Topic
Lightweight, affordable dry pants/top for packrafting?
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 › Lightweight, affordable dry pants/top for packrafting?
- This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 1 month ago by Ben Brochu.
-
AuthorPosts
-
Feb 23, 2017 at 11:18 pm #3452361
I’m looking to get a dry top and pant for packrafting. I figure that I would prefer having a separate pant and top so that I can just use the top if it’s not too cold. Also, I figure that wearing the dry pants as rain pants with a separate lightweight rain jacket would be far more comfortable than wearing a full dry suit hiking in the rain.
So far I was looking at these pants, I emailed kokatat and they said they weight 1lb in medium. Does that sound about right for dry pants?
https://kokatat.com/product/tropos-swift-dry-pant-ptutsp
I could use recommendations for any lightweight dry tops
Feb 23, 2017 at 11:38 pm #3452362I owned a previous version of these dry pants before switching to a drysuit. Being designed for kayaks, most dry tops (that have a seal to mate with pants like these) also have a double tunnel, which you don’t need for packrafting, making for extra weight. In my experience, a dry pant/top combo will work for splash, but you will get wet if you swim. Alpacka’s drysuits have a center zip, so you can use just the top or the bottom as does the Kokatat Surge, which I use (and am very happy with so far.) If you have a whitewater deck and are banking on not swimming, a dry top may make sense for some trips, but usually it’s the bottom half that comes in the most handy for me.
-
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.