Anyone have any opinions on the Marmot Precip vs the Patagonia Rain Shadow? …other rain jacket suggestions are welcome.
Mad Max
Precip vs Rain Shadow
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I don’t know much about the Rain Shadow, but the Precip is a reliable shell jacket. That said, I just purchased an L.L. Bean Trail Model Rain Jacket that is extremely comparable in construction and appearance to the Precip. Both the Precip and L.L. Bean jackets are billed as waterproof and breathable, but the L.L. Bean jacket is cheaper ($69 vs. $99) and slighly lighter. (To be clear, I’m comparing a large Precip vs. a medium tall Trail Model Rain Jacket. Both fit me exactly the same. The Trail Model Rain Jacket is $69 for tall and only $59 for medium. I paid only $32 for my medium tall at an L.L. Bean Factory Store.) I’m sure others on this site will attest to the fact that the Precip, like all waterproof and breathable materials, does not breathe extremely well. I have not worn the L.L. Bean jacket with a pack yet, but I’m guessing it doesn’t breathe any better than the Precip. You may want to consider a Frogg Toggs Pro Action Suit ($49.95 through Cabela’s). The entire Frogg Toggs suit (I wear medium) is cheaper than the jackets I metioned above. The Frogg Toggs suit (jacket and pants) is also lighter than either of the aforementioned jackets and breathes better. The downside to Frogg Toggs is less durabilty than you get with a Precip-type jacket (and the fact Frogg Toggs are butt ugly).
Ozone
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I feel as if I’m making quite the fashion statement in my orange FT’s, but then again, I can’t match my own clothes either! 
Michele
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I did take a look at the Frogg Toggs & then cringed… they’re fine I suppose if you only plan on wearing them deep… deep… deep in the woods.
Mad Max
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The black ones aren’t too bad, but I thought I’d get the orange so if it’s raining during hunting season, I’d be that much more noticeable as a human being, and besides…they kind of remind of tie-dye…which I love.
Michele
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I never did get the whole “orange in hunting season” concept. Do these hunters even look at what they’re shooting at? I mean personally, I can easily tell the difference between a deer and a person if they’re within any sort of reasonable distance. Or do hunters just look out with blood shot eyes and say “Hey Cooter! I swear sumfin done moved up there in them woods bouts a mile or so! Blast it!” Is it so much to ask that they positively identify their targets before unloading rounds ? Or are they so desperate to kill something that they’ll just fire at what the f*** ever makes a leaf or a branch wiggle? Sorry if there’s any bitterness here, but that sort of ignorance just pisses me off.
Mad Max
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I love my frogg toggs and the blue color pattern is a bonus! But I have noticed that my nephew walks farther from me than usual when it is raining and I’m wearing the jacket.
Roadrunner
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I’ve seen these notices at the trail heads warning hikers to wear orange during season.
My question is why isn’t there also a notice posted warning hunters that should they shoot a person, accidentally or not, the shooter will be prosecuted to the fullest extent…minimum of manslaughter with jail time.
The same goes when these babies get ahold of a gun and end up killing someone; laws should be on the books that would send the gun owner to jail for a nice stretch.
And don’t tell me about how few deaths are caused by gun accidents in comparison to others…guns are still dangerous and gun owners need to pay the price for their mistakes and carelessness.
Perhaps these idiots might not be so “trigger happy.”
Everyone talks about big business lobbies, hell one of the biggest lobbies in the country is the the NRA, they absolutely deny any responsibiltiy and fight any kind of safety regulations.
Deer hunters are such wusses anyway, all they do is sit in a blind and drink beer until one comes walking by slowly nibbling on grass. Even if the hunter is on foot, a deer is rarely a moving target, ever notice how they always stop and stare at you before they run. Yesiree, I’m a “gitterdun heeman” cause I bagged me a deer.
EB