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    Dan Geiger
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    @ramcam-2

    Looking for some recommendations for a jacket that can be used for Paddling and also as a good rain jacket.

    #1967900
    David Chenault
    BPL Member

    @davec

    Locale: Queen City, MT

    Kokatat 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.

    #1967930
    Charles P
    Spectator

    @mediauras

    Locale: Terra

    If 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.

    #1977076
    Dan Geiger
    Spectator

    @ramcam-2

    In 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.

    #1978954
    Dan @ Durston Gear
    BPL Member

    @dandydan

    Locale: Canadian Rockies

    I 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 / 0.6oz

    Gators1

    Just the gators should help a lot for summer use where warm gloves aren't needed.
    Gators2

    Shoulder season setup adds DeFeet Durawool gloves (shown) and MEC Cloudraker WPB mitt shells (not shown).
    Gators3

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