Poster: A snowHead
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Hi everyone
Am looking for recommendations for a jacket that I need for work, but can double up on the slopes.
Needs to be gortex for the rain and removable inside fleece for summer wear. Inside pocket and side pockets essential as is a hood. and no loud colours. Works for the slope, but not for work
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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matt23, if cost not important, get two jackets.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Bode Swiller,
Smart answer. Doesn't answer the question
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Paramo
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matt23, the north face does and has everything you asked for.
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matt23, actually it is the smart answer. Something designed to keep the rain out but that rustles like a crisp packet doesn't make the ideal ski jacket.
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"cost not important" - get the Veilance + a proper jacket for skiing.
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matt23, what kind of work do you want the jacket for? As Bode Swiller, has said, 2 jackets are better than 1. Ski jackets have high collars, pit zips, maybe a Recco on the arm, don't really look that smart......all the things you probably don't want in a work jacket...
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Going to work in the UK in a ski jacket isn't a great look, there is too much happening with modern jackets to cut it in the office, unless you live in the Alps.
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Going to work in the UK in a ski jacket isn't a great look, there is too much happening with modern jackets to cut it in the office, unless you live in the Alps.
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Going to work in the UK in a ski jacket isn't a great look, there is too much happening with modern jackets to cut it in the office, unless you live in the Alps.
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You know it makes sense.
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Going to work in the UK in a ski jacket isn't a great look, there is too much happening with modern jackets to cut it in the office, unless you live in the Alps.
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Swissie, please can you clarify your thoughts on going to work in the UK in a ski jacket
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Poster: A snowHead
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Roger C,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Agreed, ski jacket does not make for smart town wear. Uness, that is, you want EVERYONE TO KNOW YOU GO SKIING, in which case you'll probably be also wearing those hideous neon plastic Oakley sunnies that look silly on the slopes, and downright idiotic anywhere else.
Fashion Fascist says - Keep you clothes appropriate. Arc'teryx/oakley for the slopes, Aquascutam/Ray Ban for everywhere else.
If you see someone skiing in a suit jacket you'd think them an idiot. Why would it be any different wearing a ski jacket in town?
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Arcteryx Stingray in black is a good all purpose over jacket and hardly anyone outside of skiing or climbing knows Arc'teryx anyway. Stick clear of Bogner in the office though as you will look like a tool.
By the way wouldn't get the TNF Triclimate its waterproof but tends to absorb a lot of moisture at the same time, go for Gore-Tex.
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Dr John, Best you get down brand alley, both your brands are on sale, according to my wife obviously.
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er - why is everyone giving the OP advice on fashion sense for those working in offices in cities? If he wants a Goretex jacket with a hood, to wear all year round, maybe he doesn't work in a suit in an office in a city? Maybe he drives a breakdown truck and has to hookup vehicles at the side of a wet motorway. Or maybe he's a vet?
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pam w wrote: |
er - why is everyone giving the OP advice on fashion sense for those working in offices in cities? If he wants a Goretex jacket with a hood, to wear all year round, maybe he doesn't work in a suit in an office in a city? Maybe he drives a breakdown truck and has to hookup vehicles at the side of a wet motorway. Or maybe he's a vet? |
True that Pam.
Ski jackets are not my preferred everyday rain jacket though - comfortable for skiing is not necessarily like comfortable for work - depending on the work. AND the weather you want to keep out. My sailing oil skins would be awful to ski in, but amazing for sailing, weird huh?
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I have an old Eider ski jacket - Goretex - which used to have a zip-in fleece lining which I left on a plane one day. It's been retired as a ski jacket, mainly because I wanted something different, but it's a terrific rain jacket and perfectly wearable just shopping etc - which my current ski jacket wouldn't be. I have worn it quite a lot, these last few very rainy days and it's also great for walking in the mountains because, without the fleece, it folds up pretty small. When it was new it was actually moderately tidy - but now it's faded in parts.
I do feel an idiot doing the shopping in my proper ski jacket.
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Pam - think I have the same ...... maybe 10 years old ...... still works fine.
Mine is Orange and Black - the Orange is well bleached now - it is the best jacket I have ever had.
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Just on a slight tangent - what is the point of a jacket with a zip-in fleece?
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what is the point of a jacket with a zip-in fleece?
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when it's cold, you can put one garment on and off quickly, and when it's not cold, you still have the shell. Of course you can use a separate fleece, but it's more faff and the zip in liners tend to fit particularly well under the coat - the shapes are complementary.
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meandrew wrote: |
matt23, the north face does and has everything you asked for. |
+1, from experience.
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You know it makes sense.
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Chasseur wrote: |
meandrew wrote: |
matt23, the north face does and has everything you asked for. |
+1, from experience. |
+2
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matt23,Ski jackets have now evolved to be a specialist tool- lightweight, water/wind proof etc. Ergo they are designed for a specific purpose.
There is a very strong chance that daily wear for a task other than it's critical mission would perhaps compromise and potentially speed up the wear/degradation process in terms of water and wind protection. I’d second the Arcteryx Stingray as a fantastic ski jacket, but keys/wallets etc would soon destroy the fabric from the inside and car seat belts also wear jacket seams on both sides.
Unless you ski for a living, or live in a box, which sounds unlikely as you have an unlimited budget, the original advice to buy two jackets, each designed to deliver maximum performance is the right answer, but perhaps not for you
Commuting in a stealth ski jacket could easily destroy its benefits in well under a month, you can easily purchase a new one every month. To me, this sounds a tad extravagant, but on balance I don’t have an unlimited budget.
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Poster: A snowHead
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SOS will take anything you throw at it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jivebaby wrote: |
matt23,Ski jackets have now evolved to be a specialist tool- lightweight, water/wind proof etc. Ergo they are designed for a specific purpose.
There is a very strong chance that daily wear for a task other than it's critical mission would perhaps compromise and potentially speed up the wear/degradation process in terms of water and wind protection. I’d second the Arcteryx Stingray as a fantastic ski jacket, but keys/wallets etc would soon destroy the fabric from the inside and car seat belts also wear jacket seams on both sides.
Unless you ski for a living, or live in a box, which sounds unlikely as you have an unlimited budget, the original advice to buy two jackets, each designed to deliver maximum performance is the right answer, but perhaps not for you
Commuting in a stealth ski jacket could easily destroy its benefits in well under a month, you can easily purchase a new one every month. To me, this sounds a tad extravagant, but on balance I don’t have an unlimited budget. |
What? Goretex shells are obviously thin, but they are built to take serious abuse. Carrying keys in them will not damage them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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North Face Free thinker Shell & Any north Face fleece to go under it.
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