Please recommend rain gear (@ related)

[OscarQ]

Need something suitable for the morning trudge (1.5 blocks but with slow, whiney kids it feels like 10 blocks) to school.  Boots and some sort of parka since an umbrella is useless.  Nothing fancy needed.  I WFH so I just need to stay warm and dry and be able to carry stuff.

I also need something for soccer/lax mom sidelines watching.  Kids games are never scheduled concurrently - or even consecutively so it can be an all morning/early afternoon Saturday thing.

Bonus points if it's anything I can grab today as I have Brew at the Zoo tonight and it's cold, wet and generally not nice outside.

Thanks.

[icedcoffee]

I'd get a pair of Hunter boots. You can get cheaper rain boots elsewhere, but they will crack quickly and you'll end up replacing 12 times when you could have just bought the Hunter boots. You can get boot liners too if it's cold or just wear wool socks.

For a coat I have a north face rain jacket and it's fine, but others probably have better recs.

[CloudBee]

Here are my staples:

Columbia's "Pardon my Trench" trench style rain jacket. It can be dressed up, but can also be dressed down.







Patagonia's "Torrentshell Rain Jacket" very casual and sporty.


Hunter rain boots. Original tall matte.




In colder months I wear Bogs Classic High Insulated Boots. I also wear them when it snows and I'm looking for functionality over fashion.




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