MultiCam® Effectiveness PART II 

For all the effectiveness videos, which are awesome btw, keep in mind: We know he’s somewhere in the image with a very narrow field of view. If you’re just scanning from an OP or patrolling the odds of you seeing or being seen are way lower.

And those are the colors where MC shines !

I had a harder time finding it in this video than I did last video. I'm surprised on how well it works in late autumn. Very nice.

Much more difficult to spot you in this 2nd part, but I gotta admit that Multicam is really versatile. Not perfect but pretty good in different environments. Nice work here!

Much better in the fall. I guess the Marines have the right idea having two patterns.

After watching all of these again, MultiCam is definitely your best military pattern for fall/winter. It doesn't work as well in a green environment but it still works and that's pretty great that it's that versatile. Keep it up, bro!

In drier vegetation the multicam seems to do better. Thanks for the video!

Honestly the biggest thing this shows is the importance of breaking up the silhouette and managing shine. Almost every time I could easily spot you was when I could see a human shape easily or an unnaturally round shine appearing in the vegetation

I was trying to find the perfect Autumn/winter camo, and it was right in front of me, starting at me in sweet sweet Multicam. AOR2 for summer/spring, and multicam for the shitty months. Awesome.

2:40 I was sure it had you, then you turned out to be the "big rock" i didn't suspect!

Great vid! I only knew where you were if the tree didn't break up your outline and direct sunlight was on you... But then again I was looking for you. Subbed.

I find Multicam is an effective all rounder. May not be perfect in every environment but it does work.

Holy shit....that's one good fucking patter. So happy the Army adopted it :) Brent, Do you plan on making a video with the Jungle and Desert variations of Multicam? That'd be awesome.

I don't think this camouflage pattern would work well in central Europe, especially in dark and pines forest (Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, East-France) but it would work like a charm in southern Spain (Andalucía) where the colors are going more from tan to red, aside the western part that is really green (Cadiz) or the Sierra Nevada (Alpujara) during winter. I'd love to try it there ! Thanks for the good videos !

The fact you could just lay still out in the open and be nearly impossible to see in this sort of terrain is impressive. The previous video involved alot more hiding behind bushes instead of the camo doing real work.

That camo pattern was much more difficult for me to see in this part 2 video.

For everyone saying that they could see him easily, most of that comes from the fact that there is only so much you can do to disguise the flat, untextured surface of a fabric. With a little bit of vegetation or some strips of cammie netting applied in the right spots (shoulders, back, boonie cover), MC would work amazingly.

Don't think we didn't hear you fart at 2:04 and then squat for another ...lol just kidding :P

It's a good camo-pattern, for sure. Very versatile. I own some Multicam/Scorpion gear and some British MTP. Anyway I'm living in Central Europe and I've been and still am a huge fan of the British DPM and the French CCE pattern. The "multicam-pattern" that fit my area best is ATACS. The gear that fits my situation best is the Russian Partizan-suit in SS-Leto-pattern.

very hard to spot you, i do believe if we don't know you are there noone spots you. Be carefull next time you go into the woods.. what if Brent is watching you! :)

In part one it was really easy. Now I saw u 90% of the time, but if u don't search for anyone particular u won't find anyone. To be honest I never liked it to much, I don't know but this camo is really popular in usages. Because of the fact it's practical of the fact that it fits in many location exept a few. Thank you for your videos

I find the pattern very good. But your skills to hide can improve. I recomend you the book "Principles Of Natural Camouflage: The Art of Invisibility". It's short, but it has amazing info! tks!

As Crye stated, not perfect for a particular area but damn good for every area!

for those of us in the plains all of that shade is a little off...basically, as long as you don't move you are blending in nicely. I could tell where you might be just by guessing...if any light hit you it was somewhat simple...but, I know what I am looking for. if I were just walking along without a heads up I wouldn't see you. nice job!!! thanks for doing this:)

kinda wish the nay sayers in the comments would say which camo makes this one suck, they just bag on it like its horrible but give no recommendations, ahhh the internet, warriors everywhere. to me any step away from digital is a relief! at least for my morale. although i will vouch my army universal gear disappears completely on my gravel roads and driveway!

i have to say i have been liking your videos because north Texas and western Washington are the same most if not all year long and it gives me a vary good perspective as to what camo to buy

This is much more it's happy place. Didn't cheat here, but those I got were mostly shape based again. If not actively searching for concealed hostiles it looks highly effective in this environment. Also, does anyone know what 'dead space' is? I've heard it mentioned in camouflage videos, but every search I make gives me the computer game.

Again fast movements give away your position maybe more slower sniper style would help

They need to make that stuff less reflective because it just glows once the sun hits it. All the patterns merge into on color too.

