Thread: Hunting and Fishing cyclone technical jacket

I have a ridgeline something or other, it has been everywhere for the last four years or so and the seam seal tape is coming off the inside but otherwise fine.
like all my gear it does not get babyed and is about stuffed now.
It lives either in my truck or thrown at the front door so it is always there when I need it, used as dog bed,soaked with salt water fishing etc etc etc
I doubt a 400-1000 dollar jacket would be fairing much better by now with the abuse it has had.
Quiet enough in bush, wets out around wrists now due to so much use, holds a little water in the fleece but fuck all...harden the fuck up! any of you whining about water retention should try and find a woollen swanny(that was the pinnacle of outdoor wear design and still holds its own today) and wear that all day in the pissing rain, or a old military rain coat, any exercise in one of those and you are wetter inside than out!

You do not need to spend high hundreds of dollars on each item of clothing to be a safe effective hunter, more over you will probably be looked at as a wannabe by the guy carrying out a animal in cheap effective probably non camo gear.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I have a ridgeline something or other, it has been everywhere for the last four years or so and the seam seal tape is coming off the inside but otherwise fine.
like all my gear it does not get babyed and is about stuffed now.
It lives either in my truck or thrown at the front door so it is always there when I need it, used as dog bed,soaked with salt water fishing etc etc etc
I doubt a 400-1000 dollar jacket would be fairing much better by now with the abuse it has had.
Quiet enough in bush, wets out around wrists now due to so much use, holds a little water in the fleece but fuck all...harden the fuck up! any of you whining about water retention should try and find a woollen swanny(that was the pinnacle of outdoor wear design and still holds its own today) and wear that all day in the pissing rain, or a old military rain coat, any exercise in one of those and you are wetter inside than out!

You do not need to spend high hundreds of dollars on each item of clothing to be a safe effective hunter, more over you will probably be looked at as a wannabe by the guy carrying out a animal in cheap effective probably non camo gear.

Ha ha ha, tell us how you really feel, no don't hold back now........................really, I mean it

I have a "wanabe" Jacket (90%Sitka) which has been given death (and its camo too) and proved to be totally worth what it cost BUT my waterproof / windproof jacket is a Stoney Creek "Stowit" been carted / worn all over the show in not nice conditions and after 4 years (like VC's) is about rooted but for what it cost I will be replacing it with another.

It rolls up small so you are more inclined to carry it, not worth a fortune so you don't feel you need to baby it and best of all its not cammo so maybe I'm not a "wannabe"

Like everything you get what you pay for I guess, for me since it is a Hunting and Fishing jobbie I would not be buying one as most on here know my opinion of them but for you might do what you want of it eh