Pulled the trigger on First Lite

[Jays toyz]

Due to me being too stupid to say no, I get to/have to pick up, deliver and install 40 washers this week. To compensate for 3 full days of hauling 300 lb chunks of metal up between 20 and 70 steps each and an equal number of old machines down the same, I bought myself some gear to replace my torn up and piece meal Walmart camo. It's crazy for this cheap old guy to spend more on a pant, jacket shirt combo than my first car. Reviews were fantastic and I am looking forward to killing a bull during archery season next year in it. Looked at lots of stuff and decided the dairy cow camo pattern for kuiu was too stupid looking. My gear got ruined by mutated wild roses that look more like blackberries than roses. The thorns are still working their way out of my knees and knuckles over 2 months later.
Any other near 50 dudes lifting a quarter million pounds this week? Not bragging, lamenting... I usually work smarter, not harder.

[glen moa]

Try putting the washers in a back pack. That way you will be ready to pack out your elk.
Good luck. Be careful

[Trochu]

Originally Posted by Jays toyz

...install 40 washers........hauling 300 lb chunks of metal.......... an equal number of old machines down.......a quarter million pounds.....

And that is why you're doing manual labor.

[Jays toyz]

Originally Posted by Trochu

And that is why you're doing manual labor.

Please explain how to lift each machine only once. I would love to hear it, smart guy.

[Trochu]

Originally Posted by Jays toyz

Please explain how to lift each machine only once. I would love to hear it, smart guy.

Yeesh, it was a joke.

But, since you asked, forty 300 lb units up the stairs, forty 300 lbs units down the stairs is 40*300+40*300 = 24,000 lbs. I generally don't put my phone in my pocket and then tell people I moved 1,400 lb that day because I broke it down into 10 second increments over the duration of the day.....

[Jays toyz]

Originally Posted by Trochu

Yeesh, it was a joke.

But, since you asked, forty 300 lb units up the stairs, forty 300 lbs units down the stairs is 40*300+40*300 = 24,000 lbs. I generally don't put my phone in my pocket and then tell people I moved 1,400 lb that day because I broke it down into 10 second increments over the duration of the day.....

I don't "do manual labor" but I am not afraid to.

Each stair requires it's own lift. If you do 100 squats of 100lbs, did you lift 100lbs or 10000? Are you an engineer?

[Stinky Buffalo]

It's definitely nice to reward yourself for a hard stretch of work - very satisfying. Hope you make some great memories in your new gear!

Still working up the nerve to guy some decent hunting clothes - Kiuiu, Sitka or First Lite... Just can't do it yet.

[Jays toyz]

It will be nice to not look like the hunting hobo. It's been almost 3 years of kicking tires but it's more money than I have invested in my entire wardrobe. My Irish setter boots have been a fantastic investment and I hope some comfortable camo will also pay dividends. I bought them in my 'fighting shape' I was in the fall, so I will have to lose weight for them to fit well. My time of buying the cheapest of everything has come to a middle .. moving lots of laundry is even harder than I remember. Almost an hour per unit. Kill me...

[Roebag]

What are you getting from them?


The stuff I have from them is great. Their fit for my size is bang on also

[Jays toyz]

I ordered a sawtooth jacket, corrugate guide pant and a wick hoodie in fusion. I hope the combo will work for me. Following Elk trails through river valleys tore the crap out of my legs this year.

[Roebag]

I have the sawtooth also and a several wick pieces too. Use them all the time

[Kim473]

I would have used the elevator. Hehehe.

[Jays toyz]

My gear arrived and It certainty is not what I expected. Much lighter, thinner and more spandex than I imagined. The corrugated guide pants are like yoga pants so I hope they will survive my abuse stretchy enough thermals fit under them without binding. Extremely comfortable and form fitting though my wife says they are too tight in the crotch and butt, they are so stretchy I don't notice. The sawtooth jacket is also much thinner and softer than I imagined. Very different gear than my Walmart lined camo pants and a free camo shirt I wore all last season. I certainly don't feel it's durable enough for pushing through thick bush and roses but I hope I am wrong.

[Deer Hunter]

I too feel the first lite stuff isn't very durable. Or thick, or good value...
That's the problem with not being able to try it on before you buy this expensive stuff. Goes for all this new and trendy hunting gear.

[Jays toyz]

Originally Posted by Deer Hunter

I too feel the first lite stuff isn't very durable. Or thick, or good value...
That's the problem with not being able to try it on before you buy this expensive stuff. Goes for all this new and trendy hunting gear.

I am hoping it just feels that way. It's all amazingly comfortable. I didn't think I would get the value from boots either but I absolutely did.