Digitized camo happens to work quite well. In the bush, it is at least as good as the old woodland pattern we had when I entered the Army. When we used it in combat operations in urban settings in the middle east,it is better by magnitudes.

Draping a camo panel to hang neatly from a couple of trees is in no way a good test of it's ability to break up the outline of a human being.

Having said all of that, only three pieces of my normal hiking/backpacking gear have any camo pattern. I have a Camelback in woodland pattern, along with a neck gaiter. I also have a Camelback in the old tri-color desert pattern.

My hunting gear, on the other hand, is all various types of hunting pattern camo.