Hello
I need to buy a new jacket for birdwatching. I want it to be:
- Quiet/soft/not rustling much (to not scare wildlife with noise)
- STAY waterproof over time (unlike Gortex et al)
- Light-ish (for hillwalking)
- Must have excellent venting (for when climbing 'the hill' in Scotland)
- Camouflage colours
Budget: Unlimited
I do QUITE like Paramo because they are soft, don't rustle much, are extremely breathable (way better than any Gortex), and are more or less indestructible due to the fact that they do not have a membrane.
BUT Paramo do not seem to make a camouflage version... at all! Plus extremely limited range of colour for trousers. They also seem to need quite a lot of treatment with Nicwax and I'm not 100% sure how well the stand up to extreme wind & rain - particularly if they get at all dirty. Moreover they aren't all that light. And their under-arm venting is often too small to really work properly and is hard to operate with only one hand. All in all IMHO Paramo is good but not as good as it should be.
J
I need to buy a new jacket for birdwatching. I want it to be:
- Quiet/soft/not rustling much (to not scare wildlife with noise)
- STAY waterproof over time (unlike Gortex et al)
- Light-ish (for hillwalking)
- Must have excellent venting (for when climbing 'the hill' in Scotland)
- Camouflage colours
Budget: Unlimited
I do QUITE like Paramo because they are soft, don't rustle much, are extremely breathable (way better than any Gortex), and are more or less indestructible due to the fact that they do not have a membrane.
BUT Paramo do not seem to make a camouflage version... at all! Plus extremely limited range of colour for trousers. They also seem to need quite a lot of treatment with Nicwax and I'm not 100% sure how well the stand up to extreme wind & rain - particularly if they get at all dirty. Moreover they aren't all that light. And their under-arm venting is often too small to really work properly and is hard to operate with only one hand. All in all IMHO Paramo is good but not as good as it should be.
J