Club Orienteering clothing

[Paul Frost]

I came across this site and wondered if anyone out there has used them and can share any feedback. The prices seem quite good, starting at £18.32 inc vat
www.team-colours.co.uk/orienteering-clothing

[Happy]

The prices seem quite good, starting at £18.32 inc vat
www.team-colours.co.uk/orienteering-clothing

I see a few clubs using Siven tops just recently and from the price shown on the DVO website at £30 (not sure if this was a subsidised price?) I thought these seemed to be good value compared with some other more well known brands. I think I also saw some HH runners at the weekend also wearing Siven tops?

However this seems to be extremely cheap and you might want to see about getting a sample of the cloth first.

[Tatty]

SOC tops seem very simi.lar to these.

[mikey]

SOC tops seem very simi.lar to these.

..but are they tatty, tatty?

[andypat]

I see they do 6XL so me and Andy C are sorted!

[bewildered]

They did the Lagganlia and Kinacraig tops this year. These are pretty good quality.

Nev Myers placed the order and made sure they were several inches longer than normal which gives a much better fit.

I don't know exactly how much longer.

I think they were around £35.

[drobin]

Christmas present?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/T-Shirt-Black-IMPORTANT-Orienteering-Sports/dp/B004SRZ5RO

[AndyC]

I see they do 6XL so me and Andy C are sorted!

Hey I'm down to 2XL these days -but are they long enough?

[Roomungous]

MOR were not happy with their experience ordering from this company last year. Apart from the juniors and the vertically challenged, the tops were far too short and finding the right size was a lottery. Margaret D can fill you in some more.

[lindseyk]

Roxburgh Reivers got their last order from Owayo (http://www.owayo.com/running.htm) and have been pleased with them. Take advantage of their offer of samples though as we found that very useful - you need to post them back quite quickly afterwards and there is the return postage cost to pay. Try to time the samples to coincide with a club night.

There's a rear-view at the 40 second mark on the Edinburgh weekend promo video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hq12XSA9yI

[oo_wrong_way]

MOR were not happy with their experience ordering from this company last year. Apart from the juniors and the vertically challenged, the tops were far too short and finding the right size was a lottery. Margaret D can fill you in some more.

Similar experience for SOC. We now have an annual "who has the most exposed midriff" competition!

[AndyC]

See I asked the right question!

[Paul Frost]

Some useful info here, thanks.

The Siven website is appalling, apart from the fact that it is entirely Flash driven, I couldn't find any pricing info apart from special designs with a €50 each minimum. Price is important, don't make me ask, because I probably won't.

Owayo prices look like they start at about £30 for 20 pieces, so a lot more expensive. Several people commented that they would prefer a zip neck.

The length issues can be resolved by requesting extra length at £1 per inch.

From past experience the price is important, whilst many committed orienteers may be happy to pay £35 or more for a good quality top, the less keen won't. But at around £20 it can almost be an impulse purchase. If you want to get everyone in the club (including juniors) wearing them the price needs to be low. The quality is less important to many, as they soon get trashed in the forest anyway, and kids soon grow out of them.

I've requested some samples and we'll see how those look and I'll report back.
I'd still like to hear from anyone that has used Team Colours for general feedback on service and quality.

[Big Jon]

We used Team COlours for talent squad fleeces (not O -tops). Service was very helpful, but delivery was a disaster (they use some cheapie cowboy - can't remember who) took 2 weeks to deliver.
Tops were way too large - I could get into a small!!! A subsequent order was a different make of fleece, so slightly different colour and different sizes (arghhh!). We will probably re-use them but only because of the set-up costs of going somewhere else.

[oo_wrong_way]

I'd still like to hear from anyone that has used Team Colours for general feedback on service and quality.

I'll have a chat with our club cap'n (SOC) who dealt with them a couple of years ago. I should have some feedback for you by Friday.