High-end rain jacket

[woody paul]

https://www.sportsmanguncentre.co.uk/clothing-footwear/clothing-clearence Maybe worth a look depends on size you want and if stock left. 

[openspaceman]

10 minutes ago, Woodworks said:

. Worth remembering we get 1.8 meters of rain a year so money spent on quality waterproofs is not wasted. 

I'm not criticising, if it works...

 

I'm just too tight to risk ruining it, I still have several orange hi viz rail standard jackets, they only last about 15 minutes in the rain so once they are all wet ...

[tonytree]

Have you looked at the pulsa rail jackets, I find them very in good in heavy rain. You can buy a 4 in one jacket I think it’s called so have it as a smock for showers in the summer and a coat in winter.

[openspaceman]

2 minutes ago, tonytree said:

Have you looked at the pulsa rail jackets, I find them very in good in heavy rain. You can buy a 4 in one jacket I think it’s called so have it as a smock for showers in the summer and a coat in winter.

Ours were firm's issue so the cheapest kit on the market

[Rich Rule]

I have a Swazi but it is hi viz as you know.

 

also got a Hagloffs waterproof shell.  Completely bone dry in monsoon rain but it was about 380 quid.  Bergen’s of Norway also make some similar style shells as do Arcteryx.

 

check out www.sportpursuit.co.uk for heavy discounts and flash sales.  I got the Hagloffs one for 170 quid.

[Rich Rule]

That website is well worth signing up for. I have had some proper bargains.  Usually 50-60% discount.

[Mark Bolam]

Cheers all.

The Paramo stuff and Rich’s post above, along with a few others, is where I’m at.

 

The breathability thing is an old bugbear of mine.

If it’s pissing down on the outside, water vapour (sweat) can’t possibly escape from the inside.

It’s all a trade off.

 

Plenty to get me Googling around tomorrow.

It’s forecast wet.

 

Took Dutchie out for an hour in my Ridgeline, hood up throughout, and I had to wring my t-shirt out in the utility room sink before I came in.

It’s a lovely, comfy, well-designed smock, but it’s £130 odd I could have put towards something better.

[Mark Bolam]

For sale - Ridgeline Pintail smock, size L.

One careful owner.

Good condition.

£125, no offers.

 

PM if interested.

[drinksloe]

Another problem u have is some of the really decent top end makers from the past now get everything made elsewhere (asia) so some of the modern stuff is nowhere near as good as the old stuff was.

I've got a proper old 'Swanny' which is a brilliant jacket but warm but the new stuff is rubbish.

Ps Swanny's are not good for skiing/boarding the only time i've been skiing bright orange set of fisherans bib and brace anf my swanny which being wool all the snow stuck to it, looked like the abodomable snowman by the time i got to the bottom ?

 

Seems to be new brands arriving all the time (esp from either scandi or NZ) with some quite decent reputations althou with a price tag to match

 

Must admit i've got some ridgeline stuff and really like it, my stuff is actually water proof!

Aalthou don't like smocks in general as u always get too warm in them

Edited August 26, 2018 by drinksloe

[woody paul]

There was quite a lot of fake Ridgeline stuff about a couple of years ago.