I've been wearing FroggToggs rain suits for years in a summer storm. Then I found one by Port Authority made of water proof neoprene. It was nice and had pockets in all the right places. One day I went to dig it out from my jacket box in my work truck and it was not there. No biggy except it was a Chris Kyle Frog Foundation edition. There aint no more of those.
With hurricane Dorian threatening to end all life in my city sometime between 8am and 11pm I searched again for that jacket to no avail. Well Dorian zig'd instead of zag'd so my town was spared. Now part of my storm prep was the FroggToggs suit, but it has no pockets. Good enough for staying dry in a rain storm while fixing a flat or finding a lost cat in a hurricane. But the lost one had pockets. I wanted pockets.
For work I picked up a PortAuthority bright yellow highlighter colored number. It has pockets. But I do not always want to wear a rain jacket Stevie Wonder could see as Mrs. Fixer and I dash into a steak joint or ease into an office at work. So I stopped by a local owned Sporting Goods store. One not afraid to be a member of the NRA like Richards…… One that has gear for boaters, fisherman and that sort of thing. They had some over priced rubber like Carharts and FoggToggs that end at your belt line. That pretty much means rain runs down the crack of your hoo-ha when you bend over even the slightest. But those had pockets. Then I saw these ones by a company named Grund'ens
Weight-wise it was as light as a FroggToggs, zipper with a few segments of velcro, a hood with a rain gutter, a zippered area under the arm pits for airflow in a downpour, drawstring hood and bottom area like my Kris Kyle one had, length down past my wallet pocket and pockets. Exterior is a water proof nylon with a coating to repel water droplets, which is great when going indoors and not leaving puddles. Inside is a thin breathable liner so in humidity it should be as cool as a FroggToggs jacket.
Turns out this small Swedish company has been making rain gear for longshoremen over 100 years. So I bought one of those in a nice unobtrusive light gray color.
It's bright and sunny now post Dorian, but there will be a time when that packable in it's own self jacket will come in handy. It's called "Storm Seeker".
With hurricane Dorian threatening to end all life in my city sometime between 8am and 11pm I searched again for that jacket to no avail. Well Dorian zig'd instead of zag'd so my town was spared. Now part of my storm prep was the FroggToggs suit, but it has no pockets. Good enough for staying dry in a rain storm while fixing a flat or finding a lost cat in a hurricane. But the lost one had pockets. I wanted pockets.
For work I picked up a PortAuthority bright yellow highlighter colored number. It has pockets. But I do not always want to wear a rain jacket Stevie Wonder could see as Mrs. Fixer and I dash into a steak joint or ease into an office at work. So I stopped by a local owned Sporting Goods store. One not afraid to be a member of the NRA like Richards…… One that has gear for boaters, fisherman and that sort of thing. They had some over priced rubber like Carharts and FoggToggs that end at your belt line. That pretty much means rain runs down the crack of your hoo-ha when you bend over even the slightest. But those had pockets. Then I saw these ones by a company named Grund'ens
Weight-wise it was as light as a FroggToggs, zipper with a few segments of velcro, a hood with a rain gutter, a zippered area under the arm pits for airflow in a downpour, drawstring hood and bottom area like my Kris Kyle one had, length down past my wallet pocket and pockets. Exterior is a water proof nylon with a coating to repel water droplets, which is great when going indoors and not leaving puddles. Inside is a thin breathable liner so in humidity it should be as cool as a FroggToggs jacket.
Turns out this small Swedish company has been making rain gear for longshoremen over 100 years. So I bought one of those in a nice unobtrusive light gray color.
It's bright and sunny now post Dorian, but there will be a time when that packable in it's own self jacket will come in handy. It's called "Storm Seeker".
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