The absolute best, but expensive is SIMMS. They cater to the flyfisherman, their G3 or G4 Guide coats is bar none the best. SIMS actually developed new design of GoreTex in concert with GoreTex and has exclusive rights to market it first soley with their products. I can be in firehose type rain all day, stay dry. Hike and huff hard, breathes sweat out. But you gotta be able not to blink at $400 plus for a coat. Their waders are the same, top of the line, although working in breathable chest waders is not probably what you are looking for. Also, it is a true lifetime no questions asked warranty. I had a G3 coat that had been used and abused. Over 400 days use, still doing its thing but had a zipper break. This coat had quite a few holes from bad cast hits with flies that had been fixed with aquaseal, and stains, plenty of fish slime on it, and well used all around. Took it to my local dealer who sent it to SIMMS, and had a brand new model G3 arrive in a week, no questions asked, no charge. Customer service to the max from them.
well, as one that's in the field every day, I'm well aware of that. BUT, as the boss, if I don't want to work in the rain, there is always something else that needs attention. I try very hard not to get myself in a position where field work HAS to be done on any particular day.
Rain Gear or Foul Weather gear?
You want some excellent rain gear, check out grundens... It's what I use, on the water and off.
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> If this request relate to work, if it's raining hard enough that you need rain gear, you probably shouldn't have an instrument out for very long anyway.
New guy from where the sun shines:
"What do you do when it rains?"
Party Chief:
"We %$%$^ work!"
(And yes, the best rain gear in the world is made with metal and says Chevrolet on the tailgate.)
> Around here we cant stop working everytime it rains. We get a lot of short showers at this time of the year.
> Cutting line and digging goes on in light rain.
> If it looks like rain, the instrument stays in the box, but if it starts to drizzle after the instrument is up, out comes the umbrella.
Aren't most new instruments are rated for constant rain use. I dont know what everyone else uses, but the yellow ones (topcon) work all day long in pouring rain no matter which direction it comes in from. (And that includes the 3C up to the new ones.)
A little off topic but....Polypropylene socks first then cotten tube socks and if it gets cold enough wool socks on top of those. The sweat is wicked to the cotton socks and your feet are comfortable and never get cold...rlshound
light rain jacket. 6' long aluminum u-shaped post. golf umbrella.
drive the post a few inches into the ground a foot or so from the traverse point and strap the golf umbrella to with a velcro strap. Voila-you have a shelter for the instrument and taking notes.
You just reminded me: Eons ago, a PC told us to get out and work in a downpour while he sat in the truck with the doors locked! (He knew we were :pissed: )
nothing angers the troops more than not being willing to endure what you are ordering them to endure.
I have had to ask some unpleasant things but I had to take it too so at least I kept their respect. I didn't say "you sleep in a tent and eat tick soup" while I went to the fancy hotel and ate in the best restaurants.
My rig
> What do you guys recommend for rain gear?
Something like this. With a jacket of the same sort. Everybody thinks jackets when it comes to raingear, but I recommend that you spend at least as much on the pants. Gore-tex (in the example it's Columbia's version of Gore-tex), long side zipper, layers of fabric.
I may be Norman Oklahoma these days, but I'm still Mark from Oregon when it comes to rain gear.
(OT: Baldwin!? Hey, I used to drive a cab in Hempstead during the early 70s!) :car:
Apologize for dredging up an older forum, but thanks to ripping through several of the lighter weight alternatives to Grundens?ÿ I found Ruf Duks.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿThanks Zapper -?ÿ ?ÿyour suggestion of Ruf Duk rain gear.?ÿ ?ÿ The Ruf Duks are really tough and so easy to slip on/off.?ÿ The Chest pouch is great. The color green almost matches National Park Service green - not quite though.
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Joel
This has been one heck of a rainy summer/fall for me, just relentless. About half the time I'm in rain gear. It doesn't have to be raining when your crashing through soaking wet shoulder high grass and brush all day. It depends on how long your going to be in the rain. An hour or two and just about anything will do, but all day and I usually end up soaked from the inside out regardless. A dry change of clothes in the truck goes a long way. I use Grunden rain bibs and Xtratufs, impermeable to rain and abrasions, but don't let the sweat out. If it's an all day affair I'll wear the Grunden rain jacket, if there's a lot of humping to do I'll go with the goretex jacket. Goretex is great new but doesn't handle abrasions that well and eventually loses it's water repellency and the water soaks through. Nikwax makes some good wash in products to breath new life into goretex. A good rain hat and bandana is mandatory, the bandana catches drips before they hit my glasses. I've been using an Outdoor Research 'Sitka' rain hat for going on fifteen years.?ÿ Give it a wash in Nikwax wash in water repellent every now and then. A good product I've been using to keep the glasses from fogging is?ÿcall 'Catcrap'. Works well on all optics to keep them from fogging.
Mostly though I've just learned to embrace the suck and place one foot in front of the other.?ÿUnless you're made of candy, little water never hurt?ÿanyone.?ÿ
Apologize for dredging up an older forum, but thanks to ripping through several of the lighter weight alternatives to Grundens?ÿ I found Ruf Duks.?ÿ ?ÿ ?ÿThanks Zapper -?ÿ ?ÿyour suggestion of Ruf Duk rain gear.?ÿ ?ÿ The Ruf Duks are really tough and so easy to slip on/off.?ÿ The Chest pouch is great. The color green almost matches National Park Service green - not quite though.
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Joel
I've been getting Frog Togs cause they are cheap and fit into a nice little pouch I can throw about anywhere, but when I need heavy duty rain/snow wear I got the Carhartt storm defender pants and top. They work great in the cold but in a warm rain they make you feel like your in a sauna.
"Wear a cowboy hat that sheds water well, gets a new treatment of Scotch Guard every time it gets washed," ?ÿ Wait!?ÿ I thought that the rain washed cowboy hats off!?!??ÿ On a side note, we usually have lightning with our rain, so we don't work in it too much, but since thunderstorms can build very quickly around here, I usually keep a $0.99 emergency poncho in my stuff.?ÿ If I can keep the wind from grabbing it, some of me stays dry on the trip back to the truck.
I don't work in the rain. Don't like to get equipment wet. Also very hard to read the data collector screen with rain drops on it.?ÿ
I will hunt in the rain though. I have some Frog Togs that I like. Light weight, but not to durable in the brush.
