Questions about the Dehen Heavy Duty Raincoat

[GreX]

Hello-
I'm curious if anyone has used the Dehen raincoat? I have tried loads of different ways of searching the internet for any real world use-cases, but have yet to find any actual information about the garment. I like the look of it, for a raincoat, but I'm wondering if its more of a fashion over function item, and would quickly fail in moderate/heavy rainfall given its made from a waxed cotton. The raincoats that I have are synthetic and work great at keeping moisture out, but also create that awful sweatbox environment when doing much ore than a simple walk.

I am looking for something that is functional and can be used when hiking/doing chores in colder rain (today is a great example its 39°F and raining loads), and this coat "looks" part, but I've not used natural materials as actual rain coats. Both the Dehen N1 and Waxed Iron Hide N1, seem to shed water well enough, but the lack of a hood, and the exposed mouton/wool/alpaca on the collar, don't make them good for rain work.

Thanks!

 

[Aladeen's magic carpet]

I think in general waxed canvas can make a great dedicated raincoat, but be mindful that with heavy use you will have to re wax it every year ( or more depending) if you want to maintain the same level of water repellence, i recommend the fjalraven wax its easy to apply, there are other brands available like otter wax, hope that helps! I think you should go for it, Dehen makes incredible stuff

 

[yoyoing_p]

I bought it earlier this year (I live in the pacific northwest). It behaves like other waxed cotton, reminds me a lot of the fabric on a Barbour Beaufort. Sheds rain reasonably well but wouldn’t be my choice for hiking as it does get clammy inside. I use it around town and walking my dog though and with a sweater under it blocks wind and I feel warm. The nice thing is it is not fragile so you can walk through branches and bushy areas without worry of it getting torn. My one hope would be for a slightly roomier hood as it is a bit tight with a toque under.

 

[GreX]

I bought it earlier this year (I live in the pacific northwest). It behaves like other waxed cotton, reminds me a lot of the fabric on a Barbour Beaufort. Sheds rain reasonably well but wouldn’t be my choice for hiking as it does get clammy inside. I use it around town and walking my dog though and with a sweater under it blocks wind and I feel warm. The nice thing is it is not fragile so you can walk through branches and bushy areas without worry of it getting torn. My one hope would be for a slightly roomier hood as it is a bit tight with a toque under.

Thanks for providing some real world information on this jacket - I decided to pick one up, should be here this weekend or next week sometime. Also, while its a bummer, good to know that it will still get clammy inside the jacket, seems it's either get wet from the rain, or wet from sweat, as goretex is the same, except for more fragile, so also good to hear this will be more useful in the woods.

 

[Aladeen's magic carpet]

think you will be happy, my Dehen N1 has treated me well will very heavy use for three seasons

 

[GreX]

think you will be happy, my Dehen N1 has treated me well will very heavy use for three seasons

Yeah, I've been using my Dehen N1 this winter, anytime it's below 25°F, its my go to jacket, and its been much colder than that this winter - its the main reason I even considered their rain jacket, as the quality of the N1 made me a bit of a fanboy of Dehen.

 

[GreX]

The one I ordered showed up today, and it's a great jacket - the medium fits me really well, and there is enough room under there, even when fully zipped and buttoned up, that I can wear both a base and mid layer under it, and not feel restricted. The longer arm length is almost perfect for me as well, would prefer about one more inch, but its about the same length as the large N1 from them.

I decided to see how water resistant it is, and ran it under a faucet, it did well at shedding water for about 10-15 seconds, then you could see little spots starting to soak through - given this is impractical, since its a constant stream of water, I think this will do quite well in normal rain showers, especially when moving, as the movement should also help shed water.

The other neat feature, that I didn't realize would be cool, is the liner, even when the sleeves were starting to soak through, I didn't feel the water through the liner - it also makes it feel more comfortable than other shells I have, which are synthetic.

 

[Bfd70]

The one I ordered showed up today, and it's a great jacket - the medium fits me really well, and there is enough room under there, even when fully zipped and buttoned up, that I can wear both a base and mid layer under it, and not feel restricted. The longer arm length is almost perfect for me as well, would prefer about one more inch, but its about the same length as the large N1 from them.

I decided to see how water resistant it is, and ran it under a faucet, it did well at shedding water for about 10-15 seconds, then you could see little spots starting to soak through - given this is impractical, since its a constant stream of water, I think this will do quite well in normal rain showers, especially when moving, as the movement should also help shed water.

