We Switched to First Lite | Everything you need to KNOW!?! 

The new foundry pants are sick! We just got some as well and we love them. Thanks for watching.

Did you get the foundry pants in the same size as what you normally wear?

@@case8987 No I had to go smaller. I wear a 30x34 normally. Tried to make the 32x32 work and they were GIGANTIC parachute pants on me. Returned them for the 30x30 and they fit. Kinda… They’re good in the waist but a little short. Going to take them to a seamstress to have the hems undone and re-sewn longer. I dont know why First Lite cant offer more sizes for the smaller average sized folk. For reference I wear a small in the regular corrugates and they fit me good. 5’10” 160 lbs.

@@kellennaizer appreciate the feedback! I was debating them but for that much $ I’d expect them to fit perfect. Might just stick with my EB guide pants for early season or my $20 wranglers lol.

For sure. I can’t tell You how many times I have had to swap Sitka gear.

I went the Sitka route and my best friend is a First Lite guy. We always chat about them and agree they are probably the top two companies. It seems like the Sitka products are more "mature" in their development

Agree

Big fan of Gore Wind stopper....

Sitkas gradient fleece lined pants and heavy merino base layers make FL’s base layers look like an amazon knockoff. But they are better than wal-mart. Lol

I’m hung up on the base layers and the pant choices, the most comfortable pants I have ever owned.

Pants are incredible! I have obsidian, corrugate guide, catalyst and full foundry line. Obsidian and catalyst are my favorite but the foundry are legit as well. Can't wait to get more time in the foundry!

Tbh every company is made in china or overseas. Origin is the only one whom doesn’t.

Thanks for watching buddy

Simple. First lite offered them free apparel lol

Price they are cheaper but on their whitetail pattern and gear they are killing Sitka even their merinos and better.

I wear 2xl in shirts....just ordered a Furnace 1/4 zip top, and a Furnace long John bottom for base layers to use during Pennsylvania Rifle Season (Buck), also a orange Furnace beanie. IMHO Merino is the best of the wool 🦙 , now some would argue Alpaca is....my experience with Merino over 30 years of wearing merino wool....it's soft so you don't itch, it's durable....the best. I am hoping First Lite is a step up from Sitka.... I have a Sitka Core top....it isn't long enough in the sleeves has a more athletic fit and after using for three seasons....it's a little itchy and gets pick loops from briars too easily Flat seams are great though.

First Lite offers military discount as well.

@@boblankenship4073 thanks Bo. Do you know where I can sign up. Even Sitka kept it a secret. Lol.

FL specter pattern is the best pattern on the market. But Sitka does kill it in the duck game.

First Lite says they have waterfowl coming in Summer of 2022

Funny because I have seen several other reviews that list FL as far superior to Sitka in durability. Never know what to believe.

Their whitetail line is awesome

Facebook, just listed it in one of the buy sell trade hunting groups.

It’s actually everything you need to know if you make the switch far as what pieces match up, sizing, and how it fits, if you are wanting to buy FL and you are coming from Sitka. Far as quality and durability, this is an old video and we have now killed a pile of animals and been on a pile of hunts in FL. Just spent 25 days in elk camp in it.

Made in China

I agree, the North Branch line was well thought out and overdeveloped to meet every need a hunter might run into. I had a pair and sent them back for repairs a few months ago. First lite doesnt do repairs, they replace. With that said, they gave me the equivalent which wasnt close. First Lite is a great company so they took the garment back and gave me store credit for other needs. I ended up purchasing a pair off Facebook from a guy on the First Lite page. They are great. Now I am looking for a second North Branch jacket for every day use in a solid color. The rest of their equipment is great but I agree, the North Branch was a home run.

I have a North branch jacket I use for every day use. One of my favs for sure

Never once did we say that we didn’t like Sitka, pay more attention to the video. 2nd if you watch the video and pay attention most of the video is talking about what pieces you should buy and how they fit compared to Sitka. First lite, Sitka, and Kuiu is still the best 3 in the game, all of them have pieces that are better than others. Don’t be offended it’s just clothes 😂.

So FL actually just had a huge sale on the site it was way cheaper than what you can get Sitka for. We purchased most of our Sitka through the years either used or on FB groups. If you are just wanting to try out some FL pieces normally you can find it like 40% off or more on the FB groups.

@@UnGuidedOutdoors I’ve always bought my sitka brand new 25-75% off. I didn’t even know FL had a sale which if it’s over is no help to me now.

Lord no sold it all and made money 😂. That is the good thing about high end camo, you can sell it for about what you pay after wearing it a few years.

