TAD Gear ODRP Force 10 Cargo Utilities
This is TAD Gear’s 100% cotton OD Green ripstop version of their Force 10 Cargo Utilities, reviewed here previously in Crye MultiCam Twill. While externally identical, the 100% cotton OD ripstop Force 10′s (also available in MultiCam NYCO ripstop and 100% cotton tan twill) differ slightly in some details from the MultiCam twill version.
I’m glad that TAD came out with these pants, as 100% cotton ripstop is one of my all-time favourite fabrics. I’ve got a 15 year old pair of OD green ripstop BDU shorts which I still wear frequently, as they’re faded and worn just like I like ‘em. While I like the feel of old BDU pants, I do prefer the ‘modernized’ features that the Force 10 Cargo Utilities offer.