Also ..... Drizzabone folding and storage after rain

When they are wet you must let them dry naturally. A coat hangar under cover works well.(Any forced drying will only kill the waterproof material) When in storage ,turn it inside out sleeves and all. Now just fold it over once and roll it up. This will preserve the waterproofness of the coat. R.M.Williams sell an oilskin re-proofer which works a treat but every 2nd or 3rd year is all the coat will need unless you wear it lots in which case do it each year.

I wipe the excess water off the outside, then just roll the coat up as IMO folding them causes faults in the waterproofing.
If able to dry them, usually let then hang off a coat hook till they are dry.

Cheers Kev

If you go to the Drizabone website they show the correct method of folding.

Strewth, we'd love the chance to give ours a bit of use!!!! They've been folded up in their box in the garage for about 3 bloody years (that's about how long it is since we've had ANY damn rain here in SA!!!!! ;-((:)

In the same way that it is okay to pack a tent up if it's wet, but you are travelling and will be opening it up again that night, ...it is okay to roll-up your oil-skin and chuck it into the 4by for a day's travel. The big issue is not leaving it rolled-up like that (ie: wet) for weeks at a time. If you've done your trip and got home..... if the Drizabone, tent and/or anything else is wet, it is common sense to dry it all out before storing away for any length of time.

Enlighten me please !
why on earth would one buy glumpsy, heavy, impratical rain coats ?
what are the pros ? let's say over Goretex?
really curious
regards
gmd

Gday,
Screw them up in a tight ball and stuff it in a corner out of the way.
Thats all Ive ever done and mine is about 20 years old!

You wouldn't treat a goretex jacket ar any other expensive jacket the way you can treat a Driza-Bone / Agmer / RM Williams / Thomas Cook style oilskin.

If we are travelling in winter, ours are the last thing packed in the wagon and are simply thrown over the top of everything partly to keep things under cover away from prying eyes, but also so they are where we can get them when it's persisting down.

If we are on a longer trip where it may or may not rain, they are rolled up and always next to the fridge so I know where they are.

They are very handy in an emergency to keep people warm, they do not burn easily and you just hose the muck off 'em when you get home.