School me on ponchos

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School me on ponchos

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I like ponchos. They throw over bodies and gear easily. You can rig them for shelter. But I've had bad luck buying them. The current one I have doesn't really repel so much as conduct water.

I'd like something that's:
- larger rather than smaller
- lighter rather than heavier
- relatively packable
- durable
- has grommets/snaps that you can run cord through.
- green or gray as opposed to camo (this isn't a deal breaker)

You hear about military ponchos all the time, but I've not found a good source for one. My current one is "milstyle" or whatever. Never again.

Fire away. (with links, if you please)
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This one.

Actual surplus. $55.
Get over the woodland camo.
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Srsly? A link to a sold out item? :lol:

I'll try googling, but I don't seem to have much luck getting to genuine.

And, I just remembered - there's a guy down the street with a hole in the wall shop with military memorabilia. Sometimes he has stuff like this.
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I like the Frogg Toggs products. That said, I also have an Alpenflage Swiss Surplus that is very good.
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Hey, I was looking at the description, not doing a stock check. :P
Serves me right for not waiting for all the BS on the page to finish loading.

So try this one.
Or this one.
Or this one.

So go find one. Now that you've got your license, your mom and I can't be taking you shopping all the time.
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Weetabix wrote:I like ponchos.
I was always more of Jon Baker fan. :ugeek: :mrgreen:
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HTRN wrote:
Weetabix wrote:I like ponchos.
I was always more of Jon Baker fan. :ugeek: :mrgreen:
I saw a parody commercial recently for those two. It kept introducing "Ponch... and the blonde guy!" followed by clips of Jon introducing himself. Can't find it or I'd link it.

I was hoping you were linking me to some new corn chip shaped like a poncho ala Bugles. 8-)
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Aesop wrote:Hey, I was looking at the description, not doing a stock check. :P
Serves me right for not waiting for all the BS on the page to finish loading.

So try this one.
Or this one.
Or this one.

So go find one. Now that you've got your license, your mom and I can't be taking you shopping all the time.
There's a couple of stores in Omaha (part of a two-store chain) that carry tons of good quality surplus stuff. They are one of the very few things I miss about Omaha.

So, I saw that link, and thought "Holy sh!t!!! Canfields has gone all modern and stuff!"

Turns out that it's a link to a store in Fort Worth, f-in' Texas! Now, I haz a sad!
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Understand that a US surplus poncho of a certain vintage may have a very, very particular smell. Like a sour milk or vomit smell. At least, my issued ones did.
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First Shirt wrote:So, I saw that link, and thought "Holy sh!t!!! Canfields has gone all modern and stuff!"
Oh lord does that bring back memories of way too much time and money spent.

My flight bag may have contained a few "issue" items that weren't issued as a result.

One of the places that was a mandatory stop with my Dad whenever he came to town.

Back on topic, one of the best nights sleep I can remember was the last night in the woods at SERE under a poncho shelter falling asleep listening to the rain. (sure exhaustion may have had something to do with it ;) ).

And no, you can't have my (OD green) one.
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