New Woobie!

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It came today, the new Kifaru Multicam woobie...

Sorry for the poor photos and lack of a review, but its new, I worked 16 yesterday, 18 hours today, and am back again 5 hours later, so excuse me, Ill update later. So far, the nanoshpere coating if thats what they are using is pretty sweet, I can feel a difference in the fabric, seems a little more thicker??? solid'er? I don't know the word for it, but its different, does not appear to be enough to affect the drape of the woobie however. Its multicam and in most circles, that earns it points right there. Its Kifaru, and its a dam woobie. What else can be said. Here are a few poor photos since I do not want to wake anyone, but ill take better later. The flash is making it look shiny, which it is not. Just light playing tricks on me. I took a color difference with a bit of my old woobie in there with it, I think I might be buying another 20* long wide as a mock MOB in MC if they release the slick back in it which Mel already hinted too. Give me the weekend to do better photos and review.

 

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What is a "woobie," just a blanket? Or is there something more to it that I'm missing?

 

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Kifaru has made the woobie a few years now, the G1 version was not as big so guys at 6ftt could not use it a warm weather sleeping bag without our feet popping out. In 2007ish they released the G2 version which is the bomb. The woobie as it is named is a replacement to the poncho liner carried by troops. Its larger, lighter, and much warmer. Manual compression makes it a little bigger, using a stuff sack makes it about the same size as a mil poncho liner.

Last month Mel from Kifaru posted on their forums that they were getting rid of the original foliage green. The green G2, that I have had for 3-4 years, and has traveled all over the world with me from Korea, to Iraq, to UAE, and Europe. I used is in hotels, stuck at airports, on cots in tent BIAP and Doha, and as an airline blanket since I dont like the linty scratchy, who knows where its been airline blankets. Its also kept me warm on C-130 troop movement flights.

The new one is a multicam/ Coyote. Multicam is camo elite to some of us snobs. Just thought I would share since this is one of the first (the first batch) of the new woobie in multicam. Doubt any other photos of it exist yet.

Yes they are pricy, but I use mine all the time, Im sure this new one will be no different. FYI I found that instead of stuffing it into a sack, you can cram it into the crevices of your pack after you done packing up to silence some things, it does not take up any room since its just filling voids that already exist, and weights in at 1lb 4 oz. (half a pound less than the mil poncho liner).