Dryrobe

[Cotty]

Bill said:

ZedLeg said:

Yous are as bad as teenagers, who cares what folk wear for walking the dog?

This. It's a warm, waterproof coat, why wouldn't you wear it outdoors??

I think its just one of these items of clothing that if you wear it outside of the environment where it is supposed to be worn then it looks silly. A bit like wearing sliders or shorts in winter, dinner jacket outside of a black tie event (traveling to and from accepted), morning suit outside of a wedding or the races. I have a race suit but it does not get worn outside of a kart track.

[Slow.Patrol]

Cotty said:

I can imagine that they work very well for their intended use. But its one of those items of clothing that has a very small window of use and popping to Sainsburys isn't one of them. Also I wouldn't have thought that they are very warm, don't they just have a towel type of lining

The lining is more like a synthetic fleece, so not as absorbent as toweling.

In the 60s, my Mum used to get an old bath towel, sew the ends together and put a drawstring at the top for us to change on the beach.

Dryrobes really are the Emperor's new clothes.

[Bluevanman]

Never heard of them, thought by the name they were some kind of dressing gown with a waterproof outer layer so you don't get wet putting the bins out

[ZedLeg]

Still just looks like a big coat to me tbh. I can see the benefit up here, plenty of space underneath for layers.

[TheJimi]

ZedLeg said:

Yous are as bad as teenagers, who cares what folk wear for walking the dog?

Quite.

I couldn't give the square root of a rat's arse what clothes someone else wears, much less have the desire to join an online circle-jerk over it.

It's just pathetic.

[Hoofy]

Bill said:

This. It's a warm, waterproof coat, why wouldn't you wear it outdoors??

Yep, struggling to see the problem. I walk past them in the local supermarket and think they must be warm.

[vikingaero]

RizzoTheRat said:

Cotty said:

I can imagine that they work very well for their intended use. But its one of those items of clothing that has a very small window of use and popping to Sainsburys isn't one of them. Also I wouldn't have thought that they are very warm, don't they just have a towel type of lining

Yeah it's fairly heavy duty waterproof outer and a thick toweling lining, I'd assume reasonably warm but I've not tried it on.

vikingaero said:

I am a dryrobe wker and use mine to get changed. Once changed, it's still nice to keep it on to stay dry and/or warm. I pair mine with some grey crocs for added Dad-style.

Ah crocs, the shoes with the holes to let your dignity flow out

You need to have some dignity left for it to flow out.

[boyse7en]

Hoofy said:

Bill said:

This. It's a warm, waterproof coat, why wouldn't you wear it outdoors??

Yep, struggling to see the problem. I walk past them in the local supermarket and think they must be warm.

They are really warm - too warm in the summer. If I'm trying to wrestle my way out of a wetsuit on a sunny day under my Dry Robe i get quite a sweat on.

They are brilliant for outdoorsy stuff - I can get wet and muddy on a cross country run and then just put it on for the drive home to save the upholstery and to keep warm, or bundle the kids into one after surf club to save them having to get changed.

They are also good for standing around watching a football/rugby/netball/whatever match. Go to any kids sporting event and you sill see loads of parents stood on the touchline in one.


Its a brilliant success story really. It was invented/designed by a tiny clothing company based in the next village along from me, with zero budget for advertising or any marketing. They became popular with the original target market of surfers and have built the entire thing on word-of-mouth and the fact they fulfill a need that wasn't catered for.

[Bill]

Cotty said:

I think its just one of these items of clothing that if you wear it outside of the environment where it is supposed to be worn then it looks silly. A bit like wearing sliders or shorts in winter, dinner jacket outside of a black tie event (traveling to and from accepted), morning suit outside of a wedding or the races. I have a race suit but it does not get worn outside of a kart track.

I get the silly thing, but the crucial difference is that a dry robe is far more practical than your examples. It's like complaining about people wearing wellies when they're not a farmer.

A fair few other parents at my son's rugby club wear them and I can really see the appeal. I'm in multiple layers, waterproof trousers and coat combo and they're warm and dry from their head to their ankles.

[Hard-Drive]

I've got one. When you order, you have to specify whether you want to wear it, or get changed in it. I do sailing/paddleboarding so use it to get changed, preserving some dignity and stopping girls (including the wife...) laughing if I've just got out of very cold water

As a "changing" robe it's absolutely bloody massive. Huge. Enormous. I'd look a complete and utter pillock wearing it to walk a dog round fields in the East Midlands. Sat on my boat on a cooler evening wearing it over a wetsuit to keep the breeze off it's fine.

Compared to, say, a Barbour Northumbria, it's rubbish for clambering over a barbed wire stile in the p1$$ing rain, even in a smaller size, and makes about as much sense as those muppets you see on the tube in London wearing very shiny bright red hunter wellies on a hot day in July.

The camo ones should be banned. You get them around here, absolute idiots walking dogs at dusk down unlit country lanes with no pavements. Genius, I mean if you really really want to get run over why don't you ditch the camo Dryrobe and get a sniper's ghili suit, just to give the driver absolutely zero chance of seeing you.

Great bits of kit for watersports etc, absolutely daft for every day wear!

[Hoofy]

boyse7en said:

Hoofy said:

Bill said:

This. It's a warm, waterproof coat, why wouldn't you wear it outdoors??

Yep, struggling to see the problem. I walk past them in the local supermarket and think they must be warm.

They are really warm - too warm in the summer. If I'm trying to wrestle my way out of a wetsuit on a sunny day under my Dry Robe i get quite a sweat on.

