Reccomend me a coat.

[paddy.t 5]

Gents,

 

Im after a new jacket. Got to be waterproof, warm and generally a good coat.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Cheers

 

Paddy

[orangeeric 2]

Paddy,

 

What use (four season or two season etc.) and how much are you going to part with?

 

 

 

[paddy.t 5]

For every day use really, and it will be as many seasons as it will stay on my back.

Price wise you get what you pay for:D

[welshnutter69 78]

ive got a jackpyke shooting jacket, good allround jacket but not very waterproof

[orangeeric 2]

what I meant was, do you want to use it all year round (four season), so will be a more heavily padded version - or just something water/windproof for spring/autumn (two season...well three really cos of summer).

Do you want camo or non....

 

 

In descending price range:

 

Harkila £££££

Aigle or John Partridge ££££

Deerhunter £££ (BTW, Sportsmanguncentre have some good online deals ATM)

Hurricane (Deben) ££

Army Surplus £

 

I have always bought trade names (GoreTex for waterproof or Vibram for soles for example) when it comes to technical - GoreTex guarantee waterproofing for the life of the product. If it leaks, you send it to them and they reproof it - simples.....

 

The Deerhunter pricing at SGC is hard to ignore right now.....

 

HTH

[runforyourlife 361]

I have a life jacket for sale, very boyant and definatly waterproof..

[wickedwickedmotox 0]

Dont bother with anything else but harkila it is awesome very warm waterproof and really well made theres some second hand on ebay now one at 85 pound no bids definatly worth the cash.

[Guest WEE WEE PANTS]

KAMMO FIELDCOAT MATE.

 

Ive got one, but its too big, cost 245 quid, selling for a lot less, been out once in it.

 

PM me if you are interested.

[paddy.t 5]

Cheers for all the replys gents.

Ill look into the brands you have mentioned...

 

Got any army suplus jacket for working in but thats not really any good for a day shooting.

 

Cheers

 

Paddy

[ellir0305 9]

deerhunter big wolf well priced and a cracking all round coat. looks fairly smart and takes some stick

[sportingspaniles 5]

Paramo are the best waterproof coats.Go on the website and read all the technical stuff about them.Most of the mountain rescue teams wear the stuff.

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Paramo a re very good, but would choose something different if you want toughness.

[Neal 1,787]

I have a paramo jacket and although, due to the price, I was a tad worried to say the least about wearing it "in the rough" I'm over the moon with it.

 

According to their website, due to the way it works, you could prick it all over with pins and it would still be waterproof: don't know whether or not they've actually tried that though. However, mine's had a few brambles thorns piercing it and it still doesn't let a drop of water through. Another great feature is that, even in these temperatures, I'm still only wearing a t-shirt underneath yet it wasn't too hot in the summer either.

[Bosun11 537]

I have a paramo jacket and although, due to the price, I was a tad worried to say the least about wearing it "in the rough" I'm over the moon with it.

 

According to their website, due to the way it works, you could prick it all over with pins and it would still be waterproof: don't know whether or not they've actually tried that though. However, mine's had a few brambles thorns piercing it and it still doesn't let a drop of water through. Another great feature is that, even in these temperatures, I'm still only wearing a t-shirt underneath yet it wasn't too hot in the summer either.

 

Good post Neal

I do belive that Paramo offer a service where your jacket can be re-enforced, with a much heavier material, to your speck if need be. Yep, obviously a cost to that but...

Edited to add, I bought a Deerhunter Montana two years back, it's the none realtree, with the leather trim, I wear it as my general winter coat, looks really smart and maybe next year i'll 'retire it' to the field.