Just got around watching this. Multi cam is awesome. Perfect for semi dry environment. 👍🏽👍🏽

Very nice video! Just got a multicam BDU myself. Excited to use it out on the (Airsoft) field.

Our instructor showed us this video at Basic training in the Russian armed forces. He said because of the popularity of this camo it is easier to recognize even when it's so effective.

Same as my rant it just needs a touch of medium dark brown. This will soak up the light rather than reflecting making you glow instead of blending.

I found it very effective in this terrain...

marpat desert is too light, marpat woodland is too dark, if multicam colors were used in a digital pattern it would be perfect

This is a FAR more effective time of year for multicam. Really impressed.

This is the perfect environment for this camo.

Wow, this totally destroyed my preconceptions about the effectiveness of Multicam. :-/ Part 2 was better than Part 1, but in both parts 1 & 2 I spotted you right off nearly every time. The other patterns in your effectiveness series, not so much.

3:25 sounded like velociraptors lmao

Unfortunately, multicam is really just okay. I managed to spot you 90% of the time with varying surity. That being said i was also looking for you, otherwise i probably wouldnt pay as much attention to what i might think is a strange colored rock.

Hey brother. How does it perform in transitionary environments like Sierra with some green but also grays and browns?

Great videos Sir, Multicam is rather affective.

Hey do you think you can do a vid on multicam tropic?

No I actually have a question. Do you think this would be an effective camouflage for a survival bug out/shtf situation?

Lesson learned : Multicam not as good as Finnish M04 (based on finds)

Impressive!

multi-cams are definitely made for a dryer more arid climate. @4:38 that was a complete surprise.

I spotted you right off the bat about 60% of the time. That's disturbing because I'm heavily invested in this pattern. most all my newer gear is multicam.

Hey Brent, I really enjoyed watching your camo vids, thumbs up! 'Did you ever think about testing camouflage effectiveness in an urban environment? I know that most camouflage patterns have been designed for natural terrain. But sometimes, the reality of a military operation forces soldiers to traverse both, natural and urban terrain in one single mission. I really wonder how e.g. MultiCam is suitable for an urban warfare scenarios. As far as I can see, such videos do not yet exist on youtube.

A satisfactory level of effectiveness. No question.

May as well been wearing a white towel. I could see just about every one of these except for the ones at distance behind that ridge. MC is just to light.

Saw you within 1/2 a second each time. It's your shape that gives you away every time apart from when you were in trap shadow. You need to break up the edges with natural cam or at least scrim. 3 things you need to be totally invisible: front drop, back drop and trap shadow. 2 out of 3 and it's very difficult to spot you

Great video! thank you!

I think that if you mixed patterns like Greenzone or ATACS FG... and added thing is Multicam like plate carrier and backpack... it would work really nicely pretty much in any time of the year (except winter of course, but its not that hard to get white fabric over your gear.).

This is the best camo test I’ve seen. Bravo!

You should consider re-doing these tests in a desert environment. Take all the clothes to New Mexico for a vacation. I'm sure someone will let you use their land.

Would you consider doing a couple videos using realtree,mossy oak, and some other civilian hunter camouflage

This video definitely has me convinced to buy multicam. Thank your for the video and all the effort you put into it. Also thank you for serving.

This is why I'm disappointed in the Army's choice to go with "scorpion". It proved to be less effective than multicam in most environments and even the genuine article seems to be just adequate in a fall setting. You're excellent at concealing yourself, but I could pick you out every time, maybe because I'm used to seeing the pattern and my brain just identifies it right away but regardless of that it stands out too much outside desert/transitional environments. My opinion though.

Seems like a really good fall pattern. May snag some for the upcoming Bow season.

It was easy to spot him if it was windy. He was the only area not moving. After awhile i got used to his hiding patterns so it was easy for me to spot him. Im a turkey hunter, i got a hell of an eye. But i do like the pattern alot. It works well.

Not so effective in my opinion

seems like multicam works little bit brownish back ground than geenish back ground

Found him all but once i think. But if I wasn't looking for a man in cammies there would be no way. Awesome pattern. I don't know why ACU/UCP was even considered. Works great I guess if your laying in the road or in a gravel pit....

Universal camouflage is all the rage these day's, it seems like every military is trying to create their own pattern and most people think it's a recent invention, well not really. Infact it's been around a lot longer than you'd think, in 1991 the South African military developed a 5-color all-terrain pattern called "Soldier 2000" and by 1995 it had completely replaced the nutria brown combat uniform. In 1986 the introduced an all-terrain pattern for hunters called ASAT which works by using a yellow bantan background to reflect and color shade or tone that it's near, but the true father of universal camouflage is East German strichtarn aka raindrops. It was developed in 1960 and it entered National People's Army service in 1965, it was designed to work in all seasons and terrains in central Europe and it even blends into some urban settings. So if you think about it camouflage clothing that works in multiple environments is really nothing new.

