IHJ-136-BLK - Waterproof Jacket - Black

[Oroccoco]

I've been looking at Arcteryx etc for this sort of thing, but more buzzed about an IH equivalent obvs. It'd be nice in orange or red, but on my radar nevertheless.

[AdamC]

This is such an impressive jacket in person. Fit, technical details on point. There is definitely a whole in my jacket collection where this one will slip into nicely and whats better it compacts easily into a rucksack so I can slip it into the home undetected

[Alex]

@Oroccoco if the black does well, we will consider other options. This is a bit of a risk for us, as it's not super IH-y, but we are trying to dabble in some new areas alongside the normal stuff

[DrPat]

Is the interlining a membrane like GoreTex or eVent? In other words, is it both waterproof and breathable?

[cityofdelusion]

@Alex said in IHJ-136-BLK - Weather Resistant Jacket - Black:

it's not super IH-y

I think that these type of "experiments" are very much part of Iron Heart's DNA as I, for one, associate the brand among other things, with high quality functional clothing. In my opinion, this jacket classifies as such since it ticks both of those boxes - it's high quality and functional. Regardless of whether others appreciate the (admittedly underrated) functional clothing line of Iron Heart as much as I do, I believe that it is very important for the brand's future and survival to continue experimenting, innovating and learning - even if that sometimes means that annoying (at least to me) changes need to be made in order to try and learn new things like e.g. the very functional vertical outer pockets being omitted with the IHJ-79-BLK vs. IHJ-127-BLK.

To clarify my point above with an example: In essence, I believe that the purpose of this jacket is comparable to (or at least it reminds of it) the IH-535 from 12 years ago (damn) which on the one hand is pretty much a "prototype" of the current IHJ-75-BLK / the newly announced IHJ-138-BLK in terms of design, but was made with the same purposes of this jacket (layering over clothing, waterproof etc.)

TL;DR: As risky as it may be to experiment and innovate, and as much as I may dislike the one or other (hopefully temporary) change, I like that IH doesn't shy away from making mistakes sometimes and learning from them.

[h3n9]

What ist the water proofness / water column?

I suppose, it has no inner pocket

[Giles]

I think it will be very waterproof. However, because we are not 100% sure, we are going to check it out properly.

I suggested getting someone hosed to oblivion and report back the results. @Alex agreed that it was a good idea, and volunteered me for the hosing.

We are having a BBQ at home next week for the staff, so it will be done pre BBQ.....

[goosehd]

@Giles @Alex Video please!!!

[DeeDee85]

@goosehd beat me to it

[goosehd]

…I can’t believe I’m asking for this demented type of debauchery of where I want to see @Giles in a wet t-shirt contest. I may need to take some time away from the forum.

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd Still haven't had your coffee?

[h3n9]

@Giles Good luck with the test
I'm also looking forward to the video.

[DeeDee85]

[Giles]

If I'm wearing a wet t-shirt after the test, that would be an epic fail.....

[Tago Mago]

@Giles you could always volunteer to get hosed without the jacket, just to make @goosehd happy

[goosehd]

@Giles Sage wisdom right there…

[goosehd]

@Giles …you’re assuming that they give you time to zip the zipper.

[Alex]

Wouldn’t be a good experiment if we didn’t have video and photo evidence of the results

[Tago Mago]

@Alex the scientific method calls for repeat experiments for statistical purposes

[Fadez]

This thread made my day I’m also really looking forward to this one too

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. IH tech gear is top notch and absolutely fantastic. I truly hope this is fully water proof. I need a sized up version of a water proof badly