What is your " go to" prepper jacket?

[BillMasen]

Something unsettles you, nothing specific but it prompts you to take your go to prepper jacket with you, What jacket do you prefer Mil, Mil surplus, Civilian, Hunters, Workwear? What is it and why, If TSHTF and I met you at the side of the road checking your route or just resting, what jacket type will you most likely be wearing?

In the non winter months I am normally found wearing a black microfibre soft shell , in winter either a mid sized Parka ( but its heavy) or an ex Brit army combat jacket. What meets YOUR needs and why. Bill.

 

[Brent S]

I’m most likely to go with a nondescript civilian jacket of mid quality. Following the gray man philosophy. Don’t want to attract attention from criminals, law enforcement, or anyone else.

 

[GaRp58]

I do a soft shell in fall and spring. Have 2 waxcloth jackets if the rain comes. Have 2 jackets with removable fleece liners. Under all is a Cotton vest with 13 pockets and it is a miniature survival kit with knife, lighter, mylar blanket, rope, pins, thread, velcro, first aid and a pen. The most expensive one is a parka with fleece liner and hood.
About $350.00 Kept me warm for 11 hours at minus 19 degrees C.
NO military stuff, gray man...

 

[tmttactical]

I do not own any military style clothes. No camo, not combat boots. I am strictly suburban gray man. No heavy coats, not needed in my neck of the woods, Summer it is a tee shirt and short sleeved over shirt (I conceal carry always). Winter is an insulated long sleeve over shirt, on top of my short sleeve over shirt. Bad winter is when it get down to 50 or 60 degrees F. Real bad is if we hit 40 F.

 

[GaRp58]

Bad winter is when it get down to 50 or 60 degrees F. Real bad is if we hit 40 F.

I would go barefoot all year then. Can't stand shoes. Even wear shoes without socks if no-one sees. The wife flips out but then again, it does look a bit dumb at church...
But I do remember the hot summers in TX when you couldn't walk without shoes from the hot asphalt.

 

[tmttactical]

Bare feet, summer and asphalt are not a good combination. That is a trip to the hospital.

 

[Kevin L]

It doesn't often get cold here in Florida, but--when I travel to cold areas--I always bring along my Wooly Pully, which is a wool British SAS commando sweater.

It keeps you warm even if it gets wet, it's sturdy, and rather lightweight considering the insulation and warmth that it provides. It allows flexibility of movement without letting in the cold.

It can be worn in the boondocks or--with a collared shirt and a pair of dress shoes and nice pants--worn to a job interview, or for a night out on the town.

Due to the fact that I'm autistic and have sensory issues with certian textures, I wear a long-sleaved long underware shirt underneath the sweater so that I don't have to feel the wool on my skin.

I think a British commando sweater is one of the most underrated pieces of clothing available to a prepper.

 

[GaRp58]

The wooly pully is a great idea, wool will not lose its warming abilities if wet. Cotton loses body heat 26 times faster when wet. Had a German equivalent in the 70s, but eventually wore it out and haven't replaced it. Good idea for Christmas request tho. Thanks Kevin. GP

 

[Mountain trapper]

I've got several coats that I use depending on weather and temps. The coat I wear pretty much every day is a heavy canvas Carhartt ranch coat. I also have several oil skin coats for wet weather and for colder weather a heavy wool lined Filson "Tin Cloth" packer coat. For extreme cold and windy weather I'll wear a goose down parka with a coyote lined hood. I also like to wear wool sweaters. My favorite is Marino wool. I'm not interested in anything military or camo.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Due to the fact that I'm autistic and have sensory issues with certian textures, I wear a long-sleaved long underware shirt underneath the sweater so that I don't have to feel the wool on my skin.

Have you tried Marino wool? It doesn't have that wool itchy texture. And most people can wear it against the skin without any problems.

 

[GaRp58]

Gotta google that and look for it. Wool and down are the best insulators. There is although some jacket on the market here, they advertise it to be the warmest jacket in the world and guarantee it to keep you warm under 50 minus. See if I can find the name again for you all. GP

 

[tmttactical]

If you want warm and comfortable look into Alpaca clothes. Reported to be 5 times warmer than wool and is one of the softest natural fibers in the world. Here is a link. I have no financial or other interest in this site. In a past life, I owned a little store and I imported Alpaca Capes, sweaters, shawls and even a few pairs of socks. I never had any returned and never got a single complaint on them. I had a brother living there at the time, I got some great deals. Do your research if you want to buy.

https://www.novica.com/clothing/mens/alpaca/

 

[BillMasen]

It doesn't often get cold here in Florida, but--when I travel to cold areas--I always bring along my Wooly Pully, which is a wool British SAS commando sweater.
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It keeps you warm even if it gets wet, it's sturdy, and rather lightweight considering the insulation and warmth that it provides. It allows flexibility of movement without letting in the cold.

It can be worn in the boondocks or--with a collared shirt and a pair of dress shoes and nice pants--worn to a job interview, or for a night out on the town.

