Has anyone got one of these Ventile Jackets
Are they anygood?
Cheers,
Ash
Argh just seen its not ventile, doh too cheap to be true
Are they anygood?
Cheers,
Ash
Argh just seen its not ventile, doh too cheap to be true
Ventile Jacket
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ummm that link you provided is not a ventile jacket .... its made from "tight woven polyester material has a special proofing agent which sheds rainwater quickly". It is replacing the ventile jacket they used to sell I believe.
Ed
Ed
Hmmm ... well polyester is not breathable, so it might make you sweat buckets, especially when doing alot of physical work. Also not great around fires as it tends to melt if a spark or ember from the fire lands on it.
Ed
Ed
Add to that I had a nightmare with that company. They don't tell you if they have it in stock and it took months of chasing before I cancelled my order with them.
Lots of lies, lots of broken promises. Beware.
Lots of lies, lots of broken promises. Beware.
Shinken,Shinken said:
Bearclaw do one at a fairly reasonable price (about £160 IIRC). Theres a great thread here where topknot made his own for a silly low price! I got mine from SASS who are fantastic but it was a cheap deal on a part roll of Ventile they had. Hmm a good one will cost you about two of your knives Ash!
BTW, SASS do one in cotton Gaberdine for around £100 - so one really nice knife
Red
BCUK has a ventile jacket (full jacket, not a head-over smock), it was unveiled at the moot .... but I've not seen anything on the forum about it. Westwinds do some good ventile kit ..... but if you fancy making one yourself, get in touch with neil1 for some tips.
Ed
Ed
British Red said:Shinken,
Bearclaw do one at a fairly reasonable price (about £160 IIRC). Theres a great thread here where topknot made his own for a silly low price! I got mine from SASS who are fantastic but it was a cheap deal on a part roll of Ventile they had. Hmm a good one will cost you about two of your knives Ash!
BTW, SASS do one in cotton Gaberdine for around £100 - so one really nice knife
Red
The ones that Bearclaw do are made by West-Winds, there are others made by Snowsled, Bison Bushcraft and Country Innovations, pretty much all will cost a pretty penny.
If you have the time and the facilities to make one yourself then that is the way ahead
And good kit it is aswell..... I actually asked him where he bought his jacket
.... boy did I feel stupid... I know he makes kit, but it looked shop bought not home made, fantastic job.Ed
Ed said:And good kit it is aswell..... I actually asked him where he bought his jacket
Ed
Yep the boy is talented, it is quite an easy mistake to make, I thought it the first time I saw that Jacket as well so no problems there Ed.
Unfortunately he does make a habit of it, the previous jacket was also very much a top quality item, then you have the blanket Jerkins and the bergan and the etc etc etc.
On the whole he's rather annoyingly talented
i heartily reccomend west-winds,
i have one of their windshirts and it's fantastic.
although not billed as waterproof (it's only single layer) i've worn it in some nasty downpours and it's kept me drier and more comfortable than my goretex ever did.
i got great service from them too. can't praise them highly enough
i have one of their windshirts and it's fantastic.
although not billed as waterproof (it's only single layer) i've worn it in some nasty downpours and it's kept me drier and more comfortable than my goretex ever did.
i got great service from them too. can't praise them highly enough
Graham_S said:
I can't tell what the service is like now (since they have been taken over by snugpak it can only of improved), but I have a couple of thier jackets, 2 shirts and a pair of trousers and all are pretty good kit (I am happy with them
) with very good quality.leon-1 said:... I have a couple of thier jackets, 2 shirts and a pair of trousers and all are pretty good kit (I am happy with them
Leon,
are your trousers made of ventile?
Do you recommend ventile for trousers?
The funny thing is that Klattermusen said ("naked truth"-info, ventile trouser), that
ventile-trousers do not perform as well as ventile jackets.
ventile-trousers do not perform as well as ventile jackets.
Ogden said:
Yes they are, they are single layered trousers with high wear points doubled. Generally they are very good, once ventile softens up it is very comfortable, but they are not the most comfortable thing in the rain
.Imagine wearing thin cardboard trousers, rather inflexible and damp. On the other hand in dry cold they are very good. I have no real problems with them as I tend to wear overtrouser and poly-cottons when it is wet weather, but summertime they are pretty good.
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