Topic
packrafting rain jacket
Forum Posting
A Membership is required to post in the forums. Login or become a member to post in the member forums!
Home › Forums › Off Piste › Packrafting › packrafting rain jacket
- This topic is empty.
-
AuthorPosts
-
Mar 20, 2013 at 9:18 am #1300688
Looking for some recommendations for a jacket that can be used for Paddling and also as a good rain jacket.
Mar 20, 2013 at 12:46 pm #1967900Kokatat and other companies make several permutations at points along the line between a conventional rain jacket and a dry top. Some have latex cuffs, a neck gasket, and a tunnel waist to interface with dry pants. Some just have neo cuffs. All the ones I've seen add enough bulk, weight and expense that I've not seen the need to invest in one over my normal rain coat.
Conventional rain coats with thumb loops do a fair bit to keep splashes from running down your sleeves.
Mar 20, 2013 at 2:51 pm #1967930If water running down your sleeves is the issue, you could sew up some neoprene "tubes", or 8" long wrist bands, that you could use to externally seal your jacket at the wrists. Hope that makes sense. You could do something similar with latex too. There used to be a Scandinavian company that made these, though its not an idea that ever got much traction.
Apr 15, 2013 at 8:18 pm #1977076In the end I found a very good deal on a Westcomb switch neoshell .It has some stretch and seems to be quite durable It will have to do.
Apr 21, 2013 at 6:57 am #1978954I sewed some neoprene 'wrist gators' into my rain jacket. Easy to do when your jacket is old and on the brink of being replaced anyways. The elastic wrists were poor performers, so I added velcro enclosures to the wrists and then later added the wrist gators.
SPECS
Neoprene: 1mm neoprene (QuestOutfitters.com)
Dimensions: 8.5" circ. (9 x 5" piece of neoprene with 1/2" overlap).
Thumb hole: 2.25" slit that's 1/2" back from the end.
Weight: 17g / 0.6ozJust the gators should help a lot for summer use where warm gloves aren't needed.
Shoulder season setup adds DeFeet Durawool gloves (shown) and MEC Cloudraker WPB mitt shells (not shown).
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Forum Posting
A Membership is required to post in the forums. Login or become a member to post in the member forums!
Our Community Posts are Moderated
Backpacking Light community posts are moderated and here to foster helpful and positive discussions about lightweight backpacking. Please be mindful of our values and boundaries and review our Community Guidelines prior to posting.
Get the Newsletter
Gear Research & Discovery Tools
- Browse our curated Gear Shop
- See the latest Gear Deals and Sales
- Our Recommendations
- Search for Gear on Sale with the Gear Finder
- Used Gear Swap
- Member Gear Reviews and BPL Gear Review Articles
- Browse by Gear Type or Brand.