Kevin, I’ll chime in because over the years I’ve learned the hard way that once you get wet and cold, you tend to stay that way and it isn’t much fun.
Based only on looking at their web-site I’d be very leery of all the zippers that those pants have. One across the back and what looks like side zippers to ease getting them on and off. I suspect that they will allow ingress of water fairly early on in conditions that are not simply rain, i.e., boarding waves and sitting in pools of water in the cockpit. To some degree they remind me of some of my motorcycle riding gear which is fine for riding in the rain for hours on end (and leak…) but I wouldn’t necessarily trust it off-shore or on extended coastal cruises. I can’t really tell but those gaiters might be a bit of a problem with putting on, wearing and pulling off a pair of offshore boots. Dunno. The other thing is I would look very carefully at the material that is used, especially in the seat and the knees. According to the website, the material is nylon. As you probably know, a boat’s non-skid, sundry cleats and un-taped clevis pins can pretty short work of thinner, less tough materials than a good high denier Cordura. Once your foulies open up they’re done for. I’ve got a fair amount “invested” in rain gear for hiking, motorcycle riding and sailing and as nice as all those products are, I wouldn’t mix them across the sports. They all seem to be purpose built for the activity. My hiking gear is lightweight and made to keep me dry while doing a fair amount of exertion whereas my offshore foul-weather gear is sort of the opposite of that, made to completely stop water from coming in. Also, I’ve found that Gore-tex is more expensive than some of the other similar products but in my case I’ve gotten what I paid for when compared to items I’ve had that were not Gore-tex. Hope that helps. And full disclosure, I love my Musto Offshore gear but I will admit, pretty spendy... Cheers, Dave 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking about buying these pants for foul weather trousers. My wife has > a 50% deal at the employee store. $500 pants for $250. Seems like a good way > to get high quality fouls with out spending major money for Musto etc. > Anybody have an opinion as to why this may be a bad idea? > > http://www.mountainhardwear.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-MountainHardwear_US-Site/default/mProduct-Show?pid=OM4772&start=12 > > Sent from my Tablet > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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