Umpire Shirt Comparison Review
 

Side-by-side umpire shirt review comparing seven shirts from Dalco, Cliff Keen, Gerry Davis, Honig's, The Official's Choice, Smitty Apparel and Ump-Attire:

Midwest Ump: Umpire Shirt Comparison Review

And the winner is. . .

Not anyone who believes the Smitty or the OC shirt is superior to anything.

What a bunch of tripe.

what about LeTrell umpire shirts? anyone ever hear of them? they are offering free # with their shirts. iron ons at that!

The Smitty shirt is probably better than the Dalco shirt. I have some of each and Dalco's material is weird. With that said, I don't think the Dalco is as bad as he makes it out to be. I don't know about OC, but the Smitty shirts aren't bad though.

Despite the name, Smitty makes good umpire gear.

Somewhere there is a thread or threads regarding the shortcomings of Smitty and O.C. shirts. It was pretty convincing as I recall.

I remember KevinFinnerty had a thread about OC shirts that was pretty detailed. Most of the anti-Smitty stuff is usually because of the name. I'd be interested to see how many of the people who don't like Smitty stuff actually own any of it.

I probably would not purchase anything by the Smitty brand, mainly due to the name.

Ehh, no one knows unless you tell them. I got my cream shirts from them and a navy and black long sleeve from them as well as two jackets and I really like all of it.

That only matters if you plan on sewing the label on the outside of the garment.

From first hand experience, Smitty pants are horrible. That experience is enough to keep me from buying the shirts.

Yeah, their pants are my least favorite garment that they make. They really aren't as bad as some people make them out to be, but they don't feel as thick and durable as the poly wools or Davis charcoals.

That is clearly a baseball mentality. Smitty sells other products that work well in other sports. I would think their baseball stuff is rather good. I would not care about the name if the stuff works and is reliable.

BTW, Smitty is the company that makes lanyards and did that first before they ever made clothes.

Peace

I just recently purchased four of their shirts. Compared to my previous shirts (honigs), I would give them an equal rating.

Why? (maybe you've covered this before; I don't recall).

For me, the pants held up well, and matched my partner's Honig's poly-wools. (The GD pants don't).

The plate pants were a little tight over the shin guards.

This year, they've added the expandable waist and supposedly fixed the width of the plate pants -- I haven't tried them on over the shins yet.