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Phelps UNLEASHED V2 BUGLE TUBE Fusion
Phelps UNLEASHED V2 BUGLE TUBE Fusion with easy bugler
Phelps UNLEASHED V2 BUGLE TUBE Fusion included
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PHELPS UNLEASHED V2 BUGLE TUBE

$139.00

The Fiordland Wapiti Foundation is New Zealand's shining light of what's possible with a hunter led approach to game animal management and conservation. Show your support with this bugle tube with 15% of proceeds going directly to the FWF, because we all need to do our bit.

7 years after introducing the first generation of Unleashed bugle tubes, it was time for more innovation. Listening to our customer’s feedback and analyzing what we love and didn't like about the Unleashed, we went to work designing a new version with recycled plastic to improve our previous tube. Do you like using diaphragms but don't like the large flared mouthpiece? No problem! Remove the mouthpiece and blow straight onto the tube. This bugle comes with both the EZ Bugler and Flared mouthpieces.

  • Smaller: Weighing in at 350 grams and 50cm in length, the Unleashed V2 is smaller and lighter, without sacrificing superb sound.
  • Quieter: We have dressed the V2 in neoprene not only for a more appealing modern look but also to reduce noise from contact with brush.
  • Adaptable: We wanted a tube that would fit into a complete calling system allowing for any calling style with one purchase. The tube comes equipped with a “Flared” mouthpiece for diaphragm calling, along with the EZ Bugler mouthpiece allowing folks who previously couldn't use a diaphragm to make realistic bugles.

The result is outstanding back pressure for note articulation, devastating bugles, mind-bending screams, thunderous chuckles, and grunts. The Unleashed V2 is the new standard that all elk bugles will be measured against.

Included:

  • Easy-to-use external “EZ Bugler” mouthpiece fixes common user problems with standard diaphragms.
  • “Flared” mouthpiece for Diaphragm users. 
  • Neoprene Cover to reduce noise traveling through brush.
  • Lanyard for easy carrying.

The EZ Bugler requires its own unique reed and replacement gasket. A mouthpiece is supplied with each bugle purchase, but we encourage folks to purchase replacement parts in the event that the gasket becomes lost or the reeds start to lose their crisp sound after extended use in the field.

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First Lite Camouflage
First Lite Camo

CAMOUFLAGE

First Lite patterns obliterate the human shape by utilizing a proprietary mix of nature-based algorithms in coordination with disruption and focal confusion techniques. Put more simply, the relationship between colors and shapes has been specially designed to fool the brain by resembling recurring patterns found in nature. Derived from the golden ratio found throughout the natural world, Specter™, Typha™, Fusion™, and Cipher™ dissolve into their surroundings, unlike anything else.
First Lite Specter, Typha, Fusion, and Cipher are the most versatile patterns available to hunters due to their careful design and ensured concealment no matter the proximity, season, or terrain. Created using the same scientific platform, all four of First Lite's proprietary camo patterns use trademarked technology, which provides equally exceptional concealment at close range and a distance. When it comes to whitetail hunting, First Lite Specter uses the proven technology of its predecessors (Fusion and Cipher) but expresses shapes, colors, and fragmentation unique to the whitetail environment and tree canopy. Similarly, First Lite Typha expresses environmental abstracts consistent with marsh and field environments fit for the waterfowl hunter.

First Lite Comouflage Technology

First Lite Fusion

FUSION™
 
Fusion has become the most trusted pattern in breakup camouflage. From western lichen, sage, and pine to eastern deciduous hardwoods, the Fusion pattern and color palette are engineered to excel in a vast array of landscapes. Hunters virtually disappear into their surroundings at any distance – short or long – lending confidence and near-perfect stealth, whether in the trees or on an alpine ridge.

 

First Lite Cipher

 

CIPHER™
 
First Lite's Cipher pattern leverages the proven working principals of Fusion and applies them to landscape palettes with less color. Cipher emphasizes the narrower color spectrum found during the autumn and winter months in both hardwood and western environments. With its muted coloration and Fusion-inspired DNA, Cipher is a deadly weapon in every hunter's arsenal.

 

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First Lite 37.5™ Technology

More Breathability Means You Stay Drier than the Competition

When First Lite engineered their Outerwear Collection, they looked closely at every fabric technology in existence. Having the pick of the litter, from better-known outerwear technologies to more niche, lesser marketed performance fabrics. The truth in outerwear manufacturing is that the brand in question can generally use whichever fabric they choose. The costs vary as does the performance, but if a brand is willing to pay for the best, they can choose to incorporate it into their offerings. First Lite chose 37.5 because third party empirical testing as well as extensive field use their our own employees left them greatly impressed by the superior performance of the fabric. The bottom line is that 37.5 breathes at a rate that is anywhere from 50% to 300% better than any of its competition, while offering waterproof levels that were within a 5% tolerance of our competition.

First Lite's DNA is active, extremely vigorous mountain hunting. Based in the Rocky Mountains and literally testing products year round in some of the steepest, most demanding terrain in North America. Breathability becomes paramount when you're climbing significantly steep, rugged slopes with heavy packs in less than ideal weather conditions. If you sweat under your outerwear and the fabric doesn't allow that moisture to escape, you might as well expose your base layers to the elements and skip the outerwear all together. 37.5 technology does the absolute best job of transporting that moisture from your base layers to the outside of the First Lite garment so that you can remain safe and dry while exerting yourself in the most brutal of weather conditions. This is why First Lite selected 37.5 Technology over other fabrics and has enjoyed award-winning products ever since.

The Science behind 37.5 Technology

Comfort in clothing is greatly influenced by the temperature and humidity next to skin known as the microclimate. For the average person, the body strives to maintain an ideal core body temperature of 37.5° C. You are most comfortable when the microclimate next to your skin has a relative humidity close to 37.5%. When you are in this ideal 37.5 comfort zone, you are also in your ideal performance zone. 37.5 technology helps your body manage the moisture in your microclimate to keep you in this “37.5 zone” of comfort and performance.

Your body already has the ultimate thermo-regulating system. The perspiration vapor that comes off of skin during activity cools the body when working hard. In fact, each gram of evaporated sweat releases 580 calories of stored heat. Unless this water vapor can be removed from the microclimate, it builds up in clothing, footwear, or gloves and creates a clammy and uncomfortable microclimate. 37.5 technology works to enhance the body’s natural cooling mechanism—the body puts out sweat to cool it down, 37.5 technology removes it from the microclimate.

With 37.5 technology, patented active particles permanently embedded at the fiber level capture and release moisture vapor. Not only do these active particles provide 800% more surface area to the fiber, they also provide a unique driving force to remove moisture vapor unlike any other technology. By actively responding to body heat, the active particles use this energy from the body to accelerate the vapor movement and speed up the conversion of liquid to vapor, significantly increasing drying rates. This means the hotter the user gets, the stronger the driving force removing moisture becomes—and the more comfortable the garment remains.

37.5 technology works to keep the optimum relative humidity in your microclimate so your body more efficiently maintains an ideal core temperature, enabling you to perform better, longer. Fabrics made with 37.5 technology dry up to five times faster than similar fabrics, diminishing wet cling. 37.5 technology is made with naturally derived materials so there are no harsh chemicals to irritate your skin. 37.5 active particles are permanently embedded into yarn and will never wash out or degrade.