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7 Beautiful Water Repellent Jackets for Rainy Days, Men & Women

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7 Beautiful Water Repellent Jackets for Rainy Days, Men & Women

Time for a new jacket selection! Today we have picked 7 jackets that you can wear in different weather conditions, with the main criteria being that they are water-repellent so that they can be worn when it rains, too.

In the past, we have compiled several selections of jackets that you can wear when it rains, but they were all waterproof options.

So why focusing on water-resistant and water-repellent ones, then? Well, because, unless a jacket is up there in price and made of breathable and waterproof membranes such as Gore-Tex, they are typically not breathable at all.

Take, for example, rain jackets.

These are great for protecting against the rain, but what if you don’t want to purchase several jackets for different purposes? Especially if you are mostly outdoors for sports and other activities, which turns rain jackets into a hindrance due to overheating.

This brings us to versatile, water-repellent jackets, which come in many designs and varieties that you can wear for jogging, walking, layering and practically any other activity.

With that being said, let’s jump right into today’s selection!

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Dickies Eisenhower Insulated Men’s Jacket – Review

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Dickies Eisenhower Insulated Men's Jacket - Review

Back to a single review, today we will be looking at a newcomer by Dickies, which is also a first-time brand in any of our selections and reviews. Because of this, we will first learn a bit more about the brand itself and then move on to the jacket.

Dickies is an American brand established in 1918 in Texas, which manufactures and sells outdoor clothing and accessories, with a focus on work-related designs rather than just fashionable ones.

Nowadays, you can find this brand’s products not only in the 50 states of the United States, but in numerous other countries all over the world.

The jacket we selected for this single review is the Insulated Eisenhower model. Let’s take a look, shall we?

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Triple F.A.T. Goose vs Canada Goose: Which One is Better?

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Triple F.A.T. Goose vs Canada Goose: Which One is Better?

Brand comparisons are here to stay, so for this week we will take a look at two other popular brands and see what each of them excel at.

The selected brands are Triple F.A.T. Goose and Canada Goose, both of them with a focus on using goose down as an insulator and both quite up there when it comes to the price of their products.

These brands are quite similar in their product designs and anywhere you look online people often comment on how similar they are in performance as well, so this should make for a very interesting comparison.

While we have frequently looked at Canada Goose’s products and even the reasons of why its jackets and parkas are so expensive, Triple F.A.T. Goose is a newcomer. Because of that we will go a bit more in-depth, in order to have a better idea as to what type of brand it is and why it has such a good reputation.

As you are accustomed to by now, we will start with the first brand, which is Triple F.A.T Goose and then move on to Canada Goose.

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The North Face vs Columbia: Which Brand is Better?

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The North Face vs Columbia: Which Brand is Better?

Columbia vs. The North Face is today’s topic for our brand comparison. This is the second article in this new segment, in which we will take a look at two American sportswear brands, while focusing on their jackets mostly, of course.

We have done so in the past, too, by comparing the Columbia Bugaboo Interchange and The North Face Carto Triclimate jackets.

These are two of the most frequently featured brands in our selections, reviews, and comparisons because of their great jackets and outdoor gear. There are many reasons why we are so fond of both and reading further into this comparison, you will see for yourself.

Those of you who are familiar with either, or both of them, might be wondering as to why we are comparing these two particular brands, since they differ so much in price and that it might not be a fair judgment on either brand.

However, they are both American brands with a focus on sportswear and with considerable involvement in nature preservation and technological innovation for performance fabrics. So not too different after all.

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Canada Goose vs Woolrich: Which One is Better?

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Canada Goose vs Woolrich: Which One is Better?

Welcome back to another comparison review, in which we will be doing things a little differently.

So far we have looked at jackets from different brands, as well as different types of jackets and how they compare to each other, by looking at their features and performance.

This week we will be starting a new segment, in which we will be comparing two brands to each other by taking into consideration their fabric quality, product designs, and performance, the focus, of course, being jackets.

The first two brands chosen to start things off are Canada Goose and Woolrich, two North American brands that are not only popular in their origin countries but also internationally.

Let’s first go through a brief introduction of each brand and the history of how they came to be world-renowned names in the outdoor clothing market.

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Parka vs. Jacket: What Is The Difference?

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Parka vs. Jacket: What Is The Difference?

Roaming around the internet, you often come across different terms for practically the same thing and it does tend to get a little bit confusing.

You have seen various names for jacket types, such as softshells, hardshells, bomber, down and so on, and while at the end of the day they are all jackets, there are some distinct differences among them.

We looked at the differences between hardshells and softshells last week, so let us take a look at the overall comparison between a jacket and a parka.

As we already mentioned, there are several types of jackets which serve different purposes.

For this reason, we will go through the main types briefly in order to have a better picture of why there are so many options.

Also, what exactly is a parka? Is it a jacket?

A quick online search through jackets for sale will tell you that yes, it is a jacket, then in another website it is referred to as a coat.

So what is it, a coat or a jacket, and why are these words used interchangeably? Let’s take a look!

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8 Danish Clothing and Jacket Brands for Outdoor Activities

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8 Danish Clothing and Jacket Brands for Outdoor Activities

We over here at Casual Geographical are really enjoying our newest series of Scandinavian brands and we hope you are enjoying it, too. Most importantly, we hope these selections are helpful and that you can find the style and designs that fit your best.

The reason behind these selections is quite simple; Scandinavian brands have established a reputation for the quality of their designs, not only about being well-made but also highly functional. Because of this, putting together a selection of some of the best brands from these countries is an easy way for everyone to find exactly what they are looking for.

We started with Norway and then moved on to Sweden. Today, it’s Denmark’s turn. We will be looking at 8 Danish brands and their key products, as well as going through a short history and introduction of each. After all, this is a selection of Danish brands that you should know.

As with the two previous selections, we picked these brands not solely for their technical sports jackets but also based on versatility. Not everyone is looking for a jacket that is good only for sports and similar activities, so why not have something for everyone?

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