Clothes for gliderpilots

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 11:57:45 AM UTC-5, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
I usually get my soaring attire from thrift stores and mountaineering shops:

* Loose white cotton shirt, epoxy stained
* 1990's Regional contest T-shirt (preferably John Shelton designs)
* Rock climbing pants (REI or Royal Robbins)
* Hiking boots
* Short-billed baseball cap, no button

bahaha! 90's contest shirt. it's so true.

On Sunday, December 7, 2014 2:13:21 AM UTC-8, Daniel Baumli wrote:
Dear gliderpilots,

I don't want to abuse your forum for big advertising. But since our clothes are something new it might interest you.
So just post the link to our website. If you have any questions fell free to write me.

www.milvus.aero/english

Have a nice Advent Sunday!

Daniel

Always found these North Face Paramount convertible cargo pants are just fantastic in a sailplane. http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/...ble-pants.html

They are convertible, with the Milvus don't seem to be and at ~US$75 a lot less than US$250 + shipping from Europe. And available at lots of retailers/online stores in the USA, and often for ever lower discounted prices.

Milvus certainly has a slick expensive lookign Web site, but I'm just scratching my head here who the customer is and whether this pricing, and product, was tested before investing all this effort.

http://performancesoaring.com/index.html


$49 Shorts, $59 pants...!!!!!!



Cookie

No Cookie, no. They look like my grandma tried to solve a gliding attire problem with a tablecloth and a sewing machine! :O When flying in warmer climes, cargo shorts from Walmart Aerospace do me just fine. The North Face pants are on my 'checkout when passing a store' list (thanks Darryl!). Whilst Daniels product looks good from both functionality and style perspectives, it's just way too expensive. Make them convertible and I think USD$150 wouldn't be out of order. If that can't be achieved, perhaps production in China or Bangladesh like the rest of the world is in order. Either eay, good luck with your venture!

Casey

LOL....

I gotta agree with you.....

I think we are seeing both extremes of the price and design spectrum here....something in the middle is what it should be!

Cookie





On Friday, December 26, 2014 11:16:36 PM UTC-5, wrote:
No Cookie, no. They look like my grandma tried to solve a gliding attire problem with a tablecloth and a sewing machine! :O When flying in warmer climes, cargo shorts from Walmart Aerospace do me just fine. The North Face pants are on my 'checkout when passing a store' list (thanks Darryl!). Whilst Daniels product looks good from both functionality and style perspectives, it's just way too expensive. Make them convertible and I think USD$150 wouldn't be out of order. If that can't be achieved, perhaps production in China or Bangladesh like the rest of the world is in order. Either eay, good luck with your venture!

Casey

On Sunday, 7 December 2014 at 10:13:21 UTC, wrote:
Dear gliderpilots,

I don't want to abuse your forum for big advertising. But since our clothes are something new it might interest you.
So just post the link to our website. If you have any questions fell free to write me.

www.milvus.aero/english

Have a nice Advent Sunday!

Daniel

hi guys, a new company, small but reasonable does gliding clothes. www.yawstring.com
I havent seen any trousers for sale yet but am sure these will feature soon. I agree milvus is the price of avionics, not a pair of trouser.
rgrs,
Pierre