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Camouflage Technology

First Lite camouflage patterns eliminate the human silhouette through a proprietary blend of nature-based algorithms combined with disruption and focal confusion techniques.

Each pattern features a carefully engineered relationship between colours and shapes designed to mimic recurring patterns found in nature, effectively deceiving the eye.

Inspired by the golden ratio observed throughout the natural world, Specter®, Cerca™, Darkwater, Typha™, Fusion®, and Cipher® blend seamlessly into their surroundings like no other patterns on the market.

    Versatile Performance

    First Lite's Specter, Cerca, Fusion, Typha, Darkwater, and Cipher patterns deliver exceptional concealment regardless of proximity, season, or terrain.

    Built on the same scientific foundation, these proprietary patterns utilise trademarked technology that provides equally effective concealment at both close range and distance.

    Specter draws on the proven technology of Fusion and Cipher while expressing shapes, colours, and fragmentation specifically tailored to whitetail environments and tree canopy settings.

    Similarly, Typha incorporates environmental abstracts ideal for marsh and field landscapes suited to waterfowl hunting.

    Core Technology

    • Large Shape Distribution

      Both Fusion and Cipher incorporate expansive regions of light and dark colours to distort and conceal the hunter's body shape, working against the recognisable human silhouette.

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      Small-Medium Texture Distribution

      At closer ranges, texture-based disruption becomes critical. Fusion and Cipher employ a scattering of small to medium-sized elements using each pattern's colour palette to blend hunters into their surroundings, making visual identification more difficult for game.

    • Disruptive Colouration

      The combination of large and small disruption elements supports the overall disruptive colouration found in First Lite patterns, using colours fine-tuned to blend with surroundings while contrasting against body outline.

    • Focal & Depth Confusion

      First Lite's Fusion and Cipher utilise colour and nature-based algorithms to confuse prey's focal vision. The proprietary design creates a built-in sense of depth that fools depth perception, while controlled contrast and disruptive colouration distort peripheral vision.

    • Light & Dark Crackleture

      First Lite patterns incorporate proprietary crackleture that further contrasts against a hunter's body signature, providing an additional level of versatility and effectiveness unmatched by competing patterns
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    FUSION® – The Kiwi All-Rounder

    The most versatile pattern for New Zealand's varied terrain.

    From the South Island high country's tussock and scree to native beech and podocarp forests, Fusion's pattern and colour palette excel across New Zealand's diverse landscapes.

    Whether you're glassing for chamois above the bushline or stalking red deer through dense scrub, Fusion ensures you virtually disappear at any distance.

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    CERCA™ – High Country Specialist

    Purpose-built for open terrain hunters. Cerca uses optic field disruption to maximise concealment in the tussock grasslands, alpine herb fields, and rocky terrain of New Zealand's high country. Unlike traditional mimicry patterns, Cerca maintains effectiveness at the extended ranges common when hunting tahr, chamois, and Himalayan tahr in mountainous environments.

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    FUSION® – The Kiwi All-Rounder

    Purpose-built for waterfowl hunting.

    Typha performs brilliantly in New Zealand's lowland wetlands, farm ponds, and maimai setups during the May opening and throughout the season.

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    CIPHER® – The Roar Advantage

    Leveraging Fusion's proven principles with a narrower colour palette, Cipher excels during the autumn roar when vegetation takes on muted tones.

    Ideal for North Island native bush and South Island beech forests during March and April, Cipher's subdued colouration provides deadly effectiveness when red stags are most vulnerable.