Night day difference with level iv plates - TRU-SPEC TRU Original NYCO Shirt - Men's

So I own a couple worn out Frogs issued while in service as well as a crye woodland marpat of the same variety, while crye gets the color almost 100% the price tag makes it hard to justify buying again and again knowing it will be ripped or jacked up after at most 2 deployments. So I gave tru-spec a shot. One thing to note is the color scheme heavily favors green. Normally not a problem, however you will find these will only match up to tru-spec digital woodland pants or USMC issued BDU’s. So I used with my marpat woodland pants purchased at the MCX before a 2 week deployment back to Ukraine this past month. While the region I was in had not quite warmed up enough to see more of the dark greens, the AO was heavy with pines. I found in temperate pre-spring weather that this top worked excellent both in camouflage against the environment and in releasing/dissipating sweat from carrier. Note the material for the arms is designed for warm weather which is a plus, however if your not humping it in hot weather it can get cold if you are static for too long, not an issue, just threw on a coyote fleece jacket. Was surprised I didn’t get hypothermic like I usually do this time of year when I wear crye’s version. My guess is it had to do with the fabric being heavier/denser on the crye top. So for the price point, I’m here to tell you if you know your AO and it fits the narrative above, buy this top if your command will allow it. It’s now battle tested personally by me and I can you tell it stood up to extremely harsh treatment. Night and day difference for me. I will be switching to this as we continue in our current AO during the warmer months. Excellent job with this top. Best for warm weather in dark pine forests, with lots of technicals from communists trying to tear you up.