To buy a dry robe as a winter coat?!

They are fine for actually walking around - as soon as you want to go inside and take it off they are ridiculously huge, trail on the floor and just end up in everyone’s way and being trodden on.

Great description!

I bought a DR style coat from Home Bargains last year for about £20. It’s brilliant for dog walking etc. I couldn’t give a rats arse what people think.

My head is massive, and the hood is fine 🤣

I have one, bright blue and hideous but wonderfully warm and dry for dog walks. I don’t give a hoot what it looks like. It’s very functional for me.

My problem with them is they're so bloody big &, like someone else said, you end up cold because they let a big draught up.
I thought I'd solved it by buying an xs one from Tesco. Still too fecking big !

I am a cold mortal, on meds and so forth, and I wouldn't be without mine in the rainy freezing winter months. I also take it to the camps and festivals I attend, because unlike this summer, there are generally bloody cold episodes, winds and driving rain.
I am not a wild swimmer and I couldn't give less of a fig for being described as a dryrobe wanker. I am a dry and blissfully warm dryrobe wanker.

Commit and get something fun!

E.g this thing on Vinted.

The hoods on regatta dry robes are terrible! They are warm and keep you dry, but the hoods are tiny....unless I have a big head....🤣

I got one for doing horses in as it rains constantly in autumn/winter. I get too hot in it and more often or not take it off and get drenched. I bought a cheap Peter Storm jacket and it suits me better because I just have a vest and riding tights on. I also got waterproof chaps for really bad days . These items dry out quickly. The robe thing doesn’t. I would definitely be too hot to commute in it.

I have a Dry Robe and it’s one if my best buys. If you’re a dog walker or have to spend the weekend on the touchline they are a worthy investment.

BUT they are MASSIVE so mine lives in my boot!

I have that one. I wear it for sports spectator stuff and camping but I would happily wear it for anything I didn’t need to be smart for. I wouldn’t wear it to my office based job.

Oh I agree. I'm wearing trackie bottoms and haven't been on a track since 1978.

I don't give a tinkers rap what people wear as long as they don't frighten my chickens : )

Ive seen the group and it feels like they're trying to gate keep an item of clothing, which was designed for a specific thing but became widely popular.
Firstly a person might have done a sea swim and then gone to asda....or they happen to think a dry robe was a warm practical coat for another purpose, and happened to be asda.

Yoga pants, tracksuits, trainers were all originally designed for sport and yet are often worn for leisure (no one actually checks when you buy them)
And id reckon 99% of folk wearing a baseball cap have never played baseball.....

I’d buy a Uniqlo micro thin warm layer jacket thingy and wear it under your nice m&s coat to be honest.

You’ll get so much wear out of it you’ll wonder how you managed without it.

They are soooo cosy, warm and dry. I can't wait for the wet windy weather to wear it.

I ordered one in the sale last year, but my usual size was a bit neat. It was fab & I reluctantly returned it. I aim to HUNT one down this year for a sale price!

Not that I need another coat 🫣.

I alsp picked up a fab lightly padded, long coat from Zara last year- double zipped, great hood, high neck, throw-on-able for car/non very heavy rainy days. I'm tempted to try a waterproof spray on it...

There's a FB group called Dryrobe Wankers I think.

I think the hate comes from people wearing them pretending they've just been for a cold water swim or an ice plunge when the most they've done is gone to ASDA.

OP, I have many coats, I am a coat person. I need to be as I live on the West Coast of Scotland.

I have the Seasalt Janelle, & another I can't rem the name of. I also have a totally waterproof Landsend one I got in the sale & is great for work. I have an incredibly useful hooded, waterproof mac from M&S. I have various waterproofs for hiking/walking. However, my changing robe is the one I reach for again & again on the school run/ weekends. I have the Orla Keilly with Regatta from 2 seasons ago. I have never had more compliments for any item of clothing I've ever owned. It's slimmer than a Dryrobe & super cosy. I bought it originally for camper vanning & wild swims whilst we're away, but I do use it a lot. It looks good with cropped jeans & boots & also with trainers for the weekend. I never thought I'd say that, but there we are.

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I have this one - it's super cosy and very dry. Still going strong three years in. Currently on sale for a pretty reasonable price for something that will get daily use!

Get a slimline one - these are fab: https://share.google/XmEJcU0a55BfU5pdc

I live in the south west and your account of the weather sounds a bit dramatic. That aside, it’s not that they look wanky, just awful. How do you think people coped before dry robes?! Suddenly people are making out that a warm and waterproof coat doesn’t exist.

Did anyone post this already? There is an existing parody rap song about dry robes

I think if it works for you then go for it.

The only coat I've ever been properly warm and dry in in the UK is my Didriksons one - at full price they are expensive but last forever and you can get good second hand ones on Vinted.

North Face Arctic parka here, always warm and dry