Are All BBC reporters sponsored by North Face Clothing
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Or best priced, best fit kit available close to where they live or work.
Edited to add don't forget if people work together and get on they tend to pass on hints, tips and recomend kit to each other. Along the lines of:
A: "that's a nice coat is it any good?"
B: "yes, it's warmer and more breathable than my previous coat and it is well priced at X"
A: "I'll have a look and might well buy one"
Edited to add don't forget if people work together and get on they tend to pass on hints, tips and recomend kit to each other. Along the lines of:
A: "that's a nice coat is it any good?"
B: "yes, it's warmer and more breathable than my previous coat and it is well priced at X"
A: "I'll have a look and might well buy one"
Edited by Engineer1 on Monday 14th March 10:56
Lordbenny said:
If they arn't then North Face must be well pleased lately, because their products all they BBC employees seem to wear!
I saw this being questioned on a news review program. The answer from the BBC was that they don't supply the jackets, they are the property of the individual reporters, who have to pay for them themselves.As has been said, its likely that a group of people, doing the same job, in the same industry, would tend choose the same brand (be it tools/coat/protective gear etc).
inkiboo said:
Parrot of Doom said:
Most TV crew wear North Face.
This. And most photographers too (although for the Winter Olympics we had our kit supplied by Spyder)Most I know buy North Face - though I am sure there are other suitable brands, North Face seems to have captures the TV Production crew market.
elster said:
johnfm said:
Most I know buy North Face - though I am sure there are other suitable brands, North Face seems to have captures the TV Production crew market.
The key factor it is plain, cheap and a product that does a reasonable job of keeping you dry and warm.There's George at Asda cheap but I suspect the crews want reasonable kit that actually works on a technical level, If I am likely to end up stood on a corner in Moscow or Anchorage in the depth of winter then spend the next week in Australia I'd want kit that could keep me nice and warm.
Engineer1 said:
There's George at Asda cheap but I suspect the crews want reasonable kit that actually works on a technical level, If I am likely to end up stood on a corner in Moscow or Anchorage in the depth of winter then spend the next week in Australia I'd want kit that could keep me nice and warm.
I've got a George knitted hat as my lucky shooting hat. That it keeps my swede warm. despite being totally soaked and covered in snow [last Saturday mid Tay actually, -5C windchill and snow] makes it far more use to me that any over rated fashion item.
Same way with the Buffalo Special6 that kept me "warm" despite the membrane of my overcoat eventually succumbing to the weight of rain, ever been warm and wet in a snowstorm?
What is RAB?
I hate stuff with logos. If companies want me to advertise their products, they can bloody well pay me to do so. I usually take the trouble to cut off logos if possible, or buy stuff without obvious logos. Sometimes, if something is really, really good, and the logo can't be removed, I will buy it. But it is one thing that puts me off purchasing an item, being turned into a walking billboard for the manufacturer.
I hate stuff with logos. If companies want me to advertise their products, they can bloody well pay me to do so. I usually take the trouble to cut off logos if possible, or buy stuff without obvious logos. Sometimes, if something is really, really good, and the logo can't be removed, I will buy it. But it is one thing that puts me off purchasing an item, being turned into a walking billboard for the manufacturer.
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