Bad weather can strike without warning any place anytime. A quality jacket can be the difference between a damp and miserable slog and powering through your trip, unimpeded by showers. The best waterproof jackets. Don’t just keep the rain off. They also include features geared toward making your whole experience more comfortable, though packed down small when not in use are lightweight so as not to weigh your bag down and are even lined to keep you cozy too, as the weather starts to cool down, and the rainy season is right around the corner, you might start wondering what jacket to invest in, but depending on the climate and your level of activity, sorting through different styles technologies and waterproofing ratings can be confusing to help you out, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of the best waterproof coats and jackets to keep you dry.

Whatever the weather throws at you, inclement weather will not prevent you from going about your day. If you are suitably tired in one of these quality jackets. These offer good protection from both wind and rain and, in some cases, even snow and freezing temperatures. They are available in a range of designs to suit any preference and are all infinitely more stylish than a plastic poncho hi guys today we’re going to talk about our number one selling alpine ski jacket for men from salomon the brilliant jacket, with its modern design, great fit and uncompromising performance features.

The brilliant jacket is a super great choice when you hit the slopes this winter, let’s start first with motion fit. We talk about alpine ski. This jacket has a little bit of extra room through the shoulders, which gives you a good range of motion as you bring your arms up shoulders come forward and you start to ski combined with motion fit. We have a four-way stretch, face fabric, this stretch, fabric stretches in all directions and on the outside, we have a durable water, repellent finish.

This causes moisture to bead up and roll off, keeping that fabric dry on the back side of the face fabric. You’ve got a full membrane which is fully waterproof, which also keeps you warm and comfortable. This jacket has a nice fleece lined chin flap. So when you zip your jacket up and you tuck your chin down inside it keeps things nice and warm and away from that zipper in the upper chest area. You’ve got a nice security pocket here great place.

To put anything that you want to have quick access to on the upper left arm. You’ve got a nice pass pocket. So some of these modern resorts that are using rf readers, you put your pass in the pocket, zip it up and go you get to the lift you just lean into the reader scans. Your pass and you’re you’re off to the races. We’ve got two hand warmer pockets in the lower left. You’ve got a nice goggle wipe in the lower right pocket.

We’ve got a car key clip. You’ve got a nice napoleon pocket over here. Just like the upper chest pocket. This is a great place to store, maybe snacks or lip balm on the inside. We have a media pocket. Let you put your cell phone or mp3 player in there and run the wires up and out to your helmet or your beanie. We have a full zippered vent underneath your arm. It’s also mesh lined so when you open that vent snow’s not going to fall down inside so it keeps you, nice and cool, helps, regulate your body temperature, no matter what type of glove you wear.

We’ve got an internal wrist gaiter and then the cuff itself is actually adjustable, so you can cinch that up over your glove or nice and tight around the wrist and put the gauntlet of the glove over the top. The hood on this jacket is fully detachable. If you want to leave it on, it’s fully adjustable around your face and around the back, so we have a halo draw around the back of the hood. We have a face, draw up around the sides and then, when you remove the hood, it’s got nice garaging here and some flaps in the back that make it look like the jacket is still complete and finished regardless.

If the hood is on or off on the inside of this jacket, we’ve got a lot of features as well. We’ve got an internal goggle pocket, keeps your goggles warm and dry and out of the way, we also have a fully stretched lining. This moves with you not against you and, as you start to give off humidity that fabric is going to absorb that moisture and wick it away from you to keep you warm and comfortable. We also have an internal powder skirt.

The powder skirt has grabber silicone across it. It keeps it in place. It’s also got a tether which allows you to snap it back and tuck it away when it’s not in use. Also at the hem of the jacket you have an elasticized draw, so you can tighten that hem up around your pants to keep the snow from coming up and inside. This jacket has a hundred grams of insulation through the body and the sleeves just enough insulation, not too bulky to keep.

You super warm when things get really really cold. Our jack of all things alpine, the men’s triola jacket leverages waterproof breathable protection in a feature-rich shell to deliver versatile, durable performance in heavy snow driving, wind and rain. The three-layer gore-tex fabric features a waterproof breathable membrane, bonded between a robust inner lining and a durable polyester outer shell. That’s a hundred percent recycled, a durable water repellent finish further fends off wet weather, the helmet compatible two-way, adjustable optimal visibility.

Hood has a laminated visor that protects without impeding your view, easy to use cord locks in the hood. Allow quick adjustment, the low bolt front zipper is water. Tight. The regular fit tree lay has a pair of napoleon chest pockets also with watertight zippers, welted hand warmer pockets, positioned to stay clear of harness and pack hip belts and an interior stretch, mesh pocket for gloves, or a hat welted pit zips dump heat gusseted underarm panels allow maximum overhead reach without pulling up your jacket, hem low profile, cuffs seal with hook and loop to keep out the weather.

The hem adjusts to seal out the wet and an elasticized pant attachment strap at the inside lower back eliminates gaps on powder days. A concealed recho reflector makes you more searchable to professional, rescuers hi. I’m john, and this is the all new feroci summit, hooded jacket, the best of two worlds brought together into one unbeatable package. The feroci summit incorporates alpine features, making it both alpine ready and breathable.

This feroci is meant to go higher further and with added protection it uses cordura and furose soft shell fabrics, but places the thicker cordura throughout the body for added wind and water resistance. It also includes a helmet compatible hood, an adjustable wire brim and our halo hood adjustment that keeps your field of vision clear when you’re on the move, the feroci summit, hooded jacket, also includes four water resistant pockets, two chest pockets and two hand pockets that sit higher to stay out of the way of your harness its adjustable wrist closures, work with a larger variety of glove sizes, as temperatures fluctuate like its award-winning, siblings.

The feroci summit, hooded jacket is built to be versatile, so now built with a 100 recycled. Polyester two-layer gore-tex face fabric with a durable water, repellent finish. The men’s powder bowl jacket provides tough long-wearing, waterproof breathable and windproof protection for skiers and boarders who ride the mountain in all conditions. The torso has a brushed polyester mesh interior to wick, moisture and slick mesh in the arms glide smoothly over layers to keep you moving freely.

The two-way adjustable helmet compatible hood has a laminated visor for optimal visibility and a tall collar for neck and face protection in blowing snow, low profile pit zips release heat when you’re steaming on long climbs, pockets include zippered hand warmers one chest with a secure media pocket with cable routing one forearm, one interior pocket with a key clip and an interior drop in pocket. All zippers are coated in water, tight with slim, zip installation to reduce bulk and weight the powder, skirt cinches for a tight seal and lies flat when not in use its webbing loop attaches to any patagonia snow, pants to seal out spin drift and cold air.

The hem cinches tight from inside the right hand warmer pocket with a cord lock and an embedded reco avalanche rescue reflector makes you searchable to professional, rescuers, designed for durability and ease of repair. Our men’s powder bowl jacket is made for the full range of character, building ski conditions and it’s happily impervious to them all.