Waterproof jacket for Climbing Arborists, Is there actually one that keeps you dry?

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Күн бұрын

Is there such a thing as a good rain jacket that can keep a tree climber dry when rubbing and scraping against branches, and brushing through the canopy?
Unlikely as it seems after many years of searching, we may have just found the answer! Could there be a holy grail of climbing arborist rain jackets?
00:00:00 opening clips
00:00:34 intro
00:01:37 Overview of various rain jackets
00:02:42 What do you want for a good waterproof jacket for tree work?
00:04:15 Where did we hear about the Kuiu jacket? and why did we buy one?
00:05:42 The Kuiu Yukon jacket and why it is good for tree climbers
00:08:50 The amazing cuffs
00:09:46 Dermizax waterproof fabric
00:11:33 CAN-SWE Hurricane rain jacket
00:13:26 Arbortec Breathe dry
00:15:28 Helly Hansen Jacket
00:16:55 Columbia Jacket
00:17:27 Difference between the waterproofness among the jackets
00:18:03 Wear a good wool sweater
00:18:56 Rain pants
00:19:36 Final thoughts
#climbingarborist #Arborist #TreeWork

Пікірлер: 76

@TimberTrainer 7 ай бұрын

I keep coming back to this video after a rainy day to remind myself about the Kuiu jacket. My favorite part is watching you struggle with the Arbortec and your helmet. It's much easier with all three zippers open.

@hardyn06 Жыл бұрын

Bro... the sena "hello" got me. That was gold.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

That’s gonna be a regular feature from now on

@dolphindolphinful 8 ай бұрын

Come on Dean, is it large?

@GuyMcguy24 Ай бұрын

Geez, I wish all reviews were this thorough and went through this much testing. Thank you sir.

@ClimbingArborist 25 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 👍

@JasonSmith-xo9qr Жыл бұрын

The Sena intro extro is spot on. Thanks for sharing and wool is the best tip of the video. Comfort is the key to the misery of rain days.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

The Sena audio is the perfect soundtrack to every climbing arborist out there 😆 Wool sweater for the win 👍

@alotl1kevegas860 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I'll just jump past the Arbortec. You saved me some money 😊

@TimberTrainer Жыл бұрын

Every time you say descend on a rope, I have flashbacks of muddy water running down my arm. If the cuffs can keep the water out, it's worth the cost of that jacket.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Cold muddy water down the sleeve is the worst

@user-oe9zj9jy2i Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan for that video. I’m looking for a solid jacket for ground work. But for climbing in heavy rain I highly recommend a Wahler stratos EBX overall. I don’t like it when my jacket moves up under my belt. And climbing with these rubber rain trousers? That’s nothing for me. The overall stays perfectly in place. It fits nice and tight with a good range of movement. That one’s made for industrial climbers. So you can wear a helmet under the hood. The material seems to be a solid cordura gore tex thing. It perfectly stops Wind, keeps me warm and as a quick sweatin guy I love the good working membrane. But yes this one needs some care or a refreshing from time to time. I do it once in a season. And yes wool power under it.

@Tilgapliks Жыл бұрын

Arbortec orange one we had was very good, for working in heavy rain amd anow days in Estonia only thing that kept upper body dry even when i was up in the tree no worries from getting wet and i talk like heavy raim not that lousy little rain when mist people say end of the day nothing stoped us from working and couldn’t aay any bad word about arbortec

@lifeoftreedom Жыл бұрын

I have hummed and hahed about getting a decent rain jacket. I think you just sold me on the Kuiu. Total side note, but I'm geordie and when I came across your channel it took me longer than it should to figure out that you were not in the UK. It was not my finest moment when that particular penny dropped.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

😂 not in the UK but a proud Yorkshire man

@olliehill1957 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, I've tried a few over the years, using the SIP keiu atm, seems good also

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Great you have found something you are happy with 👍

