Ernest P Shackleton
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Having read a few responses to similar reviews by people using them in their home range of the Pacific northwest, their tin cloth, and maybe all tin cloth(?), is intended for a specific use in working/walking in dense thickets and heavy underbrush as a means to both stay dry and more importantly to avoid scratching. I don't have much experience in such conditions, but I do remember backpacking in Oregon on old logging trails in only a longsleeve undergarment and my arms getting stuck and scratched and soaked with all the leaves holding dew. I've assumed that type of situation was their intended use. Early logger technology. Never seen a Drizabone, but I do have a little experience with Barbour. Even their heavyweight material is prone to poke holes and tearing. I get the impression the Filson tin cloth is tougher than that.Had the misfortune to purchase a Folsom tin cloth packer from the forum a couple of years ago.Useless to be honest not warm ,not waterproof,not breathable & poorly constructed.It was unused but I treated it with filson proofing to try get some wear out of it,,in the end it had to go,,the most uncomfortable jacket I have ever owned,drizabone,Barbour etc knock it out the park,,just my opinion,have never tried their wool clothing but it’s got to be better than tin cloth ,