Costco has Rainsuits for $20 right now. They were going fast on Friday.
They're not bad quality. They're a light-weight nylon with PVC coating, heat
welded seams. Venting and pockets on the jackets. Zippers on the bottom of
the legs for putting on over shoes, snaps to tighten the cuffs. Elastic cords
with a plastic adjuster-thingy in the waist on both the jackets and pants.
Hood zips into the collar of the jacket. Self storage pouch built into the
jacket. Pants have one back pocket and side pass throughs for easy access to
your pants' pockets underneath.
IMHO, they're a better design than the "Economy Rain Gear" West Marine sells
for $30 on page 18 of their catalog, but not quite as good as the Helly Hansen
version for $60 (also on page 18)
The drawbacks:
1)The hood isn't the greatest -- no visor and a tendency to drip into the
front of the collar (happened to my husband yesterday, didn't happen to me).
I'm going to buy mariners' rainhats ($20 each in the West Marine catalog on
page 19) with the duckbill backs to get around that.
2) There is no "wear/scuff" reinforcement on the knees. The pants held up
well yesterday, but I'm going to glue some canvas on the knees just to be
sure. And maybe a velcro cinch on the pants' cuff to reduce the possibility
of catching them on the rigging.
Judith Blumhorst, DC
Danville, CA
WWP-19 #266 "Redwing"