Maybe this is a thing and I’ve been buying cheap rain jackets.
I wonder if reusable and resealable bags are only designed to be open and closed a finite amount of times.
You can get really good weather proof zips that wont fail like a ‘zip-loc bag’ would. The seals on those bags fail bad if they get a bend or kink in them
I have a nice rain jacket and the pockets fold over with a flap on top. Pretty legit.
There are some plastic bags that are meant to be long lasting but I have my doubts about how well they’d work on a jacket. What is the use case you’re imagining, exactly?
ziplock style requires you to pinch both sides to close. it also requires you to pull both sides to open. on wearables the fabric isnt easily pinchable from both sides, you would be forced to smear it hard against your soft supple flesh to close it. a wearable pocket shouldnt require two hands to open/close because your other hand is usually occupied with the item worth storing, etc.
really we should be using silent velcro by now but the US military wont let us.
Just a note for the Velcro; I ran across this video ages ago and found it really helps with keeping that ripping noise from being too audible
I knew what this video would be, but I still rewatched it anyway.
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They make zipper-style ziplocs with sliders, no need for pinching or stretching.
really we should be using silent velcro by now but the US military wont let us.
95 percent of the world is not under US military jurisdiction and many countries probably have similar or better tech.
i havent seen it, have you?
update: silent velcro is actually now available commercially! http://www.propel-llc.com/
…no it doesn’t.
not sure which part you are saying no to
As long as the jacket’s properly constructed the pockets should be just as watertight as the rest of the outer shell.
When purchasing a raincoat, you can look at the pocket stitching and zipper model to try to gauge how it’ll hold up (or just buy it, experiment on it, and return it if it fails).
Waterproof zippers exist, and are already often used in raincoats. Much more robust and easier to use than Ziploc.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I have just been buying poor quality rain jackets
Not exactly ziploc, but there is Tizip. But as others have said, a properly designed pocket won’t have an issue. Maybe you will need to close the zipper on it during an absolute deluge.
I wear a 1970’s Us military jacket as my outdoor coat and it has snaps on all the pockets and a rain hood zipped into the collar. Thick as fuck too.
Those field coats are great. A lot of them have liners you can zip/button into them to make them even warmer. Mine isn’t waterproof but I’ve put quite a bit of tent/boot waterproofing spray on it so it’ll shed most stuff.
Mine has zippers