They are brilliant for outdoorsy stuff - I can get wet and muddy on a cross country run and then just put it on for the drive home to save the upholstery and to keep warm, or bundle the kids into one after surf club to save them having to get changed.

They are also good for standing around watching a football/rugby/netball/whatever match. Go to any kids sporting event and you sill see loads of parents stood on the touchline in one.


Its a brilliant success story really. It was invented/designed by a tiny clothing company based in the next village along from me, with zero budget for advertising or any marketing. They became popular with the original target market of surfers and have built the entire thing on word-of-mouth and the fact they fulfill a need that wasn't catered for.

Sounds like a great idea then. Are they cheaper and better than normal winter coats?

I know a few people who do winter open water swimming and they swear by them for getting home afterwards. Although why you jump into a freezing cold river then need to wrap up warm afterwards is beyond me.

[welshjon81]

TheJimi said:

ZedLeg said:

Yous are as bad as teenagers, who cares what folk wear for walking the dog?

Quite.

I couldn't give the square root of a rat's arse what clothes someone else wears, much less have the desire to join an online circle-jerk over it.

It's just pathetic.

Are you new to the internet? Either that or you wear a dryrobe to the chip shop?

[JQ]

Bill said:

Cotty said:

I think its just one of these items of clothing that if you wear it outside of the environment where it is supposed to be worn then it looks silly. A bit like wearing sliders or shorts in winter, dinner jacket outside of a black tie event (traveling to and from accepted), morning suit outside of a wedding or the races. I have a race suit but it does not get worn outside of a kart track.

I get the silly thing, but the crucial difference is that a dry robe is far more practical than your examples. It's like complaining about people wearing wellies when they're not a farmer.

A fair few other parents at my son's rugby club wear them and I can really see the appeal. I'm in multiple layers, waterproof trousers and coat combo and they're warm and dry from their head to their ankles.

Absolutely - they make perfect sense. People clearly just like looking down on others. I suspect the real reason for the backlash is that they are quite expensive and there's either jealousy from those who don't have them or upset from those who do have them and are upset Waynetta's now got one.

For the record, I don't have one, but the concept that they don't make sense for a variety of different uses other than getting changed after your Wim Hof open water swim is absurd.

[MightyBadger]

vikingaero said:

I am a dryrobe wker, I pair mine with some grey crocs for added Dad-style.

oh my

[RizzoTheRat]

Slow.Patrol said:

In the 60s, my Mum used to get an old bath towel, sew the ends together and put a drawstring at the top for us to change on the beach.

Dryrobes really are the Emperor's new clothes.

Decathlon do something similar to 2 towels sewn together like a tabard for about £20, great for wandering home from the beach, and big enough to get changed under.

[TheJimi]

welshjon81 said:

TheJimi said:

ZedLeg said:

Yous are as bad as teenagers, who cares what folk wear for walking the dog?

Quite.

I couldn't give the square root of a rat's arse what clothes someone else wears, much less have the desire to join an online circle-jerk over it.

It's just pathetic.

Are you new to the internet? Either that or you wear a dryrobe to the chip shop?

Re the latter, no, but if I did, I'd tell you.

The former? I can have the above opinion independent of my existence on the internet. Although, since you asked, a glance at the stats under my name next to this post would have answered that question for you.

Edited by TheJimi on Thursday 29th February 12:07

[mike80]

Don't have one, don't really need one, but who cares what someone else wears?

I had to do a job in a big, draughty, freezing cold workshop the other week. One of the mechanics had one on, I didn't really know what they were then, but looking it, it's probably ideal in that sort of environment.

[Cotty]

JQ said:

I suspect the real reason for the backlash is that they are quite expensive and there's either jealousy from those who don't have them or upset from those who do have them and are upset Waynetta's now got one.

Just had a look https://dryrobe.com/collections/all-adults £165. I would agree they are expensive for what they are which is a wearable towel with a waterproof outer. I would and have paid more for a proper outdoor coat so I don't think envy is a factor.

[croyde]

If they stop the faffing on the beach when I change into my swimmers, they are a good idea.

I'm sure people see a quick flash of my bits when the towel gets lifted by the wind

I happened to be on a couple of nudist beaches/clothing optional this winter whilst abroad and although I wouldn't subject the masses to my pale hairy body it was nice to just whip my boxers off and then pull up my trunks without the one legged towel dance.

[Ganglandboss]

My OH got me a Red (the brand, not the colour - it's actually blue) changing robe as a Christmas present. I use mine when I've been diving, and it's a godsend when I find my drysuit has pissed in water and have nowhere to get changed out of it. I would not dream of wearing it as a coat (like the madwoman next door but one does when she walks her dog), but it seems many of the footballer's wife wannabes in Wilmslow have seen her look and have copied it.

RizzoTheRat said:

vikingaero said:

I am a dryrobe wker and use mine to get changed. Once changed, it's still nice to keep it on to stay dry and/or warm. I pair mine with some grey crocs for added Dad-style.

Ah crocs, the shoes with the holes to let your dignity flow out

Loads of people I dive with started wearing Crocs, and I have used that joke many a time. I swore I would never copy them, but they are fantastic when diving on a liveaboard boat. Usually you will put your undersuit on in the morning. The undersuit is usually a thick padded thermal onesie, or similar trousers and top. You then put your drysuit on to dive, and afterwards (assuming it has not leaked too much), you take the drysuit off and stay in the undersuit.

Crocs are great, because the undersuit socks are the same thick material, and are very easy to wear over them. They are also quite comfortable on deck, and quite grippy. We had an unwritten rule they could not be genuine Crocs - only Aldi.

So my OH bought me these...