Multi cam works way better at this time of the year with less green, took me longer to see you and in some of the shots, you were nearly invisible.

Compared to the m81 woodland that’s more effective in a greener vegetative environment multicam seems better effective when it’s more dead leaves, woods and more dirt in the environment but it does pretty good with some green in the background.

Honesty, I saw you in every situation, but again jungle and guerilla warfare is in my blood. I'm hmong and my parents fought Vietcongs along with the U.S. in the Vietnam war. I'm a natural

Multicam is designed for effectiveness in all terrain. But what that means is it's only good in every environment versus a camouflage that is designed to be excellent in a specific environment. I found that the most effective areas where places of shadow and low light. The last shot at dusk with all the shadows was by far the most effective for this camo. Most of them were annoyingly obvious. Kryptek is way more effective

Multicam year round except use woodland for Spring.

Absolutely crap camo, Don't know why people love it, i could see you in every shot. The only ones was when you were at a distance away, but you could be wearing a red shirt and you would not be seen at that distance. Sorry.

Certainly better in this environment than in the spring. Much harder to detect and if you're setting up ambush the enemy will be walking which makes it even harder to detect you. Not staring at a still image.

In the other video where the vegatation was alive and lush, it was much easier to spot this multicam. But with all the vegatation now cold and withered, this pattern does amazing.

5:00 definitely works bad that's weird... Much more sandy-green shades vs brown.

Sir, Thanks for your videos, I watched the ATACS FG video along with both Multicam videos. In your professional opinion, if you could only choose one pattern which would you go with in your environment?

Good video, with MultiCam you light up like a Christmas tree in direct sunlight....

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High Brent0331, after watching your second video about MultiCam, i think ist ist the best camo for the time between summer-end and deep winter. Other good camos are: PenCott GreenZone, A-TACS FG, CADPAD from Canada, TYPE07 from China, SURPAD from Russia, JETAI from Japan and Mexican Woodland digital. Thank you for your video-work. Kindly F.

Still just not sold on its effectiveness in woodland areas. Better camos for that. Worked well in the Vegas deserts tho

Works way better here than in part 1. For the times I spotted you its usually due to the round shape of the human head form. If you added shrubs to the boonie hat I will never spot you.

nuch more effective in this evironment if i found you i wasent sure till you moved... althouh in many cases where i couldnt see yoiu i would have been firing past you

I don't think it does very well in this environment. I spot you quickly each time and it's disappointing

so believe it or not i was able to pick him out of every scene without pausing, it kinda comes natural to me to be able to distinguish whats not supposed to be there, unless its a ghillie suit.

lush green enviroment i spotted u all but once.

I saw Him, a hundred of times, but the Camo works Good. Only Good,

I hate boonies, I don't know what it is but my eyes see it before anything else. Sticks out like a sore thumb to me.

works well under shaded areas because well lit places always create straight outlines of the body no matter the camoflauge. spotted you 95% of the time. great video!

worked a little better, but wow once the light hits it it just lights up like a signal flare, never had that with woodland or dpm, think the old guys were right,,,,if it ain;t broke don't fix it, think i'll stick with DPM (i;m a brit) chers

Multicam works great but all the Velcro patches at such lessen the effectiveness of it

ngl it was pretty easy exception when he was in the dark area's or the highly taan grassed area

great videos... enjoyed them. Thanks~!

Would like to see the same video with asat camo ,all season all terrain... game changer

Worked really well Hopefully it fools deer lol Can’t afford Sitka

when multicam matches the colors perfectly like this it is great... but the same applies for all camouflage. wherever it doesnt match colors (desert, rocky, urban, snow, etc) it is really is easy to spot.

Hello Brent. He it in on the market a motive says CAMOGROM who seems very close to the MULTICAM and who is marketed by Hékikon Tex. What do you think of can that her be a good option in the MULTICAM because being much cheaper? All the best. Thank you. P.S: please excuse my approximate English.

Nice video. What type of chest rig are you wearing?

Hmm, multicam versus US Woodland?

Apparently, those geese have FLIR and can see you

I have a field behind my house that has a lot of tan, dry grass, and brown dead stuff. It's a creek but also has some green long grass. Would 3 color desert/ Digital desert Marpat with a mixture of Woodland/ Digital woodland Marpat work for that environment, there's no trees but there is green, tan, and brown?

I seen winter in the title, and I thought of snow. Lol. Im from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, we get a LOT of snow, so not seeing snow in the winter, even in a video, is quite confusing. My mistake for assuming the snow I guess! Thanks for the video!