Maybe this is a thing and I’ve been buying cheap rain jackets.

I wonder if reusable and resealable bags are only designed to be open and closed a finite amount of times.

  • BlueÆther
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    367 months ago

    You can get really good weather proof zips that wont fail like a ‘zip-loc bag’ would. The seals on those bags fail bad if they get a bend or kink in them

  • @[email protected]
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    257 months ago

    I have a nice rain jacket and the pockets fold over with a flap on top. Pretty legit.

    There are some plastic bags that are meant to be long lasting but I have my doubts about how well they’d work on a jacket. What is the use case you’re imagining, exactly?

  • @[email protected]
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    227 months ago

    ziplock style requires you to pinch both sides to close. it also requires you to pull both sides to open. on wearables the fabric isnt easily pinchable from both sides, you would be forced to smear it hard against your soft supple flesh to close it. a wearable pocket shouldnt require two hands to open/close because your other hand is usually occupied with the item worth storing, etc.

    really we should be using silent velcro by now but the US military wont let us.

  • Ethan
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    7 months ago

    As long as the jacket’s properly constructed the pockets should be just as watertight as the rest of the outer shell.

    When purchasing a raincoat, you can look at the pocket stitching and zipper model to try to gauge how it’ll hold up (or just buy it, experiment on it, and return it if it fails).

  • rhythmisaprancer
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    107 months ago

    Not exactly ziploc, but there is Tizip. But as others have said, a properly designed pocket won’t have an issue. Maybe you will need to close the zipper on it during an absolute deluge.

  • @[email protected]
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    107 months ago

    Waterproof zippers exist, and are already often used in raincoats. Much more robust and easier to use than Ziploc.

    • CorrodedOP
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      26 months ago

      I’ve come to the conclusion that I have just been buying poor quality rain jackets

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    77 months ago

    I wear a 1970’s Us military jacket as my outdoor coat and it has snaps on all the pockets and a rain hood zipped into the collar. Thick as fuck too.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 months ago

      Those field coats are great. A lot of them have liners you can zip/button into them to make them even warmer. Mine isn’t waterproof but I’ve put quite a bit of tent/boot waterproofing spray on it so it’ll shed most stuff.