Heavy-Duty Rain Suits

Somewhere around the third time your “waterproof” jacket soaks through at the shoulder seams, you start to understand why tradespeople swear by PVC. It isn’t glamorous. It doesn’t breathe like a $400 shell jacket, and it will never win a fashion show. But when the forecast turns ugly and you still have eight hours of … Read more

A heavy duty rain suit for construction is a two-piece (or three-piece) waterproof jacket-and-pants system built from abrasion-resistant PVC, polyurethane, or nylon shells with sealed seams, meant to survive daily wear on active job sites rather than a single weekend fishing trip. That’s the short answer. The long answer is a little messier, and a … Read more