I bought a ZeroXposur shell a while back because it was cheap and I really needed a jacket. I hate that thing. You wear it for 5 minutes and you're sweating like hell.

What do you do for work?

Cotton seems like an odd choice, but i'd be interested to hear why you choose that, but that sounds like a "what's your baselayer?" Thread

I'm a bit odd, but I use a 3/4 length synthetic motorcycle jacket. My old one was a Kilamanjaro which I replaced with a Belfast after being struck by a car.

They're a bit heavy, but what I like is:

* Moderately waterproof and quite windproof.
* Zipped or velcro'd vents for some temperature modulation
* Armor. Pavement seems harder in the winter.
* Pockets.
* Have some retro-reflective fabric portions
* Ballistic fabric is tough
* Armor.
* They tend to come with either zip in liners for more warmth as well as waterproof over-jackets for those freezing rain days.
* Armor.

If I rode a bike with more leather and wicker, I'd probably try and find an oil skin one, but the synthetic ones fit my current needs/wants.

Nooooooooo.

I have a friend trying to talk me into that. Of course, he's also trying to talk me into buying his scooter when he upgrades.

I do metal work outside. Fancy stuff, commercial stuff and residential stuff. Mostly executive level homes and commercial. The photo is from part of one of the more fancy projects I've worked on. So today that and maybe tomorrow a DOT snowplow building - which I have done a few of.



Cotton? Creates a kind of r value layer between long underwear shirt and wool sweater. Yes I know about cotton and what different fabric is good for and not good for. I'm not swimming in the cotton in the winter. Just using it a layer of thickness between undershirt and sweater to keep wind back.

That makes sense.

very cool work.