Swandri

[Dannymc]

Thanks for the heads up. Ooopps to late.

[johnnytrees]

Thanks for the heads up. Ooopps to late.

 

ranger extreme , there between £40-£60 try ebay

[Theocus]

I use the ex army goretex jackets, cost me £10, stay bone dry and if you break em, buy another!!!!! My partner washed my Tux jacket last week, what goes through there minds when the door to the washing machine is open!!!!!!

[Dannymc]

I use the ex army goretex jackets, cost me £10, stay bone dry and if you break em, buy another!!!!! My partner washed my Tux jacket last week, what goes through there minds when the door to the washing machine is open!!!!!!

 

Were do you get your jackets from?

[Theocus]

Just any ex army store, they usually have a few with a bit of dodgy stitching and they are the ones you get for a tenner. Great jacket too, seem fairly indestructible. I bought mine from AWOL in Bristol but there are many ex army stores about.

[Mikey P]

The Swandri can be reproofed by the company - unfortunately, you'd have to send it back to New Zealand so that doesn't help you. I'm pretty sure I saw something about being able to get it reproofed by someone in the UK so at least you might be able to sell it on to someone smaller!

 

I've heard it suggested that you could wash it on a low-temp (30 degrees?) wool wash with a couple of caps of baby oil (to replace the lonolin which gives the Swandri some of its water repellency) - no idea if this has any truth in it. Nikwax do a product for wool called 'Wool Wash' which is good for cleaning the jackets without removing any of the water-resistant capabilities of the fabric but it doesn't reproof the fabric.

 

They are excellent coats in the winter - I love mine for hiking/dog walking - but I find them quite easy to overheat in if you are doing any sort of hard physical work.

[Sevsafe]

The Swandri can be reproofed by the company - unfortunately, you'd have to send it back to New Zealand so that doesn't help you. I'm pretty sure I saw something about being able to get it reproofed by someone in the UK so at least you might be able to sell it on to someone smaller!

 

I've heard it suggested that you could wash it on a low-temp (30 degrees?) wool wash with a couple of caps of baby oil (to replace the lonolin which gives the Swandri some of its water repellency) - no idea if this has any truth in it. Nikwax do a product for wool called 'Wool Wash' which is good for cleaning the jackets without removing any of the water-resistant capabilities of the fabric but it doesn't reproof the fabric.

 

They are excellent coats in the winter - I love mine for hiking/dog walking - but I find them quite easy to overheat in if you are doing any sort of hard physical work.

I think it's right about washing them with the addition of some sort of oil - I seem to remember being told olive oil. I guess lanolin would be best as that is what you are trying to replce. we've still got some odds & ends .... http://www.sevsafe.co.uk/acatalog/Swanndri_Clothing_New_Zealand.html