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Traded my leathers for Cordura after a job in the rain last month
Used to swear by leather aprons for durability but they got heavy as hell when wet, swapped to a Cordura setup after slipping on a wet roof in Portland and nearly taking a header. Anyone else made the switch and noticed how much faster you can move?
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avery_flores12d ago
Three weeks with a Cordura jacket and I swear I move different now, like my joints actually work. @blair_chen81 hit it right about that wet blanket feeling, I had a leather vest that took three days to dry after one trip through a car wash tunnel that sprayed sideways. It's wild how much stuff we cling to just because it's what we always used, like my grandfather swore by denim jackets for everything even though they soaked up water like a sponge. Same thing happened with my work boots, switched from steel toe to composite and my back stopped hurting after a full shift.
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blair_chen8112d ago
Oh man, that rain thing hit me hard. I used to think leather was the only way to go for any kind of heavy work, but after getting caught in a freak downpour while trying to fix a fence on a muddy hillside, I swear my leather vest must have added twenty pounds. It was like wearing a wet blanket and I kept slipping all over the place. I switched to a lighter material last year and honestly, I move so much faster now. It dried out in like an hour compared to the leather which would stay damp for days.
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cole_murphy12d ago
Whoa, I gotta disagree a little with @blair_chen81 on this one. I've been using an old waxed canvas vest for the last few years and it's been a beast in the rain. It gets a little damp but never that heavy soaked feeling, and it dries out pretty quick on a breeze. I think leather just isn't meant for wet weather work, but there's a middle ground between that and the really light stuff.
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