking of wearing a Ghille suit for hiding in plain sight. I've done some research, and discovered making my own would be too time-consuming, so I'm resigned to buying one. But they seem to range from $60 to over $400.

Does anyone have experience using or wearing these suits, for whatever purpose, hunting or scaring? Are the cheaper models as good as the expensive ones? Any name brands or suppliers to avoid?

If I'm going to shell out a hundred bucks, I'd like it to last for some time. But I don't want to overpay for something I won't use but a few times a year.

Any suggestions?

My cousin bought one a few years back. It was awesome! I think he bought it at an Army Navy store. It was a really effective scare!

Army surplus store for sure! The idea is to integrate some twigs, branches, plants into it that you have in the front yard so it seems like part of your surroundings. So just about any suit will work, just try to stick to the color tones of your yard in October. If you can find them for a reasonable price you can get two and wear one and set the other one up so it looks even less conspicuous.

I bought a ghillie suit on ebay last year. I did extensive research before buying it, though.

There are 2 basic types of ghillie suits: pancho type and suit type (jacket and pants). I bought the suit type; better to hide with, in my opinion:



http://cgi.ebay.com/Special-Ops-Pain...item3a67de4adf

Ghillie suits are made from different materials. Some are made from strips of cloth (called "bushrag"), but most are made from strings. The strings are burlap, jute, or synthetic material (sometimes called ultra-light).

I highly recommend getting one made from synthetic material, as jute and burlap suits are highly flammable!!

Plus, the synthetic suits are lighter in weight and breathe better.

At the time I bought mine, there were a couple of sellers who had lots of these for a lower price than I see on ebay now. I got mine for about 50 bucks, including shipping.

I bought a gillie suit on eBay last year for $45. It isn't probably the highest quality. But for scaring at night it couldn't work better. I hid in bushes around this campground we go to for Halloween and I don't think anybody saw me before I jumped out!! Great times!! Haha

We bought one three years ago through a Surplus store. Paid a bit over $80.00 for it; hat, coat and pants. It is one of the most effective scares we have. Once it get's dark, you literally can't tell the wearer is there, as they blend so well into the bushes. We've used it each year and just move the actor into a different location each time. Total scare!

We used two last year. One was used in the front yard as a gotcha scare as guests came up to the house. Then I used both in my scary maze. I added fluorescent paint to one of the suits in blotches so it kind of blended. It looked pretty weird under blacklight. Both were natural jute/string and the main complaint I have was that they STINK! I sprayed them with Febreeze over many days and let them air dry. That helped a lot. I did not use the flame retardant that comes with the suit (you mix it with water and spray it on). It had too many warnings on the label and I knew I wouldn't have any open flames. One comment I've heard is that the zippers rip out easily, so be careful getting in and out of it. When I bought mine (about $60), the synthetics were way out of my price range. I would prefer the synthetic, both for flame retardance and smell! If I had found them at the same price, and knew what I know now, I'd spring for the synthetic. The suits make an awesome scare! I've seen them in "snow" pattern (white with a little dark mixed in) that I bet would be really cool under blacklight.

Last year we used them near our front porch. I bought them from an army surplus store for 80$ and they worked AWESOME.