To buy a dry robe as a winter coat?!

I’ve got this for open water swimming. It’s not waterproof.

I've just looked, you can get a full length squall waterproof coat reduced to £75 at Landsend

Is it finances stopping you from getting another winter coat?

This!

Reincoat Pro by Reinwear is the best 100% waterproof coat I have found and very very warm. Any of their range of Raincoats are brilliant though and lots of styles

Landsend squall fits the bill. I usually buy in the sales but I don't think that I've ever paid more than £200

Yes it looks wanky. But if you are that cold and wet, who cares.

I’ve got the black outdoor Oodie coat. It’s enormous and ugly and I love it so much.

Jesus.A drought up you? Dry Robe is doing more in the drying stakes than I imagined. Don’t combine with menopause. It will be like the Sahara up there.

I don't care if I look wanky and bulky. My knees are dry and it's just one layer to take off.
They're basically a fleece lined tarpaulin.

Ooh I really like that. Looks like a lovely coat.

I bought an Animal one in the sale. It's like wearing a duvet, the elements can't touch me, and feeling free like I'm at a festival that appeals to me the most. It's what gets me out of the house first thing when it's cold for sunrises. They look less out of place in rural areas but I would get funny looks in a city 😄

As has been mentioned, they are the croc of the coat world. I wouldn’t wear one but can kind of understand why people do.

I'm in the south west and stacks of people here do this (often on their way back from a sea swim, rather them than me in January). I wear mine if it's both cold and wet but stick with a nice wool number for dry cold.

Also from the south west and have succumbed to the dry robe

Yes they're ugly but I don't care. I am warm and dry and cosy.

Fallen for, as in love something?

I bought one of these last year as we got a puppy. I don't care what I look like or what others think of me as long as I am dry and warm. This coat fulfilled both of those needs.

Yes you get soggy legs in horizontal rain, but you would get that in any type of coat. For dog walking I simply added in waterproof trousers. Feel like a bit of a t*t but needs must

I would go ahead and buy it

Proud dryrobe wanker!

Best coat about for cold people who live in conditions where it is wet with horizontal rain 80% of the time all year round.

Yes to the alcohol pocket! (Also useful for large water bottle and a packed lunch)

Hood on the orginal dryrobe does stay up if that is an important factor.

I do usually give a shit about fashion - but weather conditions mean I will 100% hide the outfit under my wanker costume

My 10-year-old has two Regatta Orla Kiely robes, she wears one for school in the winter as we live in the hills of Yorkshire so a similar climate. She/we regularly get stopped in the street by women asking where they are from. The hood seems perfectly adequate to me. I have a Red Equipment robe for outdoor swimming and the beach and I’d say it is far superior in its quality and far cosier and warmer. Too many women’s waterproof jackets are too short or garish in their pink and purple combos. My goth teen has a waterproof poncho from Rain Kiss that folds into a pouch and looks like one is wearing a tent but when you are dealing with the type of rain you and I experience all winter, who cares?!

I've got a few because, shock, I need them for swimming through the winter. I swim in a lake and an outdoor unheated pool so have a clean dry one to put on after getting changed and one to put on straight out of the water that gets damp whilst I get changed.

I once came out of the water when it was snowing, got changed, put on a dry robe and popped to Tesco's on the way home. Someone muttered 'DryRobe wanker' to their mate as I walked by, It wasn't my finest moment but I did turn round and tell them I'd just got out the water, which was exactly what they're designed for so he could jog on.

They're not that great as everyday coats either to be fair - I wear multiple layers under mine, plus a hot water bottle/scarf/gloves and look like the bird feeder lady from Home Alone, they're big bulky things, and breezy by design (you're meant to get changed under them!) not sure why people think they look good in them! Do I love seeing them on the high street far far away from any body of water?! Nope, but it doesn't make me ansty, just a bit eye roll-y.

If you want a coat that sort of ticks the dryrobe boxes (warm, roomy, lined) I've got this one and it's perfect -

One-Size Waterproof Jacket (Khaki) – Holland Cooper ®

“Fallen for” what? They are practical, warm and dry? I am forever baffled by the drone hate on here. Other than “they look ugly”, what’s everyone’s problem with them? I guarantee I’d think half the raincoats people suggest on here are ugly and old fashioned but I wouldn’t care if I saw some one wearing them.

i say this as someone who’s doesn’t own a dry robe and has no intention of buying one but…I don’t get it!!

Edited to remove link - posted the wrong waterproof coat, sorry.

There is a facebook group that started many years ago where (mostly) men are free to voice their misogyny under the guise of dry robe hatred. It's all very strange and quite pathetic. Men would take photos of women wearing dry robes and berate them in this group.

I have a Seasalt Janelle after seeing it recommended on here so many times. However, whilst it keeps you dry for a bit I find it doesn't really cut it on a 30 minute dog walk in the pouring rain. The sleeves are the first thing to go. I'm considering also buying a dry robe for those very wet walks.

I have a lovely warm and, more importantly long, waterproof from Seasalt. Has a hood, cosy pockets and reaches well past my knees. Thoroughly recommend.