What jacket do you recommend for wearing in the field? Must be durable, waterproof, breathable...

[puppet]

I have a selection from car boot sales. Just change them once the water seeps through. Hose them down once they can stand up on their own

 

[Kiwi Pete]

It depends how hot you're going to get working.

Waterproof is great until they won't let your steam out, and then you're still very wet

I have loads of jackets, mostly I wear ones given to me by a mate that had a shedload of surplus ones from when he's been on the water board.

Every time they change contractors the old jackets have the wrong logo.

For windproofness, showerproofness they're right up there with my Swazi and Kaiwaka jackets, but they're tough, work when dirty, and come at the right price to flog at work

If it's a crap day then my "good jackets" are good.
I got years out of my last Kaiwaka one and hopefully decades out of this one. It's too warm

 

[Oliveau]

Old tweed jacket, must be at least 30 years old plus a length of sisal baler twine to tie round the middle.……..

 

[sheepdogtrail]

To some degree they all fail during rain. I have tried most and I ended up with 2 spares in the truck and 1 on my back. The problem with breathable fabric is once it gets dirt in its pores it does not work. There are products like tek-wash that will revive it and last until you get more dirt in the pores. I probably would not recommend a ultra light weight rain jacket on a farm. At a funeral yes. On my farm it would not last a week.

Lots of pockets big and small are nice and double taped seams. But other than that they are pretty much the same when it comes to actual performance. At least that is my experience.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

To some degree they all fail during rain. I have tried most and I ended up with 2 spares in the truck and 1 on my back. The problem with breathable fabric is once it gets dirt in its pores it does not work. There are products like tek-wash that will revive it and last until you get more dirt in the pores. I probably would not recommend a ultra light weight rain jacket on a farm. At a funeral yes. On my farm it would not last a week.

Lots of pockets big and small are nice and double taped seams. But other than that they are pretty much the same when it comes to actual performance. At least that is my experience.

I like having spares . It's underrated compared to having one WonderCoat

 

[oakleaf]

I like having spares . It's underrated compared to having one WonderCoat

Same with tractors!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Your a lot younger than thought

not me ....
i'm more like ...

Compo.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Same with tractors!

Same with anything you use a lot of the time.

You don't often hear people complain about how many trailers or pairs of dry socks there are, unless there aren't enough

 

[Steve welder]

Probably looking at something like a swanndri, specifically the mosgiel zip up one. A few problems to note though: it will get heavier when wet so you might need two (one for a change), you will get damp as it is wool and relatively long so might pick up moisture fRon the crop you're working in.

bonuses: quiet, it does breathe, hood is a good shape and not noisy, you'll probably never have to wash it, you can walk through a hedge backwards without tearing it, zip from the top or from the bottom to leat air in.

Now they're made in China they're not as good as they once were.

That's me 150 quid lighter thanks

 

[ollie989898]

That's me 150 quid lighter thanks

Be worth it, you guys can't be out in the weather in the typical carp out of Mountain Warehouse.