Zero Alpha Designs Mid Cape Leaf Suit

A leaf suit breaks your outline with shape rather than texture. Instead of hanging hessian strands to imitate grass, it layers hundreds of individually laser-cut fabric leaves over a mesh base so they stand proud and cast their own shadows. Against broadleaf woodland, hedgerow and scrub, where the background is built from leaf shapes, that reads more convincingly than strands do.

The Mid Cape is the middle of the three leaf lengths. It covers the hood, the shoulders and the torso, finishing around the waist, which gives you a full upper-body break-up without the length of the Full Cape gathering around your legs when you move. Arms stay clear, so a rifle, a camera or a chest rig is still workable underneath.

Underneath the leaves is Zero Alpha's hand-dyed mesh, a breathable open backing dyed in-house so the colour varies naturally across the panel rather than sitting flat, carried on a Viper base shroud. Hand-dyed hessian is worked in among the leaves, so you get leaf shapes and strand texture in the same garment, and elastic loops throughout let you push local foliage in on the day. It is one size, in two schemes: Summer runs lighter and greener, Autumn into deeper browns and russets. Each one is weathered and field-tested before it is packed, and built to order in the United Kingdom.

Key Features

• Mid Cape Coverage - Hood, shoulders and torso to around the waist
• 3D Laser-Cut Leaves - Multi-layered leaf system that sits proud and casts its own shadow
• Hand-Dyed Mesh Base - Breathable open backing dyed in-house for natural colour variation
• Viper Base Shroud - Carries the leaf system without adding bulk
• Hessian Worked In - Leaf shapes and strand texture in the same garment
• Elastic Vegetation Loops - Dress it with local foliage on the ground you are working
• Two Colour Schemes - Summer for lighter green cover, Autumn for deeper browns
• Weathered and Field-Tested - Knocked back before dispatch, not box-fresh

Ideal For

• Broadleaf Woodland and Hedgerow - Leaf shapes match a leaf background better than strands
• Stalking and Moving Between Positions - Upper-body cover without length round the legs
• Wildlife Photography and Birdwatching - Arms and lens stay free under the cape
• Airsoft and Milsim Sniper Roles - Cover that does not foul a rifle or a carrier

Technical Specifications

Warranty

Zero Alpha Designs do not publish a stated warranty period for this range. As with everything we sell, your statutory rights under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 apply in full: goods must be as described, fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality. If something is wrong with your suit, contact sales@taskoutdoor.co.uk with your order number and photographs of the fault and we will take it up with Zero Alpha on your behalf. Please note that because each piece is hand-built to order, variation in colour, leaf density and finish between one suit and another is a normal feature of the product rather than a fault.

Safety Information

This is a camouflage garment and nothing more. It is designed to assist with visual concealment only and offers no protection against injury, heat, flame, ballistic threats or environmental hazards. Hessian, jute and the fabric leaves will burn readily, so keep the suit well away from open flames, stoves, vehicle exhausts and any other source of high heat. Inspect it before every use, follow the care instructions supplied with the garment, and bear in mind that a hood and garnish around your head reduce peripheral vision and hearing. Safe use of this product is the responsibility of the wearer.

A Note on Infrared, Night Vision and Thermal

Zero Alpha's own description of this suit says its materials help reduce visibility under night vision and thermal optics. We are not going to repeat that, because the two are separate problems and no evidence has been published for either. An infrared-reflective treatment is aimed at image-intensifier night vision, which works by amplifying reflected near-infrared light. Thermal imaging is a different technology altogether: it reads the heat a body emits rather than the light it reflects, and no fabric layer worn over a warm body conceals it from a thermal sight. Zero Alpha publish no test data, rating or standard behind the infrared treatment, so we cannot tell you how much it gives, and we will not put a figure on something nobody has measured. Buy this as visual camouflage, which is what it is good at. If night vision or thermal performance genuinely matters to your use, ask us before you order and we will put the question to Zero Alpha directly.