Rivers West

[EyeGuard]

I have a jacket and it fits me well.  However it does not breath at all.  If you are an active hunter you will be soaked on the inside of your jacket in no time!  Personally, I will not buy another one nor recomend it to friends.

[MDGrand]

I have a jacket and it fits me well.  However it does not breath at all.  If you are an active hunter you will be soaked on the inside of your jacket in no time!  Personally, I will not buy another one nor recomend it to friends.

Fair enough.. but just a thought.. how old is your jacket? Old suff was very waterproof but not very breathable.. new stuff, particularly their "APF" line has vents in the jacket and is much lighter weight to help breathability. If I had some of the old Rivers West stuff or their really cold H2P line, I would be saying the same thing..

Here is what I am talking about if you are interested.. http://www.riverswest.com/hifi_fabrics.html

[steen]

My husband bought me a set and I use them anytime I think it "may" rain or snow or blow.  They are hot when you hike into position but I wear a hunter orange vest used for pheasant hunting so I can stuff my jacket in the back where you carry the pheasants.  I use a fanny pack to carry my gear in so it does not interfere with the pocket.  I used it for my elk hunt and the only mistake I made was to put the jacket back on over soaking wet clothes.  Packing the first meat pack made me hot so I took it off, went for the next two and the 3rd it started raining and I got soaked.  You will not feel dry on the outside if you're wet on the inside.  I thought I ruined them but the next time I hunted back on the westside in the rain I stayed warm and came back home dry.  They are a little big but I need to put them over some layers.  Wouldn't do an elk hunt during the rifle season without them.

[EyeGuard]

I have a jacket and it fits me well.  However it does not breath at all.  If you are an active hunter you will be soaked on the inside of your jacket in no time!  Personally, I will not buy another one nor recomend it to friends.

Fair enough.. but just a thought.. how old is your jacket? Old suff was very waterproof but not very breathable.. new stuff, particularly their "APF" line has vents in the jacket and is much lighter weight to help breathability. If I had some of the old Rivers West stuff or their really cold H2P line, I would be saying the same thing..
Here is what I am talking about if you are interested.. http://www.riverswest.com/hifi_fabrics.html

MDGrand,
You may have hit the nail on the head.  My jacket is about two years old. I haven't kept up on the gear release from rivers west.  Sorry for the poorly informed response.

[GregE]

I got a jacket when RW first came out after I made several calls trying to convince the owner/ developer that Mossy Blob was not what we need out here.  I lobbied hard for Predator.  I'm glad to see they finally are using some lighter Realtree AP camo with higher contrast and digital.

The original H2P saved my bacon in the sleet and snow of NW Colorado in 2004.  I have gotten the LAW lighter midweight and am looking at the light weight as the practical answer for early ELK season.  It is quiet and very durable.

This is hunting buddy Dean catching a little sun also in the original jacket and vinyl rain pants.  It blends fairly with mossy rocks but not in the  woods and weeds.

[AWS]

Used to work next to the Rivers West shop and bought a Jacket off their sale rack in the basement about 5 yrs ago.  I use it just for duck hunting and even then when setting out decoys I sweat like a pig, I prefer Cabelas Dry Plus.  My partner a tall skinny guy that is never warm bought a set, jacket and pants  and thinks it's the greatest thing ever. Says he's never been so comfortable deer hutning.

AWS

[Blsum]

Personally I love the stuff. Makes hunting the "Wet Side" more enjoyable. I wish I owned more of it. I also own one of those bargain brand sets (imitation Rivers West) They seemed to work good for a while but started to leak after about a season of hard hunting. The guy's I hunt with own several pairs each.

I have to say I'm pretty jealous, I wish I could be on the pro staff as well.    Hell I would even be willing to test out any and all new products.  Shoot me a message if you need anyone to help you out with testing.

[MtnMuley]

Very quality gear.  My only beef is the way it breathes.  I normally hunt a climate that isn't very wet, therefor don't have a real need for Rivers West.  Sitka is my choice here.  If I was on the wetside, I'd be more apt to go with Rivers West.

[hogsniper]

Dont try it Mtnmuley you couldnt handle it over here!!! Stay over there where you can drive and look for miles!!!!!

[300rum]

I only trust wool.

[h2ofowlr]

There was a thread on this last season.  All of my R.W. gear leaks pretty good.  I still stay warm, but wet.  If it isn't wet, you and you do very much hiking you will be wet from sweating.  It cooks you.  I do use the Eider Jacket for Waterfowl hunting.  Great in the boat, but if it rains good the elbows leak good.

[fisheral87]

For the amount of hiking I do it doesn't breath well enough. That said, it is waterproof and the quality is good. I wore mine once then changed systems cause I sweat a lot. Good stuff for the right guy in the right POU.

Al

[MDGrand]

Personally I love the stuff. Makes hunting the "Wet Side" more enjoyable. I wish I owned more of it. I also own one of those bargain brand sets (imitation Rivers West) They seemed to work good for a while but started to leak after about a season of hard hunting. The guy's I hunt with own several pairs each.

I have to say I'm pretty jealous, I wish I could be on the pro staff as well.    Hell I would even be willing to test out any and all new products.  Shoot me a message if you need anyone to help you out with testing.

Blsum.. I will let you know.. thanks for the feedback!

[MDGrand]

There was a thread on this last season.  All of my R.W. gear leaks pretty good.  I still stay warm, but wet.  If it isn't wet, you and you do very much hiking you will be wet from sweating.  It cooks you.  I do use the Eider Jacket for Waterfowl hunting.  Great in the boat, but if it rains good the elbows leak good.

Very surprised to hear that h2ofowlr.. why dont you send it in? Its got a 10 year waterproof warranty!

[carpsniperg2]

  mdgrand how did i know you were going to show up on this topic it is pretty good gear i have some, or i should say a few hundred dollars worth i like storm cloth better myself but neither breaths as well as i would like but works to fight the cold well