Thread: Stoney Creek Nitz

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I know it stuffs beathability..but the roof n gutter silicon thinned down in terps painted on to jacket that @Moa Hunter suggested some time back really works exceptionally well... even my cotton windbreaker bumfreezer coat is now rain proof.
a cheap way to make the most of that expensive coat that just doesnt cut it, keeping rain out.

I did that with some Huntech dry pants that were never dry. They are now!

I m 6 months into a hunter element odyssey. I bought it for fiorland where I took it in April and I now wear it every time It rains, and it is not too bad.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Two best jackets I have tried are the Cactus, and Earth Sea Sky Hydrophobia, I have reproofed my Hydrophobia once but that was more maintenance than fixing a problem. The Hydrophobia is much lighter and packs down way more than the Cactus jacket but the Cactus is Bombproof

What did you use on you Hydrophobia Ryan?
I would like to do mine

Originally Posted by Gkp

What did you use on you Hydrophobia Ryan?
I would like to do mine

Grangers Performance Repel Plus. Hung it on the line after and gave it a hose down with the garden hose and looks good

Cactus on sale now $679 https://cactusoutdoor.co.nz/collecti...ts/rain-jacket

Originally Posted by bigbear

Cactus on sale now $679 https://cactusoutdoor.co.nz/collecti...ts/rain-jacket

I think this looks like an excellent piece of kit. Really object to the price, considering it is made in Vietnam.

Originally Posted by turtleSO

I think this looks like an excellent piece of kit. Really object to the price, considering it is made in Vietnam.

A lot of margin in that coat

Don't really give a shit where stuff is made if it does what it's supposed to do, you could just as easily go out and spend $1500 on a Arc'terx jacket (that all the fellas climbing everest etc do..) and it's still made in Vietnam.

I just object to the markup, seems Vietnam is the new China for cheap labour.

Get a nice heavy swandri and be wet but warm.

Originally Posted by craigc

Stoney Creek in the past have made all sorts of claims in their marketing that I’ve found has never really reached the heights that they’ve set themselves.
They claim their new Nitz range of rain gear has a baked in DWR that will never need to be reapplied.
Does anyone have a Nitz rain jacket and what’s it really like?
I tried one on and like the way it packs down, it also appears to have a long enough tail for sitting on wet ground and glassing.
I’d say 90% of the time I wear my rain jacket is as a wind barrier, but when I wear it in the rain I expect it to stay dry, I’m less than impressed with the latest Swazi offering. Very heavy and isn’t very water proof. Maybe it needs recoating with DWR.

Ask your father. He had a smart idea. Still most dairy cockies arent stupid. Also great for that biting wind on the bike when you wave around the Murupara moonbeam.