drop stoppers under wind gear

[David Olsen]

Would drop stoppers hold up well layered under
wind gear after the dwr on the wind gear is over
whelmed? Or maybe under a soft shell when it
starts dumping?

[Anonymous]

Been thinking about the same thing, just haven’t gotten around to trying it yet.

[EndoftheTrail]

Is the purpose to protect your drop stoppers raingear from abrasion? If so, then maybe layering a nylon windshirt on top can help. May need to size the drop stopper one size smaller.

As for softshell, I would hate to expose that as first layer of defense in a hard rain. Once soaked, it’s just that much heavier to wear or carry around, and will take quite a while to dry out! I would rather just buy “normal” rain gear and be done with it.

[David Olsen]

I was thinking about bringing them on ski tours
and winter SAR when conditions appear clear, instead of the light but sweaty precip stuff or the breathable but heavy Gore/eVent
stuff. Wouldn’t wear them unless the weather changed and would just add them under the outer
layers when they were soaked. As cheap as they are
I could give them to the rescue victoms and not worry too much about getting them back, unlike a $200 parka. I need the outer layer to hold
up to and slow any slides for life, which a soft shell works well for. Mainly wondering if I wore it under
other layers if it would keep me dry in bad weather
and hold up well enough to ski in.

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