@vanq86 Жыл бұрын

My uncle from BC introduced me Kuiu after he used it for years on back country hunting trips. They're expensive but their gear is top notch. He also does SAR and has been complaining about the lack of hi vis options as well.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Kuiu is amazing, it is a real shame about the lack of bright colour options, but makes sense considering their target market

@neilrice8714 Жыл бұрын

If you need hi Vis how about a road workers sleeveless vest to put over the top!?🤣🤣 Not that that's making it even more complicated or something to catch on branches 🤔

@user-oe9zj9jy2i Жыл бұрын

There are some expensive solid ones that we use. They re quite good to save your high quality rain clothes from damage.

@polskinarodowiec2912 10 ай бұрын

Ta wełniana bluza to chyba z czasów króla Artura 😉 A tak poważnie to interesujący materiał na temat kurtek przeciwdeszczowych. Pozdrawiam

@alotl1kevegas860 7 ай бұрын

Climbing Arborist has a good video on rain gear. He recommends the Kuiu Yukon.

@robkootnikoff1096 Жыл бұрын

I like the canswe. You need the next size up and it comes with awesome bib pants. Good for 3 seasons in west coast

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

For a tree climber they are very bulky, terrible fit, very wide open cuffs, restrict movement and so on….

@kyle6516 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Dan. One question: Where is the Kulu made?

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

U.S. company but the jacket is made in Vietnam

@ArtisanArborists 11 ай бұрын

Thank you sir. I am currently on the market ( and have been for two weeks now) for a rain jacket for when I am climbing that can hold up to the daily life of an Arborist being that it has started to ran much more than the last decade in colorado on the front range when previously we had been in a drought situation and is flooding us every day now.I have about purchased a few now bu

@Sethhaun78 10 ай бұрын

That looks like the jacket I see everyone bragging about .that post man

@brodylewis8346 9 ай бұрын

You should do a video on rain pants. It's been a major struggle for me to find nice bibs I can pull over boots and not be MC Hammer pants

@bryapatch9846 Жыл бұрын

Cheers for the video Dan. It's a shame arb companies can't design a jacket as well as a hunting company, then we could have it in bright colours. Unfortunately a deal breaker for me, we have to have hi-vis. Was the helly Hansen that you wore a lot waterproof before it stated to wear out?

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

I think for the price the Helly was the best I’ve found. It was a medium weight in their range of jackets, not the really thin type but not the super stiff and heavy type

@joshuacook4273 3 ай бұрын

I use a paramo fuera smock, it’s water resistant but if it’s raining heavy I’m moving enough to keep warm that being wet isn’t an issue 😂 either way super breathable and any damage is just a stitch and a wash away from comfort again.

@vanq86 Жыл бұрын

I'm curious how a thin North Face windbreaker would fair if you treated it with NeverWet. Not for tree work obviously since it would wear off, but for hiking and the like.

@Limp_Briskit Ай бұрын

Great review but I’ll never spend that on a jacket. Definitely will be searching the hunting section though

@ClimbingArborist 25 күн бұрын

👍

@neilrice8714 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan I'll look them up and see if we can get them in the UK! I've see Rain Gear Pro being praised by August Hunikie. It's a Canadian make you might be able to sample one of those. Safe climbing 😁😁

@neild7971 Жыл бұрын

Second one he shows?

@neilrice8714 Жыл бұрын

@@neild7971 could be it looks similar but had a different name?

@neilrice8714 Жыл бұрын

Is it the Yukon rain jacket? They sell in the UK but boy it's expensive £417

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Yeah the red jacket is the rain gear pro / CanSWE , it is a terrible jacket and can’t imagine any tree climber liking it

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s the Kuiu Yukon jacket

@nmbr1stunna 7 ай бұрын

Have you heard from anyone of the new arbortec heavy duty rain jacket is any good? Thanks for the video

@ellessgee176 4 ай бұрын

I've got this, been running it for about 4 months now and it's the same as the other arbortec jackets, holds up for a few months but will need regular cleaning and recoating if you want it to stay waterproof.

