When people get this idea, not even a mountain of evidence will change their minds, I've been at this game 12 years and seen this same thing more times than I can count. I stopped trying to convince people of anything on this subject long ago because if you lack the knowledge of materials, finishes, labour, manufacture techniques etc that are specific to military gear (the high end stuff specifically); 90% will never get it and can't be bothered to invest the hours needed to actually research how gear is made/what it's made from. I don't blame them either, if you're not in to it then it's literally the most boring subject in the world. But the fact you can't be bothered to do the research doesn't change your words from wrong to right by magic.
The notion is hilarious that airsofters who play what is regarded by wider society as a stupid childs' game somehow know so much more about the topic than actual military professionals; by which I mean the real professionals at the top end of the game who really give a shit about doing things right and the logistics people who sort them out with kit; not navy dentists or air force chefs. I'd never deny that the military does overpay for a lot of things and I've also lost count of the times I've personally recommended people buy surplus MTP etc because it represents the best value for this game. However if you think the end-result eBay pricing of surplus MTP has any bearing on/relation to the pricing of Crye or their ilk, you are ignorant of the facts and need to go away and educate yourself before engaging in conversation on the topic.
I'll reiterate again just before someone blows a lid - I'd never tell anyone to spend £300 on trousers for airsoft, unless they happen to have a salary in 6 figures perhaps. But the fact it doesn't make general 'sense' for airsoft is not connected to the fact that it is incredibly expensive in many, many ways to manufacture gear to the standards that SOF require (and would be highly beneficial to many folks in military service on deployment). A lot of people also seem to see a price online for some camo kit and just instantly get cost-offended at the mere existence of the item, even though the maker of that item is most likely categorically not marketing their product towards the game of airsoft, they have a totally different customer in mind.
As a very, very brief primer to the basic sort of learning you need to under take to being to understand these things I'll just provide this link which people can choose to go over if they so desire -
https://primaryandsecondary.com/what-is-quality/
If you can't get through even that then sure you can still be part of the conversation, it's just that your words carry absolutely zero weight of credibility and your opinion has no objective worth.
