Recommend me a winter coat

[toastyhamster]

Must be warm enough to keep me WARM, and I hate being cold. Also must be suitable to wear over a suit, to cope with early winter mornings on train platforms, and subsequent walking/underground at destination. Don't want single breast full length traditional style. Budget a couple of hundred I guess, rules out the frankly superb looking specialist stuff.

Would also like a warm hat!

[GetCarter]

Barbour. Works for me.

[sc0tt]

I have one of these.

https://www.hugoboss.com/uk/regular-fit-virgin-woo...

[SlimJim16v]

Ask your mum.

[toastyhamster]

sc0tt said:

I have one of these.

https://www.hugoboss.com/uk/regular-fit-virgin-woo...

Is it warm though? One of the reasons I'm steering away from that style is the seemingly lack of insulation. There must be a reason "proper" cold coats don't look like this? Would I be happy and snug on Grantham station platform 1 at 6:30am on a Monday morning when it's 5 below and blowing a gale? Well, not "happy" but you get the idea.

[tim0409]

You could always of go for the full Arsene Wenger.....

[jodypress]

I picked up one of these last winter and it's epic.
Perfect for standing around in deep winter watching my son play football on a cold Sunday morning.

https://www.uniqlo.com/uk/en/product/men-ultra-war...

[Lozw86]

Canada Goose do fantastic warm coats

[Magic919]

For a couple of hundred you should be able to get one of these http://www.buffalosystems.co.uk/products/parka/

[toastyhamster]

Magic919 said:

For a couple of hundred you should be able to get one of these http://www.buffalosystems.co.uk/products/parka/

Scariest coat photo ever.

Some good links so far, thanks.

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

Barbour. Works for me.

They have a factory shop too. Always bargains instore. Just get there before the ferries arrive from across the North Sea every day. Day trippers buy in bulk to take back over. My last Beaufort was £90.

[soad]

Lozw86 said:

Canada Goose do fantastic warm coats

Probably too warm?

[jumare]

I bought a tweed shooting jacket, mine was a cheap one from eBay, very warm and wind proof. Does depends on what 'image' you want to have, pockets full of dog biscuits, shotgun shells (not me), dog poo bags (empty) optional.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DERBY-TWEED-BREATHABLE-H...

As for a hat for warmth something with flaps over the ears.

[anonymous-user]

Lozw86 said:

Canada Goose do fantastic warm coats

I suspect you may not have read the OP correctly.

[Sheetmaself]

Lord Marylebone said:

I suspect you may not have read the OP correctly.

Agreed, OP wanted to spend couple of hundred, my canada goose cost me over £700. He also wanted a warm coat for the UK. Have you ever worn one? I was sweating in mine in Iceland! In November!!

I also have a Hugo Boss woolen coat and it is perfect for UK winters as long as it isnt raining, i dont think it would hold up to well if constantly getting wet as an only coat.

[toastyhamster]

Sheetmaself said:

Lord Marylebone said:

I suspect you may not have read the OP correctly.

Agreed, OP wanted to spend couple of hundred, my canada goose cost me over £700. He also wanted a warm coat for the UK. Have you ever worn one? I was sweating in mine in Iceland! In November!!

I also have a Hugo Boss woolen coat and it is perfect for UK winters as long as it isnt raining, i dont think it would hold up to well if constantly getting wet as an only coat.

I could stretch a bit but to quote a certain non vegan loaf "I can't do that" (the Canada Goose)

I have yet to feel "perfect" in anything UK targeted as either my legs freeze or me torso does, or it's too bloody expensive. I should just be cold and stop moaning.

[30v]

I bought one of these a couple of years ago:

Barbour Sapper Jacket

Fits well over a suit, warm and - more importantly- waterproof due to the sylkoyl waxed outer. Looks good as a smart coat and can be worn with a pair of jeans. It's all the winter coat you'll need in the UK.

Edited by 30v on Wednesday 25th October 00:23

[Mothersruin]

Magic919 said:

For a couple of hundred you should be able to get one of these http://www.buffalosystems.co.uk/products/parka/

Thing with Buffalos is you should really not wear much underneath them.

We're issued them and the Montane Extreme smocks, it takes a brave person to wear nothing underneath but if you do they are simply amazing. I semi bottle it and wear a compression t-shirt.

[Kewy]

Not sure on wearing it over a suit, but I have a Carhartt Siberian Parker and it’s the best insulating coat I’ve ever owned. Sure they do more formal stuff.

[vournikas]

toastyhamster said:

Budget a couple of hundred I guess, rules out the frankly superb looking specialist stuff.

So the superb looking specialist stuff costs more than a couple of hundred?

FML

I thought a good Harris Tweed and a wax jacket would suffice for less than £100!