Cold Weather Coats

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Dddrees

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For this time of year it’s always nice to have a good cold weather coat. For casual wear my choice is Canada Goose. I stay warm and life is good. At the time of my research I found this brand to have all those things I generally look for with regards to quality and warranty.


The Expedition was actually my second one but figured because my first was a Bomber it was time to get a parka.



This was my first one which is their Borden Bomber.



Just picked this one up recently. I wanted one without the hood.

 
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Find yourself an authentic vintage pea oat on ebay. For less than $100 you’ll get a supremely warm waterproof good looking winter coat. The quality of the wool used in those coats is unparalleled in today’s coats without spending thousands.
 
On the worst days I wear a lined M59 Vindrock Swede army coat. Cost me 15 bucks a few years ago.
 
I had a pea coat when I was about 12 . I loved it. Long enough to cover your butt, 4 " collar. The Melton wool blocked wind and shed most rain. About the only advantage for the new type is lighter weight
 
Well you might be right, but then again from what I've read down is supposedly the best insulator you can possibly use. All I know is they are the warmest coats I've ever used.
 
mete said:
I had a pea coat when I was about 12 . I loved it. Long enough to cover your butt, 4 " collar. The Melton wool blocked wind and shed most rain. About the only advantage for the new type is lighter weight
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I scour surplus stores to find the 32-oz. Melton wool surplus pea coats. They are stylish for formal or casual wear and utterly windproof. Reasonably warm and much warmer when layered appropriately. I have a pea coat and a calf-length bridge coat that is my standing-at-the-bus-stop-in-the-wind-at-7 a.m.-when-it's-minus-15-in-February coat.
 
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I think everyone missed the point. OP was showing us his $1000 jackets. Very nice, Dddrees.
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Busted, Okay they cost more than your average coat. Actually no, I'm just impressed how warm these coats are. No doubt they may not be for everybody and there are detractors but they are extremely well made and are covered by a lifetime warranty.

By the way I'm a big believer in that often you have to spend more to get more and I am willing to do that when it makes sense to me. This is one case when I believe it's worked out for me.
 
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Dddrees said:
Busted, Okay they cost more than your average coat. Actually no, I'm just impressed how warm these coats are. No doubt they may not be for everybody and there are detractors but they are extremely well made and are covered by a lifetime warranty.

By the way I'm a big believer in that often you have to spend more to get more and I am willing to do that when it makes sense to me. This is one case when I believe it's worked out for me.
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Haha. No worries. I was impressed. Or poverty shamed as the brits call it.
 
Living in Montana the cold and wind is a given. Best I have found are the expedition weight , long parkas from Northface, Mtn Hardware or especially Arcteryz...but the latter too silly expensive to rationalize. I almost live in Polypropylene, zip up turtlenecks from October to April. So much really great hi tech clothing anymore. We are living in good times for comfort and durability.
 
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Looking good!
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Thank you sir.

FN in MT said:
Living in Montana the cold and wind is a given. Best I have found are the expedition weight , long parkas from Northface, Mtn Hardware or especially Arcteryz...but the latter too silly expensive to rationalize. I almost live in Polypropylene, zip up turtlenecks from October to April. So much really great hi tech clothing anymore. We are living in good times for comfort and durability.
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Agreed.
 
I've been wearing Filson Mackinaw cruisers for years. The singles are good for most colder temps, the doubles you can't wear really until it gets down near single digits. I've tried some of the new high tech stuff, don't like it, especially if it gets wet. The heavy Filson jackets don't care if they are wet, they are still warm. When its 15° with 50 mph winds with snow falling several inches an hour and you are trying to clear a fallen tree from the roadway, the new poly stuff just doesn't cut it.
 
Dddrees said:
Well you might be right, but then again from what I've read down is supposedly the best insulator you can possibly use. All I know is they are the warmest coats I've ever used.
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Biggest problem with down is once wet it loses its ability to insulate which is why wool remains so popular. My Dad had a USN foul weather deck coat lined with alpaca wool. And the USN knows foul weather. Wish I had grabbed that coat when we closed and sold his house after he died.
 
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Layer, layer, layer. Then layer some more. Trap the air; warm the air. An overcoat is only the top layer. I live in polypro base layers all winter long. Balaclava to liner socks and heavy socks. Worst weather scenarios, like woodcock and snipe shooting in January in west Ireland with squalls coming in sideways, I was warm and well protected in a uninsulated Barbour with multiple layers underneath.

Although I own an expedition-weight down parka from Marmot I rarely use it. With layering I don't feel like I'm wearing a sleeping bag.
 
About 20-some years ago we were on vacation in Maine & I bought one of the old style Maine Wardens Parka at a ll bean outlet store that was somewhere up around Bar Harbor. It was a factory second & I paid $79 for it, but they were going for $249 at the time. It's made out of a real heavy nylon with wear patches on the backs of the arms, hooded, GoreTex, goose down & has so many pockets that you can lose stuff. I usually don't need it until Jan or Feb, or when I'm out plowing or blowing snow for hours.
 
Down is great and I have both a parka and a vest. Warm and toasty. However, not particularly practical for what we do much of the time. Just not durable enough or we're in the wet. Big three in the cowboy world: Carhart, wool, oilskin.

It was a terribly cold damp morning. More than just coffee in that cup. We deal with a lot of wind too as we are the epicenter of the wind industry. 30-40mph is a breeze for us.

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Our friend Monty had his Carhart on. The wife has on a Filson and I've got the Australian Outback on. Ready to go find those bovines. Wool sweaters on under. My wife also makes what Sporting Classics magazine proclaimed "the finest handmade wool vests on the planet" and these work great under too.

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Ya can tell by Salty's Carhart vest in the back ground that our work can be tough on stuff. Why ya don't see a lot of down when working. There are days out in the wind ya just can't put enough on:

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Ya know ya have a roping problem when you're doing it for fun and its this cold:

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Even the down didn't help and I am no cold weenie. Froze my butt off that day.
 
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Filson IS great quality and I have one of their packer coats. They do keep you warm but if one is doing any work they don't wick moisture very well. Even wearing polypro base layers, they are a greenhouse. At least for me anyway. Great for riding a horse or sitting though.

The Filson wool vests are very popular out here, lots of us old guys wear them. I have two. My green one was a "give me" from the Fish & Game. As our Wardens wear Filson. I agree wool mayy be old and low tech, but for many situations it's still a viable choice.

Also, LAYERING is the key.
 
leghog said:
Biggest problem with down is once wet it loses its ability to insulate which is why wool remains so popular. My Dad had a USN foul weather deck coat lined with alpaca wool. And the USN knows foul weather. Wish I had grabbed that coat when we closed and sold his house after he died.
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I would imagine they do. I know when I was in the Army and participated in cold weather training in Alaska in the early eighties they gear they provided me with and the training they went over with regards to layering sticks with me to this day. The biggest thing that still sticks out is how important it is not to get wet in these extreme environments. When working hard it was extremely important to unbutton or unzip and to change socks when stopping just all in the name of not getting or staying wet.


The coats I have now work extremely well for me at this point because I'm not doing nearly the activity I used to do.
 
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