Thread: A bushbuck review...

Originally Posted by hunt08

You guys are all to kind to your fleece as mine all fill off holes but the grinder & welder are a big maker off holes for me lol

you really should get a leather apron and wooly jumper then LOL.

I recently purchased a couple of Bushbuck items and have found the quality quite poor. I was Googling reviews to see if I was alone and came across this thread.

A pair of their "combat" leggings with "ultra tough knee reinforcement" turned up with a big hole in the knee stitching. Loose threads everywhere.
The Apex crew baselayer long sleeve had more threads hanging out than I could chop off. The fabric itself was already unravelling in the collar and at the ends of the sleeves.
Got a pair of their gaiters as they were half price, haven't used them yet but expectations are low based on the comments in this thread.

In my opinion their gear is cheap quality sold at a price point where you'd expect better. Next time I would sooner buy from The Warehouse as the quality is actually superior.

They run a slick marketing operation where you get store credits for leaving reviews, following their social media, etc - hence the hundreds of shining reviews for all their products on their website.

Lesson learned anyway. It's pretty rubbish stuff.

I've got the two person msr clone tent and so far rate it quite highly. Got it on "sale" for slightly more than the AliExpress version but without the sometimes laborious wait for shipping.

Also as Thar said the rifle cover is good for what it cost.

I'll second whoever said that warehouse polar feece is the way to go.

I got the bushbuck sleeping mat on sale and I quite like it for the price. but I definitely feel that their target market is more people who talk about going outdoors than actual outdoorsmen, since 90% of the stickers I see of theirs are on the back of lifted utes with all the gear bought for them and not a scratch or dent on them

All of my fleece gear is from the Warehouse. No problems with it and reasonably priced. If they sold summer hunting camo gear they would corner the market really well. Awesome review on the tent. I will keep looking for a decent one.

I brought their Spitfire 1.4 litre gas cooker recently just before this thread started. Seems to work well on my hunting trips to date. Paid $105 with discount. Appears far cheaper that the competition gas boil branded stoves? I also have their 2 man tent - used once so far, again paid $389.00. Does seem a copy but still works for me so long as their 8000mm rating is correct? How do you prove otherwise? Must admit the few hundred great reviews did raise suspicion but to take this long for someone to question online about it?? Still must be many happy cusomers out there?

I've seen fishing gear for sale on AliExpress which is being sold in NZ under the Catch and Shimano brand names. Stuff is too specialised for anyone to bother copying, so I suspect the big brands are searching the catalogues looking for stuff to make a quick buck on.

I run a spitfire cooker too and it gets a thrashing as we also use it in the caravan as it is much quicker than putting the jug on the stove. Having said that a friend who is a rafting guide just uses $99 Kmart jetboils

while we are on the topic of expensive gear that is not worth it, what sort of stuff do people have that was worth the premium?

Glad someone made that point.............My son had same problem with poles piercing through tent, they replaced fly....... i wrote a review for the bush shirt on Bushbuck, was rather scathing on a few points cause i felt they needed to be said, and for the growth of the company to accept constructive criticism. They chose not to publish my findings which seems to be only available for fantastic reviews. I choose not to finance them anymore. I buy Swazi and Stoney Creek. Buy once, cry once

Glad you asked. Recently spent a couple of nights in the Ruahine tops in utterly foul conditions. Boycotted Rangi hut in favour of finding a sheltered spot over the top somewhere, which we did, piled into my MSR Mother Hubba, warm dry clothes on, snuggled into sleeping bag then hello, wind changes direction and we're now getting buffeted by the gale we thought we'd cleverly avoided. I lay there feeling and hearing the wind pounding the tent thinking to myself if this thing rips or disappears we're in trouble, woke up to a sleety white surroundings but an intact tent. We'd pitched on the only available flattish piece of ground which was the catchment for a small tarn beside us, so very wet, yet floor of tent was cold but still dry. Certainly didn't regret spending the extra few hundred dollars for a better quality bit of gear that morning, especially having recently watched the (hilarious) nz review of the Bushbuck tent on YouTube.

Im totally disappointed in bushbuck gear and will never buy from them again. Here is my experience: Pretty poor, I recently bought a down XL bushbuck jacket on sale and had it delivered. I am XL for all clothing, and the jacket they sent was no bigger than a large. I emailed them regarding this problem, and they refuse to answer, no sure what is going on there, but they obviously know that this is an issue. I should admit that this is also the second time I have posted this complaint on the facebook page, and they removed the first one so no one could see it. They are obviously aware of it then and embarrassed if they have to delete a post, and refuse to engage, disgraceful imo

Tried calling them?