MultiCam® Effectiveness PART II
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- This is PART II of my MultiCam® effectiveness video. In my previous video I tested the pattern in the spring time when the environment was very lush and green. In this video I test the pattern's effectiveness during the fall & winter season, where most of the vegetation has died leaving the environment largely brown and tan. This video includes scenes that show the patterns use when both concealed with and without the use of vegetation in the environment, as well as what the pattern looks like moving and stationary. Hope you enjoy!
If you want to see how effective this pattern is in the spring when it is more vegetated and green in the environment, check out PART I.
• MultiCam® Effectivenes...
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.
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.
Same here. I use Multicam in the early spring when hunting wild turkey. I always thought it might be a little too green because the leaves aren't out on the brush. This video has changed my whole perspective. I will continue to use Multicam in early spring.
I think woodland works better in summer. Multicam spring, fall, and snowless winter
@@bobbyc28081 woodland better eveywhere
Doubt plus multicam does fairly well in summer as well from my experience because I’ve used woodland myself and even though it’s great in the forest it sucks everywhere else to me
Well it might work for you but not for me anyway
And those are the colors where MC shines !
It's doing the opposite of shining
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!
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.
Eliot Hernandez Or the fact that he’s like 15 feet from the camera, if you don’t see him right away when he’s this close your already dead
MC is crap compared to other non military contracted camos.
I've built a ghille from MC and that about all its useful for. The coloring on it is bright and has little breakup compared to other pre multicam phase Era patterns
@@azimuthreinhall9996 If Multicam is so terrible, how come that nearly everyone who gets to pick his own camo (and is actually going to combat, not larping around in the woods) choses Multicam? All SOF units across the world use Multicam, even when their regular forces stick with green dominant legacy patterns, and Multicam is without a doubt the most common private purchase pattern for soldiers too. Russia effectively switched from their dark green EMR pattern to Multicam when fighting in Ukraine, despite all the obvious IFF issues, so it's not just a question of USA forcing all of NATO to adopt their camo like I sometimes see claimed.
@@fridrekr7510 In addition to what you said Multicam is also quite versatile being able to be used in multiple climates and environments ranging from desert to woodland making it a 'jack of all trades' camo. But I guess when it comes to camo for an individual, it really depends on your environment and whether a pattern works for you or not.
As Crye stated, not perfect for a particular area but damn good for every area!
That statement is spot on, the versatility of this pattern is amazing.
***** Everything the UCP did wrong, this pattern did right!
Yes I love the jack of all traits approach in warfare because sometimes you don’t know where you are gonna be at and what scenario it is
@@nvgboiyes6386 wow, I was 15 when I posted this comment. Time flies
@@smart00ass00inc not gonna lie I did not notice it was this old
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.
Much better in the fall. I guess the Marines have the right idea having two patterns.
The Army plans on also adopting the Jungle variant and Desert Variant of Multicam in the future. Google them. They are only slightly different, but they work great.
I actually own the Tropical Multicam. It kicks ass in the spring and summer in the woods.
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 !
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:)
highonimmi Thanks for watching.
This is a FAR more effective time of year for multicam. Really impressed.
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!
Thanks man, the versatility of MultiCam is commendable.
A satisfactory level of effectiveness. No question.
Indeed!
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.
2:40 I was sure it had you, then you turned out to be the "big rock" i didn't suspect!
This is the best camo test I’ve seen. Bravo!
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.
In drier vegetation the multicam seems to do better. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching.
Just got around watching this. Multi cam is awesome. Perfect for semi dry environment. 👍🏽👍🏽
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.
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! :)
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.
Changed my mind about this pattern after watching both videos. On the first video I spotted it 8 out of 11 times before you moved, the second time 13 out of 16 times before you moved.
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.
Not at the moment, they're far too expensive.
Yea. Hopefully that price comes down soon!
Totally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That camo pattern was much more difficult for me to see in this part 2 video.
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.
