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Title: Filson
Post by: ranger 3 on December 07, 2008, 07:14:00 PM
Has anyone used Filsom wool? I just ordered a coat and was just wondering.
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Post by: SilverTip on December 07, 2008, 07:48:00 PM
in my opinion its one of the best, i've had just about all the major brands and Filson is perfect for my needs. quality stuff.

Billy
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Post by: centaur on December 07, 2008, 07:54:00 PM
"Might as well have the Best". Their motto says it all.
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Post by: Lefty on December 07, 2008, 07:55:00 PM
I have a vest, coat and hat.  Good stuff for sure!
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Post by: Shaun on December 07, 2008, 08:00:00 PM
Vest and pants - indestructible and warm.
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Post by: ryped on December 07, 2008, 08:38:00 PM
I wear Filson wool every day of the winter, in the logging industry.  Indestructible and functional.
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Post by: Toklat1 on December 07, 2008, 08:45:00 PM
Filson products will outlast you.  Pricey but as the saying goes, "You get what you pay for".
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Post by: GingivitisKahn on December 07, 2008, 08:47:00 PM
I have a Mackinaw vest that typically ends up being my outermost layer of wool (if I'm going to be sitting or if it's *really* cold).  I love the thing and expect to be wearing that as long as I'm hunting (and cold).
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Post by: Rooselk on December 07, 2008, 09:29:00 PM
As others have said, Filson makes some great wool products - especially the Mackinaw coats, vests, and pants. I've been to the Filson store in Seattle many times and on every visit I've always wished my banking account were larger. Unfortunately, though, I went to buy a Filson knit hat a few days ago and noticed that it was made in China. I've also noticed in the Filson catalog that many of their products are now imported. Even so, I really can't say one way or another if the import products are of lesser quality than I've come to expect from Filson. But a lot of the products - including the Mackinaw coats and vests - are still made at the Seattle factory.
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Post by: RonnieB on December 07, 2008, 10:23:00 PM
My wife bought me a Mackinaw Cruiser for my birthday last year and it rocks.  I wore it during an Alaska winter, mostly rabbit and ptarmigan hunting and it rocked!  Just wear a good lower layer and you'll be fine.  I'm studying forestry in Spokane WA and I'll be using it for timberr cruising.
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Post by: wahoo on December 07, 2008, 10:46:00 PM
coat and 2 vest. one of the best.I luv mine. Good luck
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Post by: Steve P on December 07, 2008, 10:53:00 PM
Have always liked Filson. Good quality product.


Steve
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Post by: WindWalker-AK on December 07, 2008, 11:39:00 PM
Mr. ranger 3,
Nothing better, imho.
Best Wishes
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Post by: oberon on December 07, 2008, 11:45:00 PM
Filson is some of the best of the best.  Their wool is outstandingly tough and weather resistant.
I have two of the Mackinaw vests and love them.
Oberon
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Post by: Dave Bulla on December 08, 2008, 12:39:00 AM
The best there is period.
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Post by: Eric Krewson on December 08, 2008, 08:02:00 AM
I have a Filson coat and pants as well as the same by Columbia. Both keep you warm but the Filson quality is incredible. On really cold long sits in a tree stand I start with poly long underwear, followed with a GI sweater, Filson coat and the Columbia parka over everything. I stay toasty on 15 degree days.
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Post by: d. ward on December 08, 2008, 08:22:00 AM
Almost everything I own for hunting or fishing is Filson.I have everything from a full length duster to a packers hat and lots inbetween.I only live 7 miles from Filson's main store and shop there when ever I have the dough to spend.My next mission is to get the Filson longjons.My son has two sets and he loves em....bowdoc
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Post by: ranger 3 on December 08, 2008, 09:04:00 AM
I found a place on the aution site that had a Filson mackinaw coat. It was a 44 and I needed a 46. I e-mailed him and he got me the 46. Great price and brand new with a return with in 14 days.
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on December 08, 2008, 09:20:00 AM
Best!!!!!
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Post by: Izzy on December 08, 2008, 11:27:00 AM
Two vests, double mack coat, bout 5 hats.The best, period.
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Post by: Otto on December 08, 2008, 11:46:00 AM
I just ordered a Double Mac Cruiser.  It oughta be home when I get there tonight.
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Post by: Jerry Gille on December 08, 2008, 01:03:00 PM
I've got a sweater, a vest and socks that I absolutely love.  I have the Mackinaw pants that I don't particularly like.  The weave is too loose for my taste and they just won't cut the wind.  I have better luck with military surplus wool pants at a fraction of the cost.

I bought a Swannie wool coat when Brunner went out of business many years ago.  That is better quality wool - much tighter weave, in my opinion.  I really, really wish I would have bought the Swannie pants back then too.

Some Filson's stuff I love and some I think is just way overpriced and not worth much at all.  I want some of their merino wool long johns right now however.
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Post by: Problem Child on December 08, 2008, 03:35:00 PM
I have a Filson Mac Cruiser and love it but I also have a Sleeping Indian Jacket/shirt and it keeps me much warmer.
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Post by: BobCo 1965 on December 08, 2008, 04:15:00 PM
I'm hoping to get a 26oz vest for Christmas.  :pray:
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Post by: Paul WA on December 08, 2008, 04:52:00 PM
Be careful, a lot of their stuff is now imported and reguardless of what they claim to me imported is junk. A lot is made in the USA and has exceptional quality..PR
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Post by: DBerrard on December 09, 2008, 12:54:00 AM
How cold of temperatures will the Mackinaw cruiser /double cruiser stand up to?

