Really nice item, far superior to the issued smock, feels durable. Useful pockets in all the right places, can carry heaps of kit and not be ungainly. Good adjustment options to get it fitting just r... See more
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We're a UK based retailer and manufacturer of military equipment, as well as our own inhouse range we manufacture under contracts or bespoke services offered we also retail an expanding range of kit suitable for those in the Armed Forces, outdoors and camping, hikers and adventurers. We have a particular speciality for MTP and Multicam Webbing, Rucksacks, Bergens and Backpacks as well as other loose bits made to military spec! Also supplying outdoors clothing and kit. Thanks to customer feedback we are now looking to expand our range throughout 2025 with an expanding high quality range of goods.
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Kitpimp UK, 2-4 Darwin Close, RG2 0TB, Reading, United Kingdom
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Bought a jacket
Bought a jacket. It arrived very promptly. I had a small problem that I could not work out. I emailed them and within 5 minutes someone rang me and sorted me out. Very good customer service. The Jacket is first class.
My Pathfinder Bergan Order
The Pathfinder Bergan arrived in record time. The quality is great and it also has enough space for all my exercise kit and more. Would recommend.
Excellent service from start to finish…
Excellent service from start to finish and great communication. So refreshing in this day and age. I would highly recommend them!
What can I say… fast dispatch of an…
What can I say… fast dispatch of an incredible product. Would happily recommend to anyone. Thanks!! 🤟🏻
Excellent rucksack
Excellent rucksack, easy to navigate website, and very quick delivery.
Excellent experience!
Quick shipping, great communication, and a high quality product that honestly exceeded expectations.
Fast shipping
Fast shipping. The item was perfect, just like the one on the website. Orders from the States get across the pond faster than orders in the states. Go figure.
Good Service and Good Quality
The delivery was quick and efficient and the piece of kit i ordered was good quality and a good fit.
Mega smock
Mega smock, good build quality. Can't be beaten on price, paid more in the 80's for a windproof from Duboras ! For a honking civvy as I am now it's spot on, and delivery time was very fast, ordered and delivered over the Easter bank holiday. What more can I say
Great service
Great service, communication via email and phone to answer my questions Thank you very happy customer and fast delivery.
Excellent Service
Excellent Service, from initial enquiry email to delivery of Purchase, great comms throughout
Very happy with the smock I purchased
Very happy with the smock I purchased, despite a small problem with the first one that arrived. Problem sorted out with one phone call. Excellent customer service.
I have also bought two bergens, 150l and day pack, as well as commanders webbing and harness from KitPimp. So far, very happy with everything I’ve had from them.
Smock becomes like cold wet sponges that don't want to dry
The Smock - like a toy version - look at how Kitpimp cant even answer the issues and disgracefully get into playing games and calling me names? Can you trust these Kitpimp who call people names for raising genuine safety concerns?
At first very impressed but testing in locally in urban cold wet conditions with a pack away jacket over it and all those pockets that are 360 front and back lower down fill with water and become like all around cold wet sponges that don't want to dry which was ok during that day but I can't imagine staying out at night in a jacket that is like sets of cold wet sponges. Whereas the issued kit in the 1980s had less pockets but wanted to dry. This smock took days to dry even at home when other kit from the same day dried quickly. I am concerned in case those inexperienced use these Kitpimp smocks without testing it first in local cold wet conditions. (I Ordered from ebay 29 Oct 2023 at 8.41pm Order number 11-10720-40714 delivered for £43.34p but not really worth that)
The label as the small photo I place in the ID here shows Kitpimp are the manufacturer and they did not deny being the manufacturer when I contacted them direct. Kitpimp were unable to talk of what it was like to use special forces kit in UK cold wet conditions. They were clueless. Kitpimp said I should buy what would be an expensive coat to go over it and keep it dry!!
Yes the smock in the 1980s were different, - very different. Because they worked as fit for purpose. I believe the Kitpimp is dangerous and when I tried raised that with Kitpimp they told me to buy a gortex coat. How ludicrous. "I don't claim to know" which is essential attitude to get things right, but I know what special forces kit is like in cold weather and Kitpimp could not give credible replies that this smock gets too wet (and staying wet) to be safe and so I am left feeling concerned that with Kitpimp profit comes before safety.
Kitpimp now show they are too amateur by talking of goretex which is not relevant - Yes I wore a jacket over the smock as we did in the 1980s but special forces kit gets very wet from huge sweating from moving so fast carrying heavy kit, - not actually wet from rain. So all kit used must be 'quick to dry'. The Kitpimp smock is the opposite and not ready to dry in cold wet conditions. I believe the smock is dangerous.
To show Kitpimp are clueless on very basics - Quick drying kit is essential because (from experience) can end up in a river, deep snowdrifts up to chest or sudden heavy down pour where in all of these there either no protection from coat or no chance of putting on a coat. And then while wet have to stay out in a basha in very cold wet conditions. Doing that with a Kitpimp smock that does want to dry and being like big wet sponges would be very dangerous.
Doing some research on the web and some suggest a genuine modern issue standard smock has drain holes in the pockets to help if the water drain out and this may be one issue that the Kitpimp black smock I have here has no drain holes at all.
Kitpimp can't answer the issues so now they try to say Kitpimp is not responsible for Kitpimp items? Says it all? Profit before safety?
No Kitpimp didn't speak it was via email so I have a written record starting Mon 01/01/2024 21:36 .

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Just purchased the olive green 150lts…
Just purchased the olive green 150lts bergen and I must say iam very impressed. Absolute quality piece of kit ideal for what I need and extremely fast delivery 👌
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