banded waterfowl gear

[bone collector 12]

has anyone looked at there line of products? they seem pretty nice as soon as they get to selling it i am gonna order some!
http://www.banded.com/

but after  seeing there commercial i have mixed feelings, it is the dumbest hunting commercial there is!!!!!!!!!

Banded Gear Commercial

[ellensburgpo]

Depends on what that "commercial" was trying to sell. If it was duck hunting products it doesn't make sense. If it was trying to sell something else I think they hit the nail on the head...

[bone collector 12]

Its duck hunting products

[ellensburgpo]

Then it didn't make sense....Don't get me wrong though. I still enjoyed it.

[CAMPMEAT]

I used to watch the show ( predator hunting ) but they played more music than actual hunting. Didn't do squat for me. So, I wonder if anything from them is good !

[CCurtis]

Guys,

I happened upon the post and I wanted to comment and hopefully clear some things up one way or the other.  As far as the commercials, obviously we are selling waterfowl gear so maybe it didn't make a ton of sense on the face being directly related to that...but neither does the Geico Caveman commercial...or Jack Links "Messing With Sasquatch.". We were just taking an outside the box approach as opposed to showing a guy in a blind shooting a duck with the sun coming up.  Granted there is nothing at ALL wrong with that!  Heck, I'm as traditional as they come and that's what I love but the question is, had we done that, would there be a post on this forum talking about that commercial.  I guess that's what it boils down to and it'll take someone way smarter than me to provide an answer but I wanted to at least give you some insight into our thought process.  We're definitely not marketing geniuses but as expensive as commercials are to run, we wanted to do something that would make people remember or at least stir some conversation.

As far as the predator show, I'm assuming your talking about DDW...Our Waterfowl company Banded is not owned by the same owners as DDW or the FL.  The host of those shows is involved with our waterfowl company Banded and we sponsor those shows but we loved the name, loved the way we feel we can use the name in relationship to waterfowl, so we obtained the rights to the name from them.

I don't feel comfortable talking about any of the products here as I hate all things spam!  If there are any questions, feel free to email me anytime.  I'm not going to say we're going to do everything right, we're just going to do it the best we can.

[ellensburgpo]

Ccurtis, welcome to the site. I wasnt ripping on the commercial if thats how it came accross. I can understand why a company would try something out of the ordinary to get people talking about their products. It seems to me that your guys company is aimed at younger duck hunters. I'm just inferring that from the style of the show you guys are involved in, the type of gear offered, and the commercial. There's nothing wrong with that.

I would suspect that beautiful women in skimpy clothing will work for that market. I wish you lots of luck in your company.

[CCurtis]

No, no...I know you weren't "ripping" on it but you had valid questions and I wanted to give a peak into our cluttered brains as to what we were thinking.  I appreciate your comments good or bad more than you know.  If there are no comments, how would we be able to evaluate our performance.  So again thank you.  As at as a target demographic, I think young is a relative term...what we were going for, at least in our apparel (because thats what I'm most involved in), was a slightly edgy look with appeal to the 18-38 group as you described, but not so over the top that more traditional/older than the above group hunters would still like it.  I feel that we captured that feeling pretty well.  (again its an opinion and  obviously biased.). I am as traditional a waterfowler as you'll find..I'm 40 years old and have worn an oil cloth jacket hunting almost exclusively for 15 years, The same one for 8,  (I can send pictures to verify!) and I really like the look and feel. 

Again, thanks for the comments!

[CAMPMEAT]

Guys,

I happened upon the post and I wanted to comment and hopefully clear some things up one way or the other.  As far as the commercials, obviously we are selling waterfowl gear so maybe it didn't make a ton of sense on the face being directly related to that...but neither does the Geico Caveman commercial...or Jack Links "Messing With Sasquatch.". We were just taking an outside the box approach as opposed to showing a guy in a blind shooting a duck with the sun coming up.  Granted there is nothing at ALL wrong with that!  Heck, I'm as traditional as they come and that's what I love but the question is, had we done that, would there be a post on this forum talking about that commercial.  I guess that's what it boils down to and it'll take someone way smarter than me to provide an answer but I wanted to at least give you some insight into our thought process.  We're definitely not marketing geniuses but as expensive as commercials are to run, we wanted to do something that would make people remember or at least stir some conversation.

As far as the predator show, I'm assuming your talking about DDW...Our Waterfowl company Banded is not owned by the same owners as DDW or the FL.  The host of those shows is involved with our waterfowl company Banded and we sponsor those shows but we loved the name, loved the way we feel we can use the name in relationship to waterfowl, so we obtained the rights to the name from them.

I don't feel comfortable talking about any of the products here as I hate all things spam!  If there are any questions, feel free to email me anytime.  I'm not going to say we're going to do everything right, we're just going to do it the best we can.

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If not affiliated with DDW, my apologies.

[wraithen]

I do have to admit, I checked their site after this thread got started. 

[ellensburgpo]

I do have to admit, I checked their site after this thread got started. 

Wraithan, was it just to try and find more commercials like that one.....

[wraithen]

I can neither confirm nor deny the answer to this question.  I was curious if they had any videos one taking care of breasts in the field 

[CCurtis]

Just to be clear, I did not say we were not affiliated with DDW...I said it's not the same owners.  We are affiliated in that Chad (Host of DDW is involved with our company and we sponsor DDW). 

Also, I just got on my computer and can now see the commercial you are talking about listed above...We did not do that commercial.  Chad did that commercial several years ago for Banded Gear.  Banded Gear is his t-shirt/cap company and the new Banded Waterfowl company has nothing to do with Banded Gear.  I know that is as clear as mud and I apologize.  Simply put Banded Gear, has nothing to do with Banded...and that commercial above has nothing to do with Banded.

I've been given the opportunity (and it is greatly appreciated) to sponsor this site.  When that is done I can explain more and answer any more questions you might have.  I'm just super sensitive as I said before to respect the owners of this and all forums and make sure I don't spam.  Thanks and I look forward to becoming more involved in this site.  Looks like ya'll have some great discussions and a very active forum.

[CAMPMEAT]

PLEASE, don't have all of that music on there. If I wanted to listen to music, I'd have Sirius Music piped into the house. That is a huge turnoff for me. I want to see dead stuff/action filled shows and not the latest top 40 country music.

[ellensburgpo]

I can neither confirm nor deny the answer to this question.  I was curious if they had any videos one taking care of breasts in the field 

Lmao....good times