For years small units and agencies have worn Arc’teryx garments for physical fitness training. Bringing these two items into the line makes it easier for LEAF customers to add this capability to their kit bag.
Don’t forget that these items are available in the outdoor line as well, so don’t feel constrained by the colors you see here.
These are cool products, but I can’t fathom why a t-shirt and shorts cost $69 and $79 respectively. As much as I love Arcteryx gear, I can’t justify buying these items.
This really does drive home their gucci gear reputation. A shirt that is indistinguishable in material, cut, and function from a run of the mill Nike, UA, or Adidas, for triple the price. Even if you get a LE discount to cut the price in half, it’s still ridiculous.
Their only hope is to sell to Orgs that have so much budget, they don’t bother looking at price tags, with the supply guy hoping to sneak this in the same purchase order as the cold weather jackets.
Stick with your issue PT gear, it has literally 10,000+ more man hours in research and development than this, all for $30 for a full uniform.
Of course it is idiotic…but then again, as H.L. Mencken put it so well years ago:
“No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.”