Thanks
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Post by: Rooselk on December 09, 2008, 01:01:00 AM
These things are always subjective. What works for me might not work for you. But with that in mind, a few years ago I hunted in Wyoming in snow and very cold temperatures and wore a Filson double Mack. I was hunting spot and stalk on the ground, which involved activity, and that Cruiser was too warm for me. The regular Mackinaw Cruiser would have been just about right. However, if I were sitting in a blind or treestand in those conditions I certainly would have wanted the double Mac.
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Post by: Jason Jelinek on December 09, 2008, 01:39:00 PM
By itself, you'll feel comfortable with it to about 20 degrees with no wind.  I wear it from October to April here in ND.  From December to February I'll have a wool sweater on underneath.  You'll feel a subzero windchill if you're standing still.

Then again, I'm 6'2" and around 200 lbs.  I don't have a lot of body fat to insulate me.  I know some people who will go through a ND winter in simple hooded sweatshirt with no problem, so it's all subjective.

Jason
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Post by: Frank V on December 09, 2008, 04:09:00 PM
I also feel they are the best quality, you won't be sorry with Filson. Frank
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 09, 2008, 04:28:00 PM
Filson is the best, I'm a huge fan. I have 2 double Mac cruisers, a single cruiser (a great bowhunting coat), bibs, vest, tin cloth Packer coat with wool insert, chaps..........God knows how much I have forgotten.

There made in USA stuff is 100% top notch.
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Post by: Lin Rhea on December 09, 2008, 04:39:00 PM
I have the Tin Packer hat and two wool sweaters. I really like them. Plan on gettin the Mackinaw vest. Lin
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Post by: Featherbuster on December 09, 2008, 05:19:00 PM
I cant vouch for their clothing, but i was giving a whole set of luggage for christmas few years back and that stuff is indestructible.
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Post by: BMejia on December 09, 2008, 05:40:00 PM
Great stuff, I have over 30 pieces.

I would stress what has been said already, some items they are selling are not made in the USA anymore. I have a button down shirt I bought last year that was made in Mexico (still cost as much as the one I bought the year before that was made in the USA even though it has one less chest pocket???). Maybe its just me, but the quality does not seem as good on that particular piece.

I still love the stuff, I will just make sure to buy it from a store I can look at it first instead of mail or online ordering.
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Post by: Rooselk on December 09, 2008, 07:07:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Lin Rhea:
I have the Tin Packer hat and two wool sweaters. I really like them. Plan on gettin the Mackinaw vest. Lin
I also have a tin Packer which I bought in 1994 prior to a trip to Yellowstone. Since then that hat has been on many hunting and camping trips. Still use it frequently, though not when I shoot my bow (brim gets in the way of the bowstring). And that hat still has many years of use in it. The Filson Mackinaw vest is next on my list as well.

QuoteOriginally posted by featherbuster:
I cant vouch for their clothing, but i was giving a whole set of luggage for christmas few years back and that stuff is indestructible.
I have the Filson Field Bag, which is very similar to the luggage and made out of the same material. I've had it for many years and use it specifically when I'm hunting; Chief Side Quiver on one side and Filson Field Bag on the other. As you say, nearly indestructible.
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Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on December 09, 2008, 08:24:00 PM
I forgot about my briefcase...Filson...I use it EVERY day. I love it.
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Post by: Bjorn on December 09, 2008, 09:23:00 PM
Love their stuff! Excellent quality and customer service.
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Post by: Fritz on December 10, 2008, 02:05:00 AM
Don't have any of there clothes, but I do love my Small Field Bag.
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Post by: DEAN on December 10, 2008, 03:48:00 PM
When you buy FILSON how do the sizes run?order your next size or do they run big????????
thanks
DEAN
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Post by: E. Texas HillBilly on December 10, 2008, 04:15:00 PM
Dean,
        I think their sizes are pretty dead on. I wear the XXL long in the stuff I buy. I have at least 8 of their jackets, some wool, some tincloth, and some both. I am a Filson junkie. That stuff is warm and wears like iron. On their coats when it says 48 or 50 chest-size, its pretty close. I even had a suit made for me and the chest sizes were the same as my ol Filson Double Mac Cruiser. Can't go wrong with Filson, and their field bags and duffles are indestructable. The only thing that is hard to size is the vest. Since I wear XXL or 50 long in all my other coats I ordered one of the mac vests in the same size...it was a tent, a very nice tent, but a tent none the less. I had to order a medium in the vest. I have big shoulders and my gut hasn't caught up, yet, so I didn't need a large there, yet.
                              -Hillbilly
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Post by: carpenter on December 11, 2008, 05:52:00 AM
I have had  the mackinaw-overalls- vest and socks for 13 years,they get a lot of use-I wont wear them out in my lifetime.  Worth every penny.                     Carpenter