Thread: Raincoats. What is the best....

Originally Posted by The Claw

If you don't "need" camo then I'd be looking at jackets made for mountaineering etc, especially the heavier duty versions (which are still light compared to most hunting jackets). Good, Lightweight mountaineering gear is designed to bring maximum performance for minimum weight. My main jacket is an Arcteryx Alpha SV. It's expensive but miles ahead of hunting jackets for function and protection (imo). I was at a shoot on the West Coast last November, pissed down all day and I was dry all day. Mates with their cool looking camo jackets had wetted out by midday and were soaked through completely and cold.

I was pretty tempted by a Jottnar jacket, but got my Arcteryx in a 50% off end of season sale

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The seams are very well done. If you look at the seam tape inside most jackets, it often sits slightly proud of the fabric, and it doesn't take much to get your fingernails underneath it. After a few months of heavy use, the seam tape will often start peeling away at the edges.

On the Arcteryx jackets, the seams are completely flush with the fabric - as if they're part of the fabric itself.

That said, Arc' clothing is getting ridiculously overpriced. You're better off buying new garments from Ebay, than retail stores. Their hardshells are also quite 'crinkly' and not the best for stalking in. But you're usually shooting at longer ranges in the kind of country you'd use that sort of clothing in.


On a budget, I reckon the Line 7 jackets for sale at the likes of PGG or Farmlands are great. I got 2 years of use out of one - both in the bush and the farm. Not bad for $250-ish. They're a bit bulky though and don't dry as quickly as the lighter weight mountaineering hardshells.

For any one out there that has a short rain coat that wants to keep dry shorts I just cut off a set of leggings & made them in to shorts they where an old pear I wished I'd done it yeas ago they so good get some where & the grounds wet & you want sit done grab out the old 1/2 leggings put on couse they easily go over boots sit down dry bum haha yaa I also started using them a lot at work to & bloody great on the bike when you got the dogs on the back at this time year when they got wet mud paws & they insist on shearing that with you on the seat

Swannies should be banned. I wore them for many years when that was all we had. Weigh a ton when wet and the chill factor from a cold wind when they are wet is lethal.

Tramping and farming gear beats the flash hunting stuff.
Ive just bought one of these from Farmlands, https://www.betacraft.co.nz/product/...d-fjord-parka/

Originally Posted by Tahr

Swannies should be banned. I wore them for many years when that was all we had. Weigh a ton when wet and the chill factor from a cold wind when they are wet is lethal.

Tramping and farming gear beats the flash hunting stuff.
Ive just bought one of these from Farmlands, https://www.betacraft.co.nz/product/...d-fjord-parka/

Heading into the NW Ruahines in 1973 there was a wealth of hunting gear available...Jackie Howe, Mountaineer Bush shirt and Swannie and a rubbish bag if you were high tech.The local shearer who came along in 1973 used even more expensive gear...rugby boots with the sprigs cut off the bottom of them.We slept in wet woollen clothing in a storm on the top of Ohutu Ridge in 1976 and survived with gale force winds.My hunting mentor told me to shut up and would talk to me in the morning if we survived.He had 2 labs wrapped around his body until 1 vomited after eating possum. Madness.

Found them to be good in the bush.
When shepherding I had a few so hung them up to dry.

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Spent all of last Sunday hunting in the rain and cold with the Game Gear Swampy under the $99 desert cam army goretex jacket. Warm and dry all day

armyandoutdoors.co.nz/collections/camouflage-jackets/products/british-95-desert-mvp-jacket

The tussock jacket is the one I’m referring to

@Phil_H Ha ha; me an influencer? Shit no! But seriously; most of my mates use the older DPM version and now the desert cam; they seem to last forever. There's a lot of cheap new desert cam available as the US etc have changed camo pattern

Is this Cactus stuff available through a store or is it online only..?


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Is this Cactus stuff available through a store or is it online only..?


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They sell from the shop out the front of the factory* in Chch and have a store in Welly too.

Is a place they sew things called a factory?

Originally Posted by Joe_90

They sell from the shop out the front of the factory* in Chch and have a store in Welly too.

Is a place they sew things called a factory?

Pretty sure it’s a factory. Thanks for the info. Hoping there was a outlet closer to home. Especially with clothing I like to try be I buy.


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From the Cactus website:

We offer a reduce-risk online shopping experience. If what you received from us is not what you expected, or does not fit, send it back to us in it's original condition with the original tags attached within 14 days and we'll either refund or exchange depending on what you want to do. Refunds are for the costs of the goods only, freight costs are non-refundable. We'll cover the cost of sending out a replacement if you so choose.

Couple of dairy farmer mates swear by Kaiwaka for rain gear .....

I have a Kuiu Yukon jacket in XL if op is interested. $ couple of hundred off new price?


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So it appears the Thar XP has done its dash. It was brought at the end of 2014. So not a bad run. To be fair hasnt done a whole lot of work tho. Looking to give a Cactus or Earth Sea Sky jacket a go. Any body here had experience with both of these?