I picked up some great raingear at Slickers, the raingear emporium in Prince Rupert on Saturday. It is French made, called Guy Coton. It is heavy duty PVC coated nylon, heavier than the Helly Hansen, but lighter than the Grundens. It is not cheap, about the same as the Grundens, but it is quite long, (almost knee length), and has a heavy zipper and a full length velcro strip to seal the storm flap, instead of the snaps common on this style of rain gear. It is not a great kayak jacket, but it works fine in a canoe, as I proved on Sunday, paddling across Rupert harbour in the pouring rain. The sleeves are not high tech, just wide open tubes, but I didn't even get wet cuffs until we put the boat on top of the car to come home. I have never been so dry in all my life. This stuff beats urethane coated nylon ("reverse goretex") and goretex, in my experience. I had no problem with condensation, wearing a cotton tshirt, shorts, wool shirt, wool toque, PFD and new raincoat. On the way back I put on sweatpants and cheap coated nylon rainpants, as I found the jacket wasn't quite long enough the keep the cold rain off my legs. It was rainy, 10-12 kt wind, and maybe 5 deg. C. Warm and dry at the end of it, despite bucking wind and tide in both directions. Next step is to lengthen it, to bring it down to knee length. I got a chunk of similar material to add to the hem for this task. Then, to try it in warmer weather, crashing around in the bush or hiking up in the alpine. If it still works for this, I will be ecstatic! Rob. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Another great raingear set is from Columbia Sportswear. It's a pants/jacket combination and is also heavy duty rubber-coated nylon. It doesn't breath, but it actually stuff down pretty small and is completely waterproof. It packs smaller than my goretex stuff and I don't worry about getting in muddy. I got the set for something like $25 US at Galyn's(sp?), so they qualify as a great buy. -Patrick At Monday, 04 March 2002, Rob MacDonald <robm_at_udl.com> wrote: >I picked up some great raingear at Slickers, the raingear emporium in >Prince Rupert on Saturday. It is French made, called Guy Coton. It is >heavy duty PVC coated nylon, heavier than the Helly Hansen, but lighter >than the Grundens. [SNIP] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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