[dazmond]

I have 3 goretex jackets for work and a sailing jacket for heavy seas....😄👍........

One jacket is never enough if its wet all day....you need one for morning and one for afternoon after lunch.....

Even the goretex jackets get too wet after a while so you need a fresh dry one to keep you working....

As for trousers....I wear the £40 hiking ones from decathlon...they keep me fairly dry.....

[Oban pidgeon]

The only waterproofs I've ever found to actually stay waterproof over time has been north face or berghaus. North face abit expensive for an employee tho so go with berghaus as they are very good value.
If you can get gore-trx then better but watch out for cheap brand with gore-tex, it's not the same and doesn't last

[NWH]

Get what you pay for I’ve tried em all you are better off working in wet weather with a brimmed hat though or it defeats the object and you get water running down you’re neck,it only has to do me for if I’m caught in the raining when working until I get to finish that particular job I only work in it on certain jobs like roof cleans and weatherboard was downs etc.

[Simon Trapani]

Look for something online with a waterproof rating of EN 343. That’s what we did.

[Richard iSparkle]

we work all weathers too

this is what i got my guys last year

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15958613/peter-storm-men-s-pennine-jacket-15958613

in the past i have offered them a payment towards waterproofs for the same amount and they can choose their own so long as its black

i get mine to buy their own waterproof trousers tho, as they get ripped to shreds all the time

R

[deeege]

we work all weathers too

this is what i got my guys last year

https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15958613/peter-storm-men-s-pennine-jacket-15958613

in the past i have offered them a payment towards waterproofs for the same amount and they can choose their own so long as its black

i get mine to buy their own waterproof trousers tho, as they get ripped to shreds all the time

R

Poor fellas will be soaked to the bone in all but the lightest of rain.

[Dave Willis]

My employee today.

[Yada Yada Yada - www.m-clean.uk]

Just posted this in the General Cleaning section -

Gotten soaked in the last month about 3 times, to the skin, wring your pants out, miserable, cold and I don't need this s**t.

Waterproofs were good but it seems to be getting wetter, raining for longer and harder.

All 3 times it has been constant, non stop, whole shift.

So I got some Vass, bib & braces -

https://www.veals.co.uk/acatalog/Vass-Tex-175-Breathable-Lightweight-team-vass-edition-Bib-and-Brace-4639.html#SID=407.

Little bit warm & thy don't breathe too well but they keep you clean & not wet through.

Needed a jacket but wasn't going for the Vass one, would have been sweaty.

So ordered a - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trespass-Oswalt-Jacket-Black-Large/dp/B01LZFP7RZ/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=waterproof%2B20000%2Bmens%2Bjackets&qid=1602661666&sr=8-5&th=1

On Wednesday it was horrible weather in Cardiff, on the 135 cleaning the sign & wall on the Tesco store.

It never stopped.

Jacket on, harness on (so pressure points), hard hat on, up I went and worked from 2 till 10pm cleaned two signs and a wall (see photos in 'What have you cleaned')

Forensic on purchases I wanted Goretex quality without the price tag.

Started reading about the highest rating of HH (hydrostatic head), how much a set column of water will a fabric  keep out over a given period.

Top end Event fabric - 30 000mm of HH

Goretex 28 000mm of HH

This Trespass Oswalt 20 000mm of HH

Got to be worth a bash at £100.00 or thereabouts.

Finished at ten, packed away gear, disassembled the chapter 8's and moved the 135. Finished at midnight, still raining.

Took it off, dry, a little bit of damp but not wet, under the circumstances the 'breathable' bit of the jacket blurb I'll forgive.

Ordered  the over-trousers for less wet days - don't bother.

They look like bell bottoms from the 70's.



Get this jacket!

[Dave Willis]

I’m currently modelling the Keela Genesis waterproof fleece just shy of £100
Dissapointed with it’s thermal properties after my normal Buffalo jacket but seems waterproof so far.

[NWH]

The best possible waterproofs you will get are made by Citroen or some other french car maker.

[Dave Willis]

Well I wouldn’t go for overpriced Berghaus

[Dave Willis]

If you tap ‘Navy foul weather jacket’ into Google there are some bargains to be had there!

[DeLuce]

I usually get Haglöfs gear. It’s good quality and lasts ages. It can be pricey though, you need to shop around.
 Recently I’ve bought some Englegert-Strauss trousers and jacket. Fully waterproof but not goretex.  They are very good and have well  placed pockets  for all your gear. Not too pricey.
The downside is , not being goretex, you can sweat a bit in them, but not too bad in the winter.