Yes to inexpensive but Ozark Trail gear isn’t particularly high quality or technical. So doesn’t scream someone experienced with particularly complex stealth missions, but may indicate something you’d be willing to toss in the first dumpster you see after fleeing.
Yes, to further expand, the entire get up he had was cheap and thrown-together.
Mismatched pistol holster, looked like $5 bin special or yard sale. Ozark Trail gear is cheap Wal Mart stuff, disposable, not dependable. People who use real gear invest in it. I use custom kydex holsters and have Camelbak and Maxpendition packs, cause I rely on their quality, and need them to perform. Zero tolerance knives, even stuff like Spyderco won't cut it now, I've set a higher standard.
I would not ever rely on a mis-profiled cheap holster if my life depended on my draw.
Now the cliche is pros are all in black, tactical equipment. Well, cliches are there for a reason. All black works better. You want to be "high speed, low drag" as they say in the military. Those bulky gloves were another indicator. It seemed like he looked at things through a skewed filter. Those are horrible for actual usage and absolutely a liability when handling a firearm (couldn't even fit a finger through the trigger guard). And poor for B&E.
So the gear/get up can be indicative of a mindset, an experience level, budgetary constraints.
Now some wannabes are try-hards (Kohberger's KA-BAR knife comes to mind) and may get all "mall-ninja'd" up as we say, where they are style-over-substance interpretation of a cool tactical outfit by an outsider, and there too you can see the tells. But this outfit was neither stealthy, nor practical or efficient, while in some misconstrued way aiming at that? Honestly, you know where I've see this kind of stuff; third world countries/war zones where they throw together whatever they can and you see a rag tag of sporty stuff along with military issue and other random accents. Think most places in the sandbox, W. Africa, S. and Central America.
