Berghaus Men's RG1 Waterproof Jacket

Bought to use whilst commuting on a bicycle. Great jacket , keep nice and dry. This jacket will not keep you warm however it will keep you dry so best to layer up. Also very light to fit in your bag.

Perhaps there is a mix up with the sizing labels. I bought the small size because the medium was too large, and I can still comfortably wear my spectrum fleece and two base layers underneath it.

Be careful with the zips, they do snag in the netting, taking a long time to free up.

There is no map pocket. Inclusion of an inside map pocket to accommodate O/S maps would have been useful, but by the time I thought of that I had already bought it.

I’ve worn the RG1 for over a year and think the jacket is well worth fifty quids worth, which is what they are discounted for these days, but I would only trust it for light use. It is comfortable and breathable, being light to wear, and I particularly like the short length for walking fast in. . It is packable, folding down small enough to stuff into the rear side pocket of my 25 ltr day sack.

BUT

If I had to be out in the persistence for any length of time, such as a steady fine rain for several hours, or several cloud bursts in one day, I wouldn’t trust this jacket to keep me dry. It worked well up until the third time I wore the jacket in the rain, the water droplets beading and rolling off. Since then however it only takes a light rain for the jacket to wet out, and although I can’t say the water has penetrated the jacket yet, it doesn’t inspire confidence, and the jacket becomes noticeably weightier for not repelling the water droplets. I’m aware that the RG1 Is only a coated DWR jacket , so I’ll have to upgrade to one of the Gortex jackets from the Berghaus range.