Lightweight rain jacket advice....
Currently use OR Forey goretex rain jacket. I like it but a little heavy @ 16 oz and thick as temps rise...any reccs??
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o2 rainwear originial hooded jacket. got 2 for 45 bucks. size Large 6.5oz on my scale.
GoLite Tumalo about 10ozs and $75 from their webstore....
about 4.5 oz with pit zips and taped. I bought this 2 months ago and have worn it 3 or 4 times. Love it though I wouldn't go bush whacking through brambles with it. Fits very well and is scary light.
http://www.lukesultralite.com/content/pertex-rain-shell
Last edited by Weather-man; 03-24-2014 at 08:33.
Luke's also sells a Gore-tex paclite jacket which is a little heavier (7.5 oz) but a little tougher. I got it with pitzips for ~$120. Nice thing is the customer service you get with a cottage manufacturer. I traded a bunch of emails with Luke prior to ordering and he made my jacket with longer sleeves to fit my arms.Originally Posted by Weather-man
I have a Mont Bell versalite; it's full featured with pit zips, hem cord and Velcro/elastic on the wrists and an adjustable hood and it's only like 6.7 oz. Also, what about frog togs?
Using a ZPacks CF poncho/ground sheet and really like it. Weighs in at 5 oz.
--louis
Marmot Mica--7 oz.//Go Lite Tumalo for colder weather 10 oz.
Thanks for linking this! I love when people show me new and lighter options!
+1 on the Mica. Love mine
Marmot Precip. Love mine.
Thanks for this thread. This is the one thing I am lacking in my current setup!!!
Dri ducks??
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Google it. Quack quack.
Y I know what it is haven't used..like the price and weight... Looking for user feed back... Prob keep goretex for winter treks and lighter for warmer months
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driducks get knocked for not being durable, but when you can buy 7 complete suits for the price of one laminated jacket, at any Walmart you go to...
Awwww. Fat Mike, too?
I bought a DriDucks rainsuit for my newbie daughter for our week-long section hiking. I think she's worn it twice now and it should do just fine on a groomed trail. Can't beat the price or weight, but it is sized overly large and I wouldn't want to spend days backpacking in it.
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I used to use Dri Ducks before moving to my Marmot Mica. They are light, cheap, and breath very well compared to a lot of other shells. The pants tend to be a sweat box but I dont know of any rain shell pants that are breathable. I now use a Zpacks cuban rain kilt and would never go back to using rain pants again. By far one of the best upgrades to my backpacking gear in a long time.
If you decide to got with Dri Ducks remember they run a size large. So keep that in mind when ordering. Even a size down was baggy on me. I wore mine for a full season and never had an issue with them except for at the hem on the pants. They were torn up because they were dragging on the ground. No fault of the pants. The same would have applied to any other rain pants. I later just cut them down amd patched then with some duct take and never had an issue.
I got a Packa a few weeks ago and have had one good hike in the rain with it--performed excellently. It is lighter than my pack cover and poncho--which it replaced. I really like that you can put it on the pack as a cover when you start out and then pull the jacket on as needed, while on the go. No removing the pack. NFI.
http://www.thepacka.com/
A 10d Packa is about 7.5 oz. Just got back yesterday from a very snowy hike near Hot Springs. I was very pleased at how the 10D handled snow and cold wind.
CT
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