Dryrobe W****r

Slightly off point, but I love the fact that there are so many open water swimmers on this thread

I wore mine last weekend. Outdoor temperature was minus 5, water temperature was 4C. I was bloody glad of it afterwards. There were 22 of us swimming together and I think everyone was wearing a version of a Dry Robe.

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You must feel so superior

Come on. She was at DL. Not the gym 😂

Was she? She didn't mention it 🤣

Seeing as when we have a washing thread, mumsnetters wash a towel after every use then yeah. But in reality towels don't need washing as much as mumnetters think.

I adore mine for dog walks, school drop offs and watching the kids play sport on a freezing Sunday morning.

As a bit of a contrarian - who largely resists going anywhere too outdoors - this thread has made me really really want one 😂

What? Up towelling a female child of fourteen? So up skirting is illegal but a grown man can up towel a child?

I feel the cold. Really feel the cold. I don't have a dry robe, but I would live in one if I could.

I will admit I used to think the wolf fleeces were a bit sad. But then I thought about the clothes I love, and how people might think they sad or weird. And then I thought: those people are getting joy from the clothes they are wearing, just like i get joy from my clothes. So power to them.
And now seeing people wearing wolf fleeces makes me happy, because those people are wearing what they love.

Sometimes for me it's just what I have to hand

So I'll either be coming back from swimming which is why I'm wearing it. Or I'm going to the supermarket or something, get there and it starts chucking down, and the robe is the only coat in my car!

I do live in the NW so weather is.. unpredictable

I think this would be my question too.

i mean I don’t mind if people do but I also wonder.

I do think dry robes when not worn for their intended purpose (such as getting changed after outdoor swimming) can look a bit silly. Especially when worn with impractical trousers and shoes so the wearer still has wet legs and feet.

For example, we sometimes go to an outdoorsy place with lots of activities on holiday (not centre Parcs!), including in the winter, people were shuffling about in dry robes with crocs looking incredibly miserable - it just wasn’t the right place for them - you needed walking boots/ shoes, decent jackets and waterproof trousers. Stuff you could move about in as well as be dry.

However taking pictures of women and children and publishing them to call them wankers, is wankerish behaviour!

A dry robe is good in his place!

Not really - it’s Sherpa fleece so doesn’t absorb like towel, and it sort of wipe clean though you can throw in a cold wash if you really want to but Inwouldnt advise any detergent or anything.
I know that probably doesn’t sound very hygienic but mine has been fine for years and years with a wipe or a brush and really doesn’t need much washing at all!

Also a good blanket for the dog to sleep on in the pub

We had a long car trip and the kids used mine as a big snuggly in back of car. Also came in handy when one of them tipped head first into a steam and was soaked through

I feel quite sorry for people that don’t have a dry robe (or similar).. they’re missing out on complete weather protection. It feels like wearing a cosy head to toe waterproof towel and shield.

I am a dryrobe wanker. My kids do cross country and I don’t want to be cold and wet.

Yes agreed. Anyone over age 18 wearing a football shirt, when not playing or watching football. Grimmest of grim. And if they take it off and walk round without a top on, even grimmer 🤢

This is clearly not the point of this thread, but how do you wash them, or do you need to wash them? Asking on the assumption that the fleece acts like a towel, and towels need frequent washing.

As well as Gorpcore i feel the same about members of the public wearing football attire and other sportswear when they clearly are not in the act of participating or supporting.

I don't care if people like them or not, it's the judgement and sites against them that are bizarre.

A Dry Robe is £160+, a decent padded waterproof coat starts around that price point. I know you find cheaper, but you tend to get what you pay for.

If you only buy one, it makes sense for many of us to get the dry robe, which is a lot more versatile. Keep space and money for a smart coat.

I wonder how many sales they are going to get from that thread 😂

That's exactly what they are👍😁

That page is full of w*nkers presumably DryRobe-less w*nkers.

My teenage son is a National level competitive Open Water swimmer. I asked a question about DryRobes on an Open Water Swimming Facebook page which some pathetic individual reposted on that page for some inexplicable reason

If an Open Water swimmer can't wear a DryRobe at Open Water swimming events then who can?!

What is a Wolf fleece? I’ve just googled it and loads of jackets with images of wolves on came up 🤣, I’m thinking that’s not what they are.

There is also a wolf fleece appreciation society doing similar.