Frogg Togg rainsuit

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#1

Does anyone have experience with this raingear? I need to update my rainjacket and this looks like a possiblity. Thanks for any info you can give me.

Roadrunner

#2

For starters

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spent 3 hours today searching for the same info than you do. I'm also interested in this jacket (and the pants) because they are very lightweight and affordable.

B.M.

#3

Makes a nice sauna. Not to mention stylish. How 'bout Marmot Precips? We find them functional, light and wind proof in skivies when hiking in the 30’s and wind blown sleet fog so you don’t have to over dress. Relatively cheap.

Bushwhack

#4

I have tried several rain suits that claim to breathe and find them all to be saunas. I purchased my Frogg Toggs at Trail Days in 2000 and have hiked in them since. I love them. I even use them around town when its raining now that I am off the trail. They are a sauna and the biggest draw back is they will catch on things and tear if your not too careful. The good part to that is duct tape sticks to them very well. I tore mine from the arm pit to almost the waist. After a duct tape repair I got another 500 miles out of them. When I hike in the rain unless its cold I usually do not use the rain gear as I will get wet either way. If its warm I would rather get wet from the rain then sweat. Its a free shower. I only use my rain gear for cold weather, rest breaks, and camp when I have my dry clothes on.

Big B

#5

They worked good for me thru 3 days of rain when I section hiked in April. As Big B said, all ‘breathable’ materials are going to stop working after getting soaked from being in the rain all day with near 100% humidity. For the price, I couldn’t find anything as lightweight.

Nooga

#6

I use the rainshield jackets. They are lighter (at least they claim to be. I have never weighted them) and have a much better storm flap on the front. They breath better than any other rainsuit that I have EVER worn (my precips are TERRIBLE at breathing!). Sure I get hot if it is warm out or if I am working REALLY hard, but not as bad as the precips. If I had to put a number on it, I’d say I get about 1/2 as hot/sweaty with the rainshield).

Check out www.rainshield.com It’s the blue suit you want. I would get a size bigger than they suggest in the sizing chart. Actually, you want the pants the suggested size and the jacket a size bigger, but I don’t know that you can do that. But I have big shoulders…)

Gravity Man

Gravity man

#7

I’m a warm type when hiking with a pack so I can enjoy 30’s-40’s in shorts and T in the rain and be fine. I only use the rain gear if its wind chill cold, then its just underware under them which really helps the “breathablity”. Or put on the jacket when Istop for luch. Women tend to be a little colder I think. The wife wears hers all the time and never sweats. Gotta have some kind of shell in the winter or if the wind is really kicking.

Bushwhaque

#8

Mr. Wizard last year used Frog Togg raingear and liked it a lot.

Its basically Tyvek, so it supposedly gets softer the more you wear / wash it. 3M makes the same stuff now that they market for golfers, and you can find tyvek clothes sold for construction workers on the web. (hats, pants, overalls, you name it)

I used Precips. Worked great for me, and usefull as a warm layer in cooler months. Would probably go lighter / home made though if I did it again.

Jitterbug

#9

Speaking of home made; Hatman and HappyFeet had some home made rain gear from sil. Um, nun too breathable but lite as a feather. We made a copy of the Patagonia Dragonfly jacket from Pertex4, sleeping bag shell material…3ozs. Somewhat airy but not with a pack on, makes a good layer over fleece.

Bushwhakc

#10

I carried frog togs with me. I tried hiking with them once and ended up having to empty the sleeves from time to time from all the sweat. After I realized a nice cool rain helped keep me cool while i was hiking; the frog togs became a wonderful snack time/camp time wet wear (or cold weather outer wear). very windproof and water proof; comfy; light; i even wore them while doing laundry in town. Mine tore on a seam relatively quick into the hike; i called the manufacturer and they sent me a new pair right to my next mail drop. wonderful people. I use them when i go fishing now; and keep em in my car in case of unexpected showers. just stay away from camp fires-sparks cause holes very easily

Big Boy

#11

I saw almost every type of raingear on the trail cursed this year by thru-hikers. I highly recommend frogg toggs. Picked up a pair real cheap (50 bucks) from the outfitter in port clinton. They are both lighter and cheaper than the marmot precips. Speaking of pre-cips i’ve never heard of a piece of gear so hated on the trail LOL.
A-Train

A-Train

#12

Breathability is a funny little situation with raingear. If you’re in the humid south, you’re only going to be as dry as the outside air. So if it’s 70 with 95% humidity, obviously, you’ll be swimming in whatever you’re wearing–Froggtoggs, goretex, precip, etc. It’s just physics, folks. But if you’re hiking in Colorado in warm weather with little to no humidity, the jacket will breathe like a charm.

Oh, and I wore Froggtoggs in '02 and they worked fine. Kinda make you feel like you’re wearing a paper bag, tho.

Cap’n

#13

Hi,
Used a Frogg Togg jacket on my thru in “01”. It worked fine for me. They are waterproof, light and wind proof.
I don’t think any rain gear is realy breathable when you are backpacking. You are going to sweat.

Grampie

#14

I was using the 3 layer gore-tex rain jacket and pants. Rain pants was the first thing that got shipped home because I wasn’t using them.

Now, I have a PreCip jacket that works as good as anything, and considerably lighter than the other gore-tex that I had. While hiking, I don’t wear long pants too often. So, the only long pants that I carry with me is Frogg Toggs. I promptly tore them while doing some off trail peak bagging, so they are duct taped up. Like others have said, if you use Frogg Toggs, bring along the duct tape.

I don’t have 2000 miles on my PreCip and Frogg Toggs, but I’m not changing back to gore-tex.

Peaks