I'm looking for your experiences and recommendations for a good suit
to commute in.

Key factors:

Comfort!

Ease of entry/egress. I'll be wearing this suit over my work clothes
(Slacks, dress shirt, tie, etc).

Water protection. I live in the Seattle area, 'nuff said.

I've been leaning heavily towards the Aerostich Roadcrafter, but I
honestly don't know much about their competition -- Olympia Phantom?
Who else?

My wife tried to give me Firstgear's one piece suit for Christmas,
which was a dud. At $160, it proves the axiom that you get what you
pay for.

Thanks!

On Jan 1, 11:14*pm, GuppyPilot <slipstr...@nospam.wavecable.com>
wrote:
> I'm looking for your experiences and recommendations for a good suit
> to commute in.
>
> Key factors:
>
> Comfort!
>
> Ease of entry/egress. *I'll be wearing this suit over my work clothes
> (Slacks, dress shirt, tie, etc).
>
> Water protection. *I live in the Seattle area, 'nuff said.
>
> I've been leaning heavily towards the Aerostich Roadcrafter, but I
> honestly don't know much about their competition -- Olympia Phantom?
> Who else?
>
> My wife tried to give me Firstgear's one piece suit for Christmas,
> which was a dud. *At $160, it proves the axiom that you get what you
> pay for.
>
> Thanks!

I wear the Roadcrafter over my work clothes, and have been doing so on
my commute for over ten years. I live in the Washington, D.C. metor
area. I swear by this suit. It is not totally weatherproof, but if
you clean it once a year and apply ScotchGuard or some other
weatherproofing spray, and if you ride behind a fairing, I think
you'll find that you won't need any additional raingear unless your
commute is longer than an hour.

Entry/egress? Fastest full protection suit I've ever donned or
doffed.

Quality? I bought my first one used, wore it for seven years, and
sold it. I'm on my second one, it's three years or so old, and looks
and feels new.

I take all the armor out except the shoulders from December through
March, and wear a Gerbing electric jacket underneath.

In the summer, I wear it with all the armor, and open the vents.

Tim