Anyone have any experience of this clothing? I was looking at the paramo pajaro jacket? Looks quite functional, nice colour too. Little bit pricey, but just thought if anyone had any thoughts or experience of their stuff. Thanks.
I had their trousers and my girlfriend had one of their jackets. I thought the trousers were OK but they lasted probably the least time of any pair I've owned, probably less than a week, plus I found them a bit warm for my purposes and they always felt like they billowed about in the wind. I got a part in Aladdin wearing them. My girlfriend seemed to like the jacket OK but despite following the care instructions it didn't really remain waterproof very long and she kept it as her "good" jacket so it didn't get hard wear. I bought the jacket for her but wouldn't get her another Paramo waterproof as it isn't up to the use she would give it, even using it as her "good" jacket.
My experience has been that they are OK for relatively light use or if you can accept a fairly short life but being honest most people don't give waterproofs a huge amount of use so depending on how often you are out they might work just fine for you.
I wear the Paramo Trail shirts almost literally every day and have done so for maybe 15 years now and love them. Quality varies from batch to batch but I still get a lot of wear from them.
Thanks for that. I'd be using it, or any jacket for that matter, quite a lot or quite hard.
Also, because of the way Paramo works there is the theoretical potential for it to leak at pressure points in the fabric when kneeling on wet ground, for example (admittedly this is theoretical and I can't say whether or not it does cause problems).
It must be said, however, that every waterproof trouser I've owned has let water in at the knees when kneeling or, when it gets very wet, has been prone to condensation.
I have a Paramo jacket and used to think it was the bees knees but.............. probably through lack or recent proofing it let me down badly on a wet pennine way walk. If it hadn't been for a Snugpak pile shirt (excellent item) underneath it would have been a potentially dangerous outing with snow on the ground. I was absolutely soaked but warm.
As a stalking jacket there is a lot better choices. Crawling about, water just seeps in. Likewise I have had this when bearing weight i.e. rucksack straps.
If shotgun shooting then this would be an OK choice.
Enlighten us more on what you are planning to do with it exactly?
I wondered.about a Hilltrek jacket with Paramo inner but never got round to trying it. Would be.much harder wearing than the Paramo
Do you need to waterproof the inner pump layer of the Paramo material? The outer layer is Ventile, that just works on swelling fibres I believe .