The other neat feature, that I didn't realize would be cool, is the liner, even when the sleeves were starting to soak through, I didn't feel the water through the liner - it also makes it feel more comfortable and other shells I have, which are synthetic.

Pics man pics!

 

[GreX]

Pics man pics!

What kind of pics would you like to see - happy to snap some photos.

 

[Bfd70]

Tfl lives vicariously through fit pics

 

[Aladeen's magic carpet]

might be useful to rub some fjalraven wax on there to improve water resistence, and plus 1 on fit pic!

 

[GreX]

Sorry for the delay, I'm a pretty private person, so I had to convince myself it was okay to add my human self to the interwebs.

This is over a base layer and Dehen Shawl Sweater Coat - again, the rain coat is a size medium - and I'm 6'2" ~167 lbs (39.5-40" chest)

 

[Edward]

The pics are coming up as "content not available in your region" for me, but is it this one?

It's a little too 'modern' in style for me (i.e. post 1960), but it looks nice and well made. Never handled one, but all Dehen stuff I have seen is high quality, so... I've owned a couple of Barbours over the years. When I was much younger, a country-style Barbour was my school cot for a while, then later on I had an International. Both of those were great for heavy rain. The only drawback was (and this is a similar length) in heavy rain without some form of water-shedding over-trouser the rain would run right down the jacket and soak into my trousers if I was out in it for any length of time. Great for ducking in and out of shops or on and off the tube, though. To be fair, Barbour did originally design their short waxed jackets with the intent of being worn with the matching trousers.

If I were to get seriously back into hiking I'd probably concentrate on warming layers and wind-resistant top layers with a wax cotton cape that could be thrown on over the top (backpack and all), but for a multi-purpose option that's not only going to be worn on the trail, this looks like a good option, subject to the qualification on length. Warmth-wise, my Barbours were pretty good as wind-breakers, but very much reliant on whatever I layered under them for heat.

 

[GreX]

The pics are coming up as "content not available in your region" for me, but is it this one?

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It's a little too 'modern' in style for me (i.e. post 1960), but it looks nice and well made. Never handled one, but all Dehen stuff I have seen is high quality, so... I've owned a couple of Barbours over the years. When I was much younger, a country-style Barbour was my school cot for a while, then later on I had an International. Both of those were great for heavy rain. The only drawback was (and this is a similar length) in heavy rain without some form of water-shedding over-trouser the rain would run right down the jacket and soak into my trousers if I was out in it for any length of time. Great for ducking in and out of shops or on and off the tube, though. To be fair, Barbour did originally design their short waxed jackets with the intent of being worn with the matching trousers.

If I were to get seriously back into hiking I'd probably concentrate on warming layers and wind-resistant top layers with a wax cotton cape that could be thrown on over the top (backpack and all), but for a multi-purpose option that's not only going to be worn on the trail, this looks like a good option, subject to the qualification on length. Warmth-wise, my Barbours were pretty good as wind-breakers, but very much reliant on whatever I layered under them for heat.

Strange, I used Imgur to host the images, haven't had anyone on other forums say they can't see the images - I'll simply attach them here as well.

And yes, that is the jacket/color I picked up. Good information about jackets of waxed kind being used for heavy rain - I'm sure this thing will work well - we're supposed to get rain this weekend, so I'll test it out then.

 

[Edward]

Strange, I used Imgur to host the images, haven't had anyone on other forums say they can't see the images - I'll simply attach them here as well.

And yes, that is the jacket/color I picked up. Good information about jackets of waxed kind being used for heavy rain - I'm sure this thing will work well - we're supposed to get rain this weekend, so I'll test it out then.

Ah! Thanks. Looks good in person (actually I think better than the stock images).

FWIW, we're not shy of space for hosting images on here, so attaching them (or cutting and pasting them directly into the text) is always a good option. (We lost a lot of helpful images some years ago when Photobucket monetised and cut links for those who aren't paying a premium subscription, which was a shame.)

 

[GreX]

Ah! Thanks. Looks good in person (actually I think better than the stock images).

FWIW, we're not shy of space for hosting images on here, so attaching them (or cutting and pasting them directly into the text) is always a good option. (We lost a lot of helpful images some years ago when Photobucket monetised and cut links for those who aren't paying a premium subscription, which was a shame.)

Good information, I've gotten very used to using Imgur for image hosting, as it seems to be universally accepted on all forums - but it does add lots of extra time/steps to getting images posted.