grizzly
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Most of us know about the KUIU/Eastman litigation, and none of us likely know the whole story there, but here's the part that rubs me wrong.
Did anybody notice the high-end rain gear review in Eastman this month? The EHJ 162 for Aug/Sept covered Sitka, Badlands, Kryptek, and First Lite... but to leave out KUIU makes the whole comparison incomplete and potentially worthless. Hopefully it's not due to the pending litigation.
I don't know where KUIU would've stacked up against the others, but I sure would've liked the opportunity to find out and certainly the KUIU products belong in the conversation of high-end rain gear.
I sure hope the two companies get this sorted out, otherwise the Eastman comparison articles aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Plus, it's never good to have two players in the hunting industry fighting it out with each other instead of focusing on their products.
And in case I was reading too much into that omission and thinking it might be an accident, I decided to check one more thing. Of the 10 hunter's stories in EBJ 102 for July/August... six of them had the name of their clothing brand mentioned in the "Equipment" section at the end of the article (none of them were KUIU). Three of the other guys were clearly wearing KUIU in the pictures but the "clothing" tab was conspicuously absent from their "Equipment" section, effectively keeping the name KUIU out of print; and the 4th guy was wearing solids that were unnamed and indiscernible (though they looked like they could be a KUIU merino with Guide Vest).
The EHJ 162 had 11 stories, eight of which named non-KUIU brands, one was unnamed and two used KUIU by name. Hopefully this means Eastman is progressing and is going to quit the childish camo game and focus on the animals/hunter/equipment in the most forthcoming light.
I'm not here to make judgments about the lawsuits, I just hope the comparison articles and published stories are done in a way to best represent information to the subscribers. Otherwise, why even read the articles?
Grizzly
Did anybody notice the high-end rain gear review in Eastman this month? The EHJ 162 for Aug/Sept covered Sitka, Badlands, Kryptek, and First Lite... but to leave out KUIU makes the whole comparison incomplete and potentially worthless. Hopefully it's not due to the pending litigation.
I don't know where KUIU would've stacked up against the others, but I sure would've liked the opportunity to find out and certainly the KUIU products belong in the conversation of high-end rain gear.
I sure hope the two companies get this sorted out, otherwise the Eastman comparison articles aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Plus, it's never good to have two players in the hunting industry fighting it out with each other instead of focusing on their products.
And in case I was reading too much into that omission and thinking it might be an accident, I decided to check one more thing. Of the 10 hunter's stories in EBJ 102 for July/August... six of them had the name of their clothing brand mentioned in the "Equipment" section at the end of the article (none of them were KUIU). Three of the other guys were clearly wearing KUIU in the pictures but the "clothing" tab was conspicuously absent from their "Equipment" section, effectively keeping the name KUIU out of print; and the 4th guy was wearing solids that were unnamed and indiscernible (though they looked like they could be a KUIU merino with Guide Vest).
The EHJ 162 had 11 stories, eight of which named non-KUIU brands, one was unnamed and two used KUIU by name. Hopefully this means Eastman is progressing and is going to quit the childish camo game and focus on the animals/hunter/equipment in the most forthcoming light.
I'm not here to make judgments about the lawsuits, I just hope the comparison articles and published stories are done in a way to best represent information to the subscribers. Otherwise, why even read the articles?
Grizzly