Due to the fact that I'm autistic and have sensory issues with certian textures, I wear a long-sleaved long underware shirt underneath the sweater so that I don't have to feel the wool on my skin.

I think a British commando sweater is one of the most underrated pieces of clothing available to a prepper.

So Kevin, a couple of points, The Wooly Pully is was standard issue across the whole UK military it comes in Navy Blue and RAF Blue as well as green, To get the best out of it it was normally worn in winter with a Norgy, A Norwegien army shirt.

It you can find one where you live they keep you toasty warm on their own and very warm under a wooly pully, Some people often wear a long sleeved thermal vest undershirt as well.

 

[lonewolf]

during most of the year I wear a camo hoodie, in the fall(like now) I wear an unlined paratrooper jacket, when it gets cold I switch to a lined camo(leaf pattern) combat jacket, wife says I have too many jackets but I say I cant have enough, each has its own purpose.

 

[Roninsensei]

https://www.amazon.com/Condor-Summi...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B005XZY0BW

 

[KateMTx]

Where I live you only need a jacket a few days a year - mostly a light sweater or long-sleeve shirt will do. I have rain gear in my BOB because if it were reasonable chilly and rainy then hypothermia would be an issue. But I don't guess I really ever considered a "go-to" prepper jacket as an item I needed to keep handy.

 

[BillMasen]

Just noticed its snowing in arizona and so cal

 

[tmttactical]

No snow in my neck of the woods but pretty darn cold this morning. Today is the Wife's craft fair jewelry sales day. Spent about 8 hours under out 10 x 10 canopy, freezing my tush off. 40 degrees and I was losing feeling in my fingers and that was with knit gloves on. Yeah, I know, I am a winter wimp.

 

[Maverick]

I use a filson mackinaw, it's the first coat I'll grab.

 

[BillMasen]

I think on a personal level that with all the crazy weather that has been going on in recent decades that it may be a good idea for people in southern areas to actually invest in more winter preps as these "" infrequent" weather events appear to be happening more and more often. it is not just keeping a winter jacket in the closet either, I recently read that many tyre manufacturers are changing the make up of their products in warmer climates to be a bit more occasional cold weather resiliant, and some of the are noting that tyre depots in warmer areas are starting to sell more tyres of the type more often found being used a bit further north.

Its clearly simple common sense I think that those good people living in traditionally warmer areas start checking their vehicle cooling systems are actually filled with water AND antifreeze mixes not just water. And a decent percentage of screen wash in their washer bottles of the type that delays freezing.

Yesterday we had a weird frosty half day it was a very hard frost to a point many people around here found they could not open the doors to their cars and their screenwash was frozen solid, wipers themselves were totally frozen to the wind screens as well. I think it was caused by firstly a hard frost bring down temps followed by light rain for a few hours followed by another quick hard frost which caused everything to freeze. It caused chaos for many hours in this area.
Bill.

 

[BillMasen]

I use a filson mackinaw, it's the first coat I'll grab.

By heck they are nice but very expensive over $600 a piece .
https://www.filson.com/uk/double-mackinaw-wool-cruiser-jacket.html#

 

[GaRp58]

wife says I have too many jackets but I say I cant have enough, each has its own purpose.

Yes bigpaul, we have the same problem. Too many jackets and too many knives. I try to explain, you have how many knives in the kitchen and why for each different one?
Each tool has a different job, each knife and each jacket...GP
PS: the German law now requires that all car owners have antifreeze in their windshield/windscreen tank. The fine for not is €15.

 

[BillMasen]

No snow in my neck of the woods but pretty darn cold this morning. Today is the Wife's craft fair jewelry sales day. Spent about 8 hours under out 10 x 10 canopy, freezing my tush off. 40 degrees and I was losing feeling in my fingers and that was with knit gloves on. Yeah, I know, I am a winter wimp.

Same here, the wife went to a Christmas fayre yesterday and even the reindeer would not come out of their shed

 

[Psalm7]

Surplus M65 field jacket in U.S Woodland camo . I have several in new condition in storage and bring one out as the previous starts to ware out .

 

[JackDW]

As others have stated, it totally depends upon your location. Myself, I find myself wearing a lot of flannel shirts. If it is a little colder, I have lined flannel shirts. Definitely, non-descript but very comfortable. Yes, I have a couple heaver coats that I may wear one or twice per winter. Mostly just the flannel.

 

[DrHenley]

By heck they are nice but very expensive over $600 a piece .
https://www.filson.com/uk/double-mackinaw-wool-cruiser-jacket.html#

A good bit less than that on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Filson-Doubl...=filson+double+mackinaw&qid=1575415571&sr=8-2

 

[Maverick]

A good bit less than that on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Filson-Doubl...=filson+double+mackinaw&qid=1575415571&sr=8-2

I don't think the new one's are same as old unfortunately. I'm still using my last purchase from 1988.