Buying Military Surplus - Condition Guide

This guide will explain the stated conditions of our military surplus and what they mean when buying surplus from Army and Outdoors. This is a general guideline of how we grade used products. All products will have the condition stated at the bottom of the description.
 
When we grade products, we are looking at functionality, does the product still work as intended? Does it have any tears, holes, scratches or other marking? Some things may be a bit dirty or scuffed up, but they will clean up to be excellent - we try and grade with this in mind.
 
Product colour: Sometimes products will vary in colour for a variety of reasons. As all device screens have variations in the colours they display, please understand that what is shown on screen is not exactly what you will get. If a product has a large variation in shades, we will mention this in the description.

 

  • New/Unissued
    Item has not been used and is in ‘as new’ condition. May or may not be in original
    packaging.
  • Used/Excellent
    Items are near unused. There may be some minor signs of use or marks from storage.
  • Used/Very Good
    The item has clearly had some use. There may be marks and signs of wear, light fading,
    scuffs, unseen writing. But still a lot of life left. (No stains, No holes, No repairs)
  • Used/Good
    Items are used . There may be more significant fading, small stains, marks, scratches and
    repairs, but still in functioning order.
  • Used/Fair
    The item is well used. May have noticeable fading, medium stains, marks, small holes
    still usable and some life left in this item.
  • Used/ Grade2 (Value Goods)
    Grade 2 items are generally very well used, they will have broken or missing
    components. They may be salvageable with some TLC or usable for spare parts.
    Any permanent stains (oil, ink). Could have large repairs.

We aim to be as accurate and reasonable in our grading and descriptions as we can, but sometimes there may be items that slip through the cracks. If you feel this is the case with a product you have purchased, let us know.