@dolphindolphinful 8 ай бұрын

What size is the jacket please? Did you have a medium or large? You look a similar stamp to me

@Pvandemeent Жыл бұрын

When I’m working for my own, I wear a mammut eiger xtreme gore-Tex proshell. Keeps me dry

@simcity5AU 2 ай бұрын

My problem is I work in Australia and I don’t want to be warm underneath I want it to breathe, it doesn’t get very cold here in winter so you just end up sweating underneath and makes the jacket redundant..

@tomfendall1942 Жыл бұрын

Looks very similar to the Ridgeline jacket I wear from New Zealand.

@teamja1088 Жыл бұрын

$279 for the jacket? That is not bad considering it actually keeps you dry. I remember being forced to buy a $300 gortex uniform jacket as part of my uniform around 1999-2000 (back when $100 would fill a shopping cart with food at a supermarket) and that POS would keep you dry for about an hour until you were soaked through.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

The Kuiu Yukon is more like US$500

@michaeldevlin3091 Жыл бұрын

Would yo suggest getting a jacket oversized or your standard fit

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Both Dan and Conor wear the size of jacket the same as they wear in tshirts, hoodies etc…

@dolphindolphinful 8 ай бұрын

Size please?

@meegssan5716 6 ай бұрын

Im getting kuiu now. But from 6:20 all the reasons you stated are exactly what raingearpro is made for, its just not comfortable/flexible

@dgoodman1484 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that some people would prefer the hi-vis clown suits over earth tones that don’t attract bees and Bugz but awesome review regardless. I’d have bought the RGPro if it came in a different color due to their aggressive marketing. Appreciate an actual unbiased (hopefully) review 👍🏼👍🏼

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Bright colours is just preference to be seen easily by the crew. Don’t wanna be camouflaged. Definitely unbiased review

@dgoodman1484 9 ай бұрын

Dang, just got around to ordering one and naturally the Yukon is discontinued 😞

@damienfrith8630 Жыл бұрын

Which style kuiu rain jacket is it?

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Kuiu Yukon

@dolphindolphinful 10 ай бұрын

What size is that Jacket? Please Maybe a large?? Lol

@dolphindolphinful 8 ай бұрын

Hello, do you know if the jacket you have on is a large? Thank you

@olliemyers4394 Жыл бұрын

Have the orange Arbortec, fit and function is fine but like all things Arbortec the stitching has gone. Quality control is lacking.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

👎👎👎

@stevenzipfel758 Жыл бұрын

I bought the raingearpro jacket because all the good reviews, pretty disappointed with it. Stiff, boxy, and the snap buttons come undone all day while working. I don’t wear it while climbing, only on the ground.

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

Very stiff, very boxy, restrictive. It’s hard to imagine any climber would give this jacket a glowing review. Maybe for gardeners or loggers it might be ok, but it still seems a stretch for anyone to say good

@stewmoir2006 10 ай бұрын

Shame the Kuiu not in UK!

@groundzero. Жыл бұрын

just take your normal gear or canvas jacket and soak it in silicone thinned down with naphtha. or wax your canvas jacket. waxed my canvas pants and they have been holding up well.

@matiascamprubi-soms7719 Жыл бұрын

For climbing? That sounds heavy and stiff

@craigphillips9383 4 ай бұрын

You ain't working hard enough if you wear wool under rain jackets to stay warm at work. 😂

@ClimbingArborist 4 ай бұрын

Probably not

@colinsimons Жыл бұрын

I’ve Got the orange one. It’s 💩

@ClimbingArborist Жыл бұрын

I won’t argue with that

@Tsjoni Жыл бұрын

I’d rather be soking wet from the rain as soking wet from your own sweat when wearing those condomjackets 😅. Change clothes twice a day, and if that doesn’t cut it then an arborist should be at home…