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Does anyone know a good source for 7mesh jackets in the UK? Aside from Sigma I haven't found much and they don't have stock of sizes I would be after
Might be worth a look in TK Maxx if passing one. My wife just found a Columbia Ex Reign Outdry Extreme jacket for £56! No mens in stock for me unfortunately but could be in other stores I guess.
How about this?
https://www.magic-mountain.co.uk/collections/men/products/mens-tech-gore-tex-jacket-old-rh-004901
How about this?
I love that the suggested answer to a thread titled: 'What money no object, totally waterproof jacket (that isn’t ShakeDry)' is a jacket made from ShakeDry 🙂
True. I think I was looking for the "other waterproof thread" but lazily found this and made do 🙂
Yep, there have only been a hundred ShakeDry recommendations 😀
I get that it is a wonder material but I took a mental note of all my close encounters with brambles and other assorted vegetation in the past few rides and I don't think it will last two seconds.
The Ronhill link is a bargain to be fair. I'd want to cut off the hood though rather than have a wonderfully waterproof rain collector behind your head. Under helmet hoods are just weird as well 🙂
Does anyone know a good source for 7mesh jackets in the UK?
Stif cycles (as in the store front of Jungle/UK Santa Cruz) stock 7 mesh.
^ Thanks. I had a quick check and they don't have much. 7mesh look to be one of the many companies struggling for stock globally by the looks of it as I haven't found much in stock anywhere.
That is a damn good deal, but unfortunately with the sizes left you need to be built like a 12 year old boy.
I had a quick check and they don't have much. 7mesh look to be one of the many companies struggling for stock globally by the looks of it as I haven't found much in stock anywhere.
There is some 7mesh stock here dunno if it's to your liking 7mesh
^ That is the only medium 7mesh waterproof I had found too
I can’t be doing with reproofing jackets.
All gore tex apart from shake dry requires re-proofing.
That is the only medium 7mesh waterproof I had found too
This is a medium there is a couple of others also but not sure if the others are waterproof. 7Mesh
^ yep that looks to be the only medium waterproof 7mesh going.
I should have rephrased the reproofing bit to say “constant” which is where I am with my current jacket. A bit of TLC is ok but not every two seconds
Took the plunge and bought a 7Mesh Revelation Jacket. Properly nice solid bit of kit. Only done one ride in it but stood up to a brief downpour without missing a beat.
Another vote for a Gore C5 jacket. Mixture of Paclite and Active.
I'd only buy 7mesh if I could afford it. The few pieces I have are very good. So pricey though 😣
Badly wired dog
Thanks for the Buffalo advice. That what Buffalo told me when I’d made the mistake of following Nikwax’s less than comprehensive instructions and used wash in TX10 on it.
I’ve probably washed it at least 25 times now (in soap based detergent) and it still gets sweaty. I’ll have to try it with nowt under (which isn’t entirely practical given I’d need to carry a bad layer in case I got overheated.
It’s definitely not breathing as well as my Helly Hansen hooded softshell. I’m nit willing to bin it tho. They are pretty expensive.
Of course any lined jacket that gets hot risks damp inside. My Mountain shirt doesn’t seem to get sweaty but it’s bloody hot. Never been able to ride in that one even when frost is forming on my jacket.
Thanks again
The Teclite is wonderful but I still fear mine may never fully recover.
Bloody Nikwax. They even make a wash in softshell proof. In my mind virtually every softshell has a breathable lining making wash in unsuitable. Yeah I wrote them about clarifying their instructions but they didn’t seem to care.
Grangers here I come.