@@UnGuidedOutdoors it's like gold it never depreciates

Lol you lost that farm, was wearing Sitka back before they had their own pattern. Sitka is awesome gear no doubt, we never said it wasn’t, we however swapped to FL found out some sizing and differences that we noticed and made a video on it. Honestly had no idea feelings would get hurt or that someone cared what we choose to wear. What do you wear buddy?

Far from it!

Well, if you wear wool on the outside of your person it will get damaged far easier than a synthetic material. Wool by nature will wear more quickly, hence it’s mostly useful as a base layer. Sitka is mostly synthetic so it’s no wonder it’s more durable. The first lite base layers I have are 95% wool. If they want to make it more durable they would simply have to add more synthetic fibers to the end product. I hope they don’t.

Yeah was and have been paying for Sitka and just can’t afford to buy camo and hunt more to keep creating content.would not believe how much we have spent out of our own pockets for content. We actually was offered sponsorship from other camo companies just felt FL was the only one that was on par with Sitka.

This video was made before turkey season, so we have been able to put some pieces through the paces. So far we freaking love it.

@@UnGuidedOutdoors appreciate the time effort an $$ to show us what and why you use. Hope your Turkey season has been successful.

Crazy lol. Nothing beats Sitka

They switch to FL because EVERYONE and their mother is wearing FL now. You can clearly tell that's why they did it. Plus, they probably got some sort of sponsoring program considering all that NEW GEAR with tags on it. They seem to have all the answers with NO EXPERIENCE. THIS IS YOUR TYPICAL LOOK AT ME HUNTER LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE. It's like females in the hunting world. Trying to justify their spending and trying to fit in habits by bashing something else.

I’d say Kuiu!

Anything but Firstlite!

@@BonaFideWildLife firstlite is good stuff

I wear a normal flannel and blue jeans, while smoking a pipe and still kill deer.... it dosent matter as much as you think ,in woods anyways

@@KSN2019 Sure... the products are great and I just dropped $1600 with them... Yet none of that matters to me if the company and people suck!! I absolutely regret my choice. Edit: The service was the worst! Why does the company and people suck? They're anti 2nd amendment and would rather nickel and dime you over earning your loyalty.

Really?!? Can you show us this because we have no idea about it.

Where are your references to validate your claim.

Glad you found it, sizing was the hardest part.

No problems killing elk with it on, and the whitetail stuff is quiet.

@@UnGuidedOutdoors I bet ! Good fundamentals are more important than expensive gear; you guys could wear flannel and board shorts. I just want better clothing options for the price tags.

Nail on the head, we could not believe how helpful the guys were at FL . We ordered a lot of the wrong sizes and they exchanged them no questions asked, they was super nice and answered the phone every time.

@@UnGuidedOutdoors I've called Sitka for gear, order and return questions literally 10-15 different times over a 3 week period with hold times upwards of 15 minutes before I'd hang up. Everytime the automated answer would tell me they were experiencing higher than normal call volumes. I would also reach out with emails during the same time. I finally gave up and called GoHunt for my Sitka questions which they were happy and prompt to answer. Sitka only responded to my email after I left a long explanation of why I would never buy another product from them based on shit customer service. I can maybe think of 1or 2 times over the past 4 years that I haven't got an answer within a few rings from FL and they have always called me back within 24hrs at the very latest. They're return process is phenomenal as well. I've spent thousands of dollars with them over the years and enjoy every dime I've spent with them!

@@UnGuidedOutdoors Black Ovis and GoHunt have extremely good customer support as well! I've enjoyed dealing with Kuiu, but have found their sizes just run odd on me so I don't have a ton of their gear, but they're raingear is great (I have the Chugach set) and their tents are also nice!

Your hands experience sounds like mine in the sense you never can get someone on the phone at Sitka. Now with FL it’s every time I have called they answer. Everything I buy I buy from black Ovis, great people over there.

I ordered a jacket and it was to small and they said they wouldn’t take it back.

So far for us, from Arizona mule deer to turkey season we haven’t had any problems. The real test will be elk and deer season but the pieces that we are running for elk and deer I feel like that should do good, guess we will see.

So, thanks for the comment first of all. Second, we had whitetail hunted, did a coues hunt and a mule deer hunt in the camo. The AZ hunt we did was in some pretty extreme terrain, now there was a few pieces in this video that we had not tried out so yes we was excited about using those pieces. But the majority of the pieces in the video we had already had a really good idea as to how they performed. From freezing temps in the mornings, to 80s or hotter in the day with lots of sucky terrain AZ. Then late season whitetail we hunted in the clothes when it was well below freezing. So yes we had tried them out and have pictures on our Instagram of us using this prior to this video.