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Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« on: July 17, 2010, 02:08:45 PM »
Anyone have or used this item?  I looked at it at Sportco and for the life of me I can't see how it breaths.  The lining looks and feels like a thin rubber material similar to the Helly Hansen rain gear.  I have a Rivers West Stalker set and burn up in it, I get wetter from the sweat than I do from the rain.  Also any feed back on the 90% stuff as far as rain gear.
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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2010, 02:24:58 PM »
No expierence witht the Downpour series.  But I've got a lot of the first generation sitka 90% mothwing clothing.  Its not designed as rain gear but it will shed water and still keep you warm even after it does.  Last elk season I dropped about 1k in elevation and the snow turned to rain. I proceeded to hike out and I just felt that wet sensation on my shoulders and neck after about 2 hours of walking in the rain.  Granted I had a backpack and a boonie hat that kept parts of me out of the rain.  Its good gear, and some of the ascent and celcius series have a fabric treatment that helps shed the water.

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 11:30:52 AM »
I haven't tried my 90% in the rain, but it did fine in snow during late season last year.  Like Cascade said, it's not design to be waterproof.  But it worked for me.  I haven't had the need for my RW.

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2010, 12:12:04 PM »
I've got 90%, Celcius, and Jetstream.   I have never hunted in the pouring rain with this stuff, but I have hunted in the cold and snow.   Although not waterproof, it is amazing that you never really feel "wet".   It does not retain water at all!   Great gear!

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2010, 01:38:15 PM »
My only complaint about a lot of Sitka's new products is that its similiar in design and material to what you'd get at REI, or one of the bunny-hugger stores.  Its great gear with a new camo pattern on it.  Whereas I hunt on the west side in the brush and trees, and I need clothing that is just as quiet as it is weather-proof.  My rule of thumb is that if you can drag your finger nails across the fabric and hear it, then its going to make a racket when you're still hunting through waist high huckleberries or similiar foliage.  Wool and fleece are best for being quiet, and Sitka's stuff for being great gear is a tad on the noisy end......

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 03:03:52 PM »
Very true Cascade.  Nothing is as quiet as fleece or wool.

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2010, 10:13:12 PM »
Anyone have or used this item?  I looked at it at Sportco and for the life of me I can't see how it breaths.  The lining looks and feels like a thin rubber material similar to the Helly Hansen rain gear.  I have a Rivers West Stalker set and burn up in it, I get wetter from the sweat than I do from the rain.  Also any feed back on the 90% stuff as far as rain gear.
Don't waste your money on 90% gear for rain gear, aflter one washing it isn't even water resistant.
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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2010, 10:28:12 AM »
Did you wash it with Tech Wash or anything like that?  If you used normal liquid detergent it will ruin the finish.  You can help it probably by re-washing in TX Wash and then spraying it down with the water repellent finish.

http://www.rei.com/product/784626
http://www.rei.com/product/784625
http://www.rei.com/product/724688

Maybe a bit expensive but it will help you to not ruin your clothes.

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2010, 10:31:48 AM »
I just bought the Downpour jacket about two weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to really try it out yet. I like it though. My only gripe, even though the only time I have worn it is when I tried it on, is it seems a little noisy. Then again, its fresh off the rack so it might need to "break in"
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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2010, 09:21:02 PM »
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Don't waste your money on 90% gear for rain gear, aflter one washing it isn't even water resistant.

My experience has been different- I have been drenched with my used 90% pants, and they have been soaked, but mu legs were dry as a bone... and that is from someone who 'freeballs it', and swears by Filson and Pendleton wool.  I hate, no, I abhor that they are made in China, but the 90% pants are the only solution for day after day of hunting in wet conditions that I do.  My wool stays wet, and heavy.  The Sitka pants dry quickly around a fire and they feel nice at 0430 when slipping into that fleece lining...

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2010, 08:48:52 AM »
The 90% were a good series, I wish that Sitka would have continued that line and expanded on it.  I've read a lot of feedback from cabelas website and on this forum from folks who've returned their sitka gear because it was just too noisy for bowhunting.  It seemed like they were just taking the Arc'teryx gear and putting a fancy camo pattern on it. 

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2010, 09:01:07 AM »
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It seemed like they were just taking the Arc'teryx gear and putting a fancy camo pattern on it.

And if I were a smarter man, I would have done this a decade ago.  Thanks to the taxpayers, we are blessed to do a lot of our work business in Arc'teryx gear.  I had always said that if a company could create the same clothing in camo, they would do well.  My 90% pants are noisier than my wool, but are not even close to the level of noise in the normal line of Arc'teryx soft shells.  I have been pleased, and like I predicted, Sitka is a prosperous company :bash:

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2010, 09:28:06 AM »
No rain gear is quiet, and no rain gear breathes.  It keeps water from getting in period.

I really don't understand how this fact gets by so many people.

You can get all kinds of clothing that sheds water, if you keep it treated.
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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2010, 12:28:49 PM »
Did you wash it with Tech Wash or anything like that?  If you used normal liquid detergent it will ruin the finish.  You can help it probably by re-washing in TX Wash and then spraying it down with the water repellent finish.

http://www.rei.com/product/784626
http://www.rei.com/product/784625
http://www.rei.com/product/724688

Maybe a bit expensive but it will help you to not ruin your clothes.

I emailed Sitka about the water repellancy of the 90% gear, as I felt I needed to help mine out a bit more. They recommend use of a product called ReviveX, Made by McNett, out of Washington. I used the spray-on type as oppose to the wash in, and I've got to say, It works fantastic!

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Re: Sitka Down Pour Jacket
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2010, 12:38:00 PM »
I wore mine out for the first time Friday afternoon.... when it was pouring! I really like it. Typically when wearing a rain type jacket, its obviously wet out so the noise wasn't a factor like I thought it would be. Friday, I just wore cotton under it and it did get sweaty feeling, like it didn't breathe very well. Saturday I wore Under Armour underneath and I was very comfortable. One thing I did learn though is it didn't help me get into the elk at all :chuckle:
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