Helping a young adventurer out here. He is heading to Alaska for the summer and asked about rain gear. There is so much out there, but the semipermiable stuff makes me skeptical when it comes to a wilderness hunt. (Simple stuff is fine here in KS and midwest where you know you are coming in for the night). What is your experience? Frogg toggs- ??
Thanks
Dan
Hunting or fishing? Hunting I Don,t think frogg toggs would hold up to the brush very long, I hate to say this because I,m a tightwad, but you get what you pay for, and finding good raingear for bowhunting is a challenge, If just fishing guidewear from Cabela,s is good.
Dan,A lot of the people up here that work outside, live in Helly Hanson.
It depends on where he is going to be.
summers can be a little on the dry side in the centeral part of the state.
The coast is another story.
willy
I personally don't wear rain-gear. HOWEVER.....
I have heard many stories of folks getting "soaked to the bone" despite having "state of the art" , "top of the line" rain gear. If you get wet.....YOUR IN TROUBLE!!!!! :(
The best suggestion that I can offer is,Tell him to start hitting the local "Good Will" store and buy a bunch of "earth toned" 100% wool sweaters.They usualy only cost $3-$4 each and you can buy a dozen of the for the price of a good camo jacket LOL.They will keep him warm even when he gets wet,He can wear 2 or 3 in layers if it gets really cold,he can wear 1 or 2 while he is drying out the other wet ones.
one thing when it comes to spending time in the rain, that is a persons tolerance level for discomfort and cold. No two people are the same. One guy might be freezing cold and the next guy doesn't even know he is cold and wet. Don't know which until you have "been there done that". I have used high quality gore tex and dry plus, rain gear, only to have it leak after hard use. Any more I wear frogg toggs under a fleece jacket, seems to protect the frogg toggs and keeps things quiet. Still have to deal with sweat, which ever way you go. I always figure the most important thing is making sure I have a way to dry out back art camp.
I bought Peter Storm and I am very happy. I also picked up some Frogg Toggs.Just got them but everybody I talked to said they were great.The Storm I have had for 3 yrs no probs.