So I found this really fantastic looking orange robe that I wanted to equip my companion Nadia with. Problem is that this piece is jedi consular only, and as she is a companion character she can't equip it. I find this extremely annoying.
This isn't the first time that this type of issue has come up for me either, Lord Scourage and Kira being unable to equip lightsabres because of light/dark restrictions, all my trooper companions being unable to equip trooper only gear. It's silly.
In the future I'd like to see my companions be able to equip anything that I am able to equip. If I am a jedi consular, my companions should be able to wear jedi consular robes, if I am light side 3, my companion should be able to wear light side 3 only gear.