Good video, with MultiCam you light up like a Christmas tree in direct sunlight....
spotted u only six times! for the previous and fall-winter those are immediate spots. multi cam definitely works better in fall-winter. great videos thanks!
Thanks
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.
Don't think we didn't hear you fart at 2:04 and then squat for another
...lol just kidding :P
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!
It really seems to reflect light it does well in shaded ares but anytime light hits that patter its almost as if you have a flashlight beaming down on you. Good video it definitely shows me how to use this camouflage pattern thanks.
+EMT MORTENSEN Thanks for watching.
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.
4m 40s and 8m 40s were my favourites. To me multicam sticks out like a sore thumb, but I have walked up to people whilst wearing my multicam and they didn't see me until I spoke. I wasn't even trying to be stealthy. Thanks for your videos, my kid and I are learning how to spot various camouflage and your vids are perfect. he/she is very young and can spot me in the forest with multicam, dpm, M90, M84 and real tree. Looking forward to trying German snow camo poncho and multicam.
It works a lot better now than in the first video, impressive.
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!
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.
I don't think it is as amazing as some make it out to be. Multicam is ok but it is not amazing IMHO.
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
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.
Thanks for watching.
Seems like a really good fall pattern. May snag some for the upcoming Bow season.
Look into optifade elevated.
Kinda glad I went with a mix of this, od, and coyote up in the midwest. Seems like a perfect climate for it 2/3 of the year.
Thanks for the demonstration video man, really appreciated.
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
Brent your videos are the best on TH-cam. Never stop what you do and are doing. I'm a former Marine myself 0311 baby!! Shout out from Florida😎! I show all my buddies at work your motivating videos and they subbed as well. Cpl. Patterson out
the color just matched so perfectly!!!
Spot on for fall and winter , my preferred pattern for this time of year.
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.
So I learned that in fall/winter in the woods wearing multicam you become a ghost, pretty much. Nice video and thanks for the hard work.
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.
I really expected it to do well here, nice.
marpat desert is too light, marpat woodland is too dark, if multicam colors were used in a digital pattern it would be perfect
Look for SURPAT camo
Multicam is a digital pattern, its just not a pixel pattern. Check out this vid by Weaponsandstuff93 for an explanation: th-cam.com/video/hP1cKLKAZZ4/w-d-xo.html
Hey brother. How does it perform in transitionary environments like Sierra with some green but also grays and browns?
Whoa. It works MUCH better in the winter. Almost like they were making it for that time of year. I guess Afghanistan is much similar to the Eastern US terrain wise.
+Warhawk1982 x
Maybe in the winter time in US but, otherwise sucks in the summer. unless you have thick shadows around otherwise its hard to tell Battle friend or foe. I think I accidentally shot out one of my own in air soft because it worked so well. Then again I didn't have glasses on those. Which problemly was the main reason. I can see fairly well just not in long range fighting.
The Camo works Good, and a bit more too
MultiCam seems to be very effective in that terrain. I couldn't see you most of the time in this video compared to most others patterns.
Thank you for these videos, I have been considering multicam for a while now.
No problem man, glad I could help.
I love your demonstrations and i also love trying to find you in each set. In this video i was able to find you in all but one without pausing and im pretty proud of that lol.
Another great video. You could've gotten a lot of money from the multicam manufacturers for this video, but I really appreciate the videos and what you are doing for us. Keep up the great work and be safe out there.
Frankie Gibbs Thanks man.
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 don't see why not, many of the desert patterns are effective in fall/winter environments due to the prominent color being the tans and browns during those times of the year. I've got several videos on desert patterns during the fall/winter posted on my channel, check them out.
Where did you get that camo set? And how much was the cost? I myself use camo for airsoft and other things, I really like the set, however every time I order it comes in a different tone, for example the jacket is lighter than the pants, etc.
Mostly Ebay.
I found it very effective in this terrain...
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.
Hey brother, thanks for watching. Dead space is a term we use in the military to refer to an area that you do not have observation on. For example a depression in the ground in front of a fighting position that you cannot see in or cover with your weapon system would be called "dead space".
Cheers for that.
No I actually have a question. Do you think this would be an effective camouflage for a survival bug out/shtf situation?
Ok I might not be the poster but I’ve seen quite a lot of camo and multi cam I recommend for transitional bug out as in a multi environment so if you live in like Texas which is either barren or forested I recommend multicam but if it’s like Florida or Vermont which is like mostly one environment I suggest a more dedicated camo to said environment
Multicam rocks!
Yup, the varsity of it is impressive. The pattern might not be the best in all but certainly has a satisfactory level of effectiveness in each.
Looks great !
3:25 sounded like velociraptors lmao
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.).
How would this pattern work in South West Missouri VS a pattern like US Woodland
Would like to see the same video with asat camo ,all season all terrain... game changer
I have invested in multicam and black tactical gear, I will be multicaming the 2nd set of all my 5 main weapons systems, then 3 of my secondary systems, I think it works great.
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.
Again fast movements give away your position maybe more slower sniper style would help
Much better then part one great videos!
It's pretty neat to see this stuff in action man way to go getting this on film as much as you have well done!
multi-cams are definitely made for a dryer more arid climate. @4:38 that was a complete surprise.
Where did you buy it off of? I’ve been looking for a good set
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.
karlkoxx I really don't have a place to conduct such videos. Most urban patterns are just for looks anyways. I think you're better off just wearing civilian attire if you're in an urban setting. UCP might actually be a decent "urban" pattern though.
Hey do you think you can do a vid on multicam tropic?
I don't have any at the moment, I probably won't be able to get around to it.
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.
modelmaker78 Looks the exact same to me. If you're happy with it I'd say get it.
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!
deltateam23 lol, understandable.
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.
Thanks
Nice job. Muticam seems to work best in shadow, in direct sulight its easy to pick you out.
Nice set of videos! It really shows of how it works in the environment! Keep up the good work and thanks!
Such an impressive camouflage
This is the perfect environment for this camo.
Very nice video! Just got a multicam BDU myself. Excited to use it out on the (Airsoft) field.
Perhaps one of the best all rounders in camo (MTP) especially the ability to conceal when direct light hits you , and in the shadows.
German flecktarn seems dated when compared with MTP , although good in its day , as also was DPM (my old camo) but this MTP is arguably well out in front of all the rest.
getting the face hands and neck matching will be interesting , lol , the old days was one colour (dark brown) , broken outline applied , and mud if you didn't have that on hand ..
Great video and a camo to trust in , after all , good concealment is life or death .
It is an excellent pattern and the versatility is definitely is best attribute. Thanks for your comment.
Nice video. What type of chest rig are you wearing?
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
Yep multicam works great here! Much better than before in part 1. Couldn't see you in many if the shots. Seems to work better with light on it in dry dead arid environments.
It’s definitely more effective in the fall/winter.
Thanks for making these videos, Not easy to setup, edit, and you take the time to do this, great Job and very effective,
+s zarella Thanks brother, I appreciate it.
+Brent0331 and we appreciate your service to our country!!!!
Appreciate it bud. Stay tuned I'll be having more to come in the next few months. I have a few ideas dancing around in my brain housing group right now.
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....
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.
great videos... enjoyed them. Thanks~!
I've been using Multicam vests, packs and other gear for a while over either a DCU or Woodland BDU set and it seems to enhance both patterns quite well in their respective environments. I know Crye has picked up on this idea with the arid and tropical multicam patterns, but maybe you could test the mulitcam gear + DCU or woodland combo sometime I think you would like it.
Impressive!
Saw you each time in Part 1. Part 2 is definitely doing its job. Seems like fall is its niche
nice way to train the eyes. Thanks
HaitoTrece Glad you enjoyed.
Seems to do better during this time of season. Oddly enough, the ucp-d performed better in thick green vegetation then the multicam.