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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:26 PM Original message |
Outdoorsy DU'ers who live in cold, wet climates |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. we've always had good luck with Land's End products |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks for the link |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've had pretty good luck |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I'm sort of looking for specific brand suggestions |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Columbia makes good cold weather coats. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Uh... the jacket in question was a Columbia |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Oops! Sorry! I've had good luck with mine nt |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. It's all good |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Well, maybe... Hanging around in a temperate rain forest |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. always had good luck with |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Petersond, did you know it's raining cats and dogs up here |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No, I haven't heard any of that actually |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I wish we could send you some... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Suweet |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I know they are great jackets |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I wear Helly Hanson.. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. almost all of my rain gear |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Everyone outdoorsy that I know |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Columbia is good. |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. Try REI's online catalog-- |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've used On Course products for the past 10 years very successfully |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. North Face and Columbia products are both very good |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hmmm, can you be a bit more specific as to this "slogging?" |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Slogging = birding or other field work in the rain |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Well I'd still go with a waterproof breathable shell of some sort. |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. You can't go wrong with the North Face |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Yep, and North Face stuff lasts a looooooong time. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Sierra Trading Post has Northface stuff on sale all the time |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Campmor also has good deals |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I have heard great |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. Swanndri -- pure merino wool -- from New Zealand |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
30. no idea, Chicago SUCKS ASS for outdoorsy stuff |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. I recently bought a waxed jacket, made in Ireland. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Columbia makes good threads. Patagonia too |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. What's "soft shell"? |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe something like this? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I was thinking more like a cormorant parka |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Bad idea. I was watching cormorants this morning... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Helly Hanson, expensive tho' $$$$$$ |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Helly Hanson makes great rain gear. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-24-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. I have family who are marine biologists, they like |
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