To spend £60 on my 18 months old winter coat from Polarn o' Pyret?

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We can afford it, but not so financially comfortable that spending sixty pounds on a coat for a toddler is not something that does make me gulp.

Is Polarn worth it??

Thank you.

Racon, you sold it to me! Bought it. Thanks

Oh I don't give a damn about it getting muddy. You're right racon, a good coat means them being to spend ages getting filthy, but then not crying because too cold on the walk home!

On another note. .. JojoMaman have very similar 3 in 1 type coats (fleece and waterproof layer etc etc) for about £40 so a saving of £20..they often come up on ebay too.

Not a waste of money - they are amazing coats and you will not regret it. EBay prices are good if/when you sell it on. We've had loads of POP coats. Nothing else has compared.

I would (and have).

Buying good quality pays. If you get the outer shell and fleece inner, then you are buying both a wa winter coat and next years spring summer raincoat.

I find the sizing generous.

I bought dd1 an outer shell and fleece jacket 3 years ago. She wore it (in various combinations - just fleece as a throw on when chilly, raincoat used as her school coat, both when cold) for over 2 years constantly (I bought a size up, and had to roll the sleeves up as was quite big). It wore well, and now dd2 is about to inherit - still looks like new - and it will fit her for years as she is tiny. So bloody good value as by the end of it it will have been worn for 5 years+.

Ds is wearing coats from dd1's toddler years (dd1 is 10 now) which have been through both his sisters and are still perfectly wearable - they were expensive originally, but again will have more than paid for hem selves when you add up the amount of wear they will have had by the time he is through with them.

I bought my son a Polarn coat two years ago. The weather where we live is awful in winter. Very cold, freezing winds and horizontal rain and we walked everywhere. It was the best £60 I've ever spent. It was a tad big on him the first year but we got 2 years from it and could probably wear it again this year but it's a bit tired looking now. He'll probably still wear it in the garden.
It kept him warm and dry all winter. He never once complained of the cold.
It also washes great.
I was also bought 2 polarn fleeces about 4 years ago for Christmas but DP's aunt who is well off stinking rich and they were excellent quality. So much so that all three of my children have worn the biggest one.

We're quite skint to be honest but I always try and invest in a good quality winter coat as the winters are so wet here. Luckily, this year I got the kids these muddle puddles as they were reduced. They are good quality but not as good as Polarn but for £25 you can't really grumble.

Polarn is great though so YANBU.

I'd say if you can afford it buy it, using the discount code, or see if you can get one on eBay. If the quality's good, you'll still be able to resell it.

Your DC could get loads of use out of it and you get the pleasure of seeing him/her in a lovely coat every day. Taking into account the resale value, the cost per wear is likely to be tiny.

It's horses for courses. Plenty of people spend that sort of money in a week or two in Starbucks, or on fags or whatever, and it's a better to spend your money than either of those things.

I would definitely spend that money on a coat in the UK! The child in question will definitely use the coat everyday in Winter :)

Is it just a coat or is it an all in one or coat/trouser combination. I live in Sweden and my dp's winter clothing is pop (as is the majority of my friend's children's winter clothing) we would never dream of just