Rain gear recommendations

Need a good recommendation for rain gear, head to toe. I got muck boots but need a bib/jacket or full rain suit. I’ll working outside as a carpenter so need something real durable too. Don’t mind spending the money on rain gear.

I’ve had grudens before for fishing and they’re great, but not sure about using them for construction.

Any thoughts or advice is appreciated.

 

Dutch Harbor

 

Have you checked out Duluth Trading Co.?

 

I like Carhart for the heavier stuff they have a pretty good line. For light weight I go with mountain hardware.

 

Red ledge used to be decent lighter weight stuff, but they just old out to some other company so who knows. Otherwise the grundens gage line is decent but has gotten super expensive despite production moving from Vietnam to China. Extra tuff still probably makes the best rain boot, they just don’t last as long. Dutch harbor gear is garbage. Jelly Hansen is good but expensive. Haven’t tried Duluth but I do love their flex fire hose pants… but as far as a heavy weight bib, hands down guy cottons x trapper are the best. They are triple layered in the front so even if you get a tear your n out getting wet. And they have more of a pvc liner not cotton or whatever grundens is so they dry out super fast. I’ve had a pair of bibs last me 3-4 years whereas the other deckhands go they grundens every year or two. Been commercial fishing for 16 years in the Aleutian Islands… so know a few things…lol

 

And for a medium weight jacket my current favorite is the grundens full share… stupid ass name and kinda expensive but it’s one of the best currently avaliable for a work jacket.

 

I've got one of these for work as well and I've been very happy with it.

I see a surprising amount of construction workers around me wearing Arc'Teryx rain coats but that's too rich for my blood.

 

Yeah unless you get it at the outlet store, that’s too expensive to want to work in for sure.

 

Move. I frame all year and I don't own a work rain jacket. Gotta love the Cali drought. lol

Seriously though. If you work in rain gear you will shred it. So there's two ways to go. Get the cheapest decent stuff you can and plan on replacing it often or pony up for some commercial grade gear and suffer from the heavy weight and crap breathability of it.

 

I’ll just wrap myself in garbage bags. probably get a mile worth of them from Home Depot for like 25 bucks.

All kidding aside though, I did think about just getting a bunch of the cheap stuff too and replacing it as needed. We’ll see though.

 

I did. I have a firehouse jacket from them. Absolutely love it. Was gonna try their bib next. Maybe I’ll add rain gear to the list.

 

Im assuming the guy cottons are better suited for cold weather? Either way they look pretty solid so I’m gonna give ‘em a try. I think I’m sold on these for a winter rain bib.

 

My dad and I have this rain suit.
https://www.menards.com/main/tools/...324-c-13853.htm?tid=-63416046862414846&ipos=1

We both were at a Boy Scouts function where we couldn't sleep in a tent or shelter and had to work outside all day long. It rained from Friday afternoon to dinner time Saturday. I had a cheapo poncho and my dad had this rain suit.

So after nearly 24 hours of continuous rain he was still dry and I was soaked. He still uses even after 5 years+ of using it on jobsites as a superintendent for a construction company. Also the municipality I worked for bought one for each employee to use on the job and never had an issue while I worked there. For $30 you can't go wrong!

 

You're going to be soaked either way. Pick one, either get rained on, or soak your clothes in sweat. Rain gear is good if you're not very active. But doing any type of manual labor or hiking will result in a lot of sweating. If it's cold enough that you won't sweat, it won't be raining. It might be snowing, but not raining.