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Agreed.





Great!

But doing physical work like logging to maintain body heat offsets the misery of any leakage you might experience……ain't the same scenario in a confined drift boat.

In my years here on the coast, I've tried just about every option in coats short of paying the $$ for a Simms jacket. I've had hooded and unhooded top of the line Grundens and HH and mid-level breathable jackets. In severe weather, in a drift boat all day, I've rarely come away "dry as a bone" in any of them.

As was stated earlier, you can repeatedly buy crap that doesn't work and shell out money that way or save yourself the grief and repeated trips to the store and just start with something upper-end…..Simms or otherwise.

Maybe the whole thing's a myth. Maybe there is no perfect coat. But there's something to be said for being warm and dry on those $hitty days. I've traveled the hard road for a lot of years in so far as coats and value my comfort enough now to look past the $$. When my current effort wears out and I buy new, cost won't necessarily be the determining factor.