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    Gabardine Jacket Query

    Ventile works...but in the old manner. Under a heavy rain your jacket it is wet but since cotton cloth swell not a lot of water could pass trough. Double ventile is more waterproof but heavier. So, you need something warm and hydrophobic (like lanolized wool) under your shell and in heavy rain...
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    What's the deal with sleeping bag comfort ratings?

    If you want to be warm the water from your perspiration must move from your skin to the air. If water is blocked around your skin, you are cold (water is a very bad insulator). If water is in your sleeping bag, you are a cold (clammy). If water is in your sleeping bag you could be cold (it will...
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    What's the deal with sleeping bag comfort ratings?

    Context is all : it was not false when a lot of garnment were made of cotton or linen.
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    Sleeping Bag Suggestion - Down.

    RAB, PHD : good UK brands, similar to our best brands. Less expensive and quite good : Polish Cumulus. Not expensive, not bad, but ethics probably not at the top : Aegismax (AE)
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    Wool blanket

    Of course they would wear "Tuchmantel" or "Shinel" (and perharps Winteranzug 42 or Telogreika) but more surely soldiers in winter would sleep like this : And If you sleep like this you are lot warmer and one (or more) blanket could cover two men.
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    What's the deal with sleeping bag comfort ratings?

    I have not this sleeping bag but I could read that is insulation is Apex Climashield 300g/m². With 200g/m² you will be a little under 0°C. So it is surely not "comfort rated" to -15°C with EN 13537: 2012. You have a lot of "norm" about sleeping bag. In UK they used a lot BS4085 or Leeds...
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    Lars Fält Taiga SE Smock

    I have the older model Lars Falt G1000 without hydratic liner. The liner is only blaze orange pertex. You have also a big pocket in the back and poacher pocket in the lower back like SASS smock.
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    Does base layer material matter if it's under wool?

    Well a lot of good things here. My 2 cents : Of course wool is nice on your skin if you could. But wool is not rugged if not heavy and it is difficult to wash it properly or to dry it quickly in front of open fire (could shrink a lot). Not a problem nowadays for sportmen, but it was a problem...
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    Fjallraven Granit shirt

    Fjallraven shirt have very little wwol in it. It is like old "wool shirt" of 90's : a lot of acrylic and polyester with little wool. It is not bad for high exercise in mountain (lighter, softer, dry quickly, rugged) or when it is time to wash them. But it not a "richblend" wool garnment. from...
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    Gabardine Jacket Query

    100% cotton gabardine must be heavy (like +200g/m²) if you want something really resistant. Same (and worst) for the rare wool gabardine. Normally you could accept some synthetic with cotton. Of course "G1000" from Fjallraven is a good exemple, but every polycotton is quite good (ex ...
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    Paramo Or Not Paramo

    I use Paramo (hilltrek) jacket in winter in Lapland with great success. But it is not enough versatile for winter in mountain (Pyrénées : you could have cold and sun and heavy works) : it is too often very hot. Outside deep winter condition : It is probably at is best under gentle rain under...
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    Sorry, another 'which jacket/smock' question!!!!

    Bring something in polycotton like jacket from Varusteleka or surplus. 1. It is good enough for wind and little rain (with nikwax and hydropobic layer under the jacket). 2. some rain : Bring a raincut anorak from Decathlon (8€), cut the bottom under zipper and half length arm and you have...
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    Country Innovation Kestrel ventile trousers (or other brands?)

    I have several jacket or anorak in ventile : they are good. But I think that ventile is not a good idea for trousers, except in snow field. Ventile is about 200g/m² 100 cotton, so it is not very rugged for trousers. Solution ? Polyester/cotton is universal solution (ok US one is...
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    Cheapest down coat?

    Beside "first name" sometimes very good but always expensive, you could have a look at something like Uniqlo. They have some nice products (some look like M65 liner if you like "military look") : https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/news/topics/2020092401/...
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    Wool Bush Shirt - Kamouflage Ltd

    I have a mackinaw Filson and a Swandri Bushshirt, I could use them in winter (under 10°C) if I don't excercise a lot and of course without a chunky sweater inside. This is only wool without liner so they "breath" very well through the wool cloth. Also they don't cut the wind very well. So you...