I'm seriously thinking of leaving my Marmot Precip rain pants at the truck this Sept and taking a rain kilt instead.
Here is a 3.2 oz $30 silnylon version from ULA.
http://www.ula-equipment.com/rainkilt.asp
And a 1.4 oz $55 cuben fiber version from Zpacks.
http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/cloudkilt.shtml
I normally wear gaiters anyway, and it seems this would protect me to the knees, so the only thing getting wet would be my upper shins.
My rain pants weigh 13.2 oz so I'd save at least 10 oz with this move.
I'm sure it would be fairly noisy and would restrict movement, but I normally only put on rain pants for heavy rain anyway, and I can put up with a lot to save 10 oz for only $30 and not lose much functionality.
Thoughts? Am I crazy?
Here is a 3.2 oz $30 silnylon version from ULA.
http://www.ula-equipment.com/rainkilt.asp
And a 1.4 oz $55 cuben fiber version from Zpacks.
http://www.zpacks.com/accessories/cloudkilt.shtml
I normally wear gaiters anyway, and it seems this would protect me to the knees, so the only thing getting wet would be my upper shins.
My rain pants weigh 13.2 oz so I'd save at least 10 oz with this move.
I'm sure it would be fairly noisy and would restrict movement, but I normally only put on rain pants for heavy rain anyway, and I can put up with a lot to save 10 oz for only $30 and not lose much functionality.
Thoughts? Am I crazy?