MULTICAM® 2-in-1 Balaclava & Neck Cover / Made In New Zealand
One garment, three configurations. Wear it as a neck cover with the hood stowed, pull it up as a face wrap, or deploy the hood for a full balaclava. Cut and sewn in New Zealand from genuine licensed MULTICAM® fabric imported from the United States.
✕ Most People Settle For One Or The Other
Most people get away with a neck gaiter. Some want the full coverage of a balaclava. Plenty want both depending on the day, and end up owning two things or compromising on one. This is a neck cover with a full hood sewn inside the rim. Tuck the hood away and it is a plain neck cover. Deploy it and you have a full balaclava. One garment, both jobs, no compromise either way.
▸ Three Ways To Wear It
Neck Cover
Hood stowed inside the rim. Sun and dust cover for the neck, nothing sitting on your head.
Face Wrap
Pulled up over the nose and mouth. The everyday position, hood still stowed.
Full Balaclava
Hood deployed for full head and face coverage. Fits clean under a helmet or cap.
◈ Real MULTICAM®, Not A Printed Copy
Most MULTICAM® balaclavas sold online are counterfeit print on cheap polyester. They look close enough in daylight and they fail the moment anyone puts a night vision device on you. This is cut from genuine licensed MULTICAM® fabric with the near infrared signature management the pattern is designed around. If the camouflage is the reason you are buying it, this is the version that actually does the job.
Real fabric. Real signature.
▸ Features
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2-in-1 Stowable Hood The hood is sewn to the inside rim of the neck cover, so it tucks completely out of sight when you do not want it. No press studs, no removable parts to lose in the dark. |
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Contoured Nose Taper A straight cut face covering bunches at the bridge of the nose and sits right at the edge of your vision. We identified that as a problem with the standard neck gaiter and shaped a taper into the pattern so the fabric follows the line of your face instead. Less material in your peripheral, more of your field of view left alone. |
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Genuine Licensed MULTICAM® Fabric NexSKYN 4oz Acclimate dry polyester, imported from the United States. Licensed MULTICAM® print with near infrared compliance, the same fabric family issued to coalition forces rather than a marketplace reproduction. |
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Moisture Wicking And Quick Drying Dry climate polyester pulls sweat off the skin and dries fast after rain or a water crossing. It does not sit wet against your neck the way a cotton wrap does. |
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Antimicrobial Treated The fabric carries an antimicrobial finish to hold odour down through multi day wear, for the trips where washing kit is not an option. |
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Designed And Made In New Zealand Our own pattern, cut and sewn by a New Zealand apparel manufacturer in small runs. Bound hood front edge, bound neck cover top edge and coverseamed hood seams. |
⬡ Cover Head And Neck
Run it with the matching genuine MULTICAM® Range Cap for full sun coverage head to collar, and keep the wrist signature clean with the Mesh Watch Shroud.
◉ Specifications
Fabric
NexSKYN 4oz
Acclimate dry poly
Pattern
MULTICAM®
Licensed, NIR compliant
Origin
New Zealand
Cut and sewn
Fit
One Size
470mm neck rim
Built in small New Zealand runs for hunters, soldiers and anyone who spends long days exposed. Limited by the fabric on hand, not by demand.
Strider designs
Better kit, priced fairly
As our kit has got better, our prices have moved with it. We still come in under most of the market for the same quality, and every Strider design is specced and tested by us before it goes on sale.
Orders ship from New Zealand, so they reach Kiwi customers faster and cheaper than kit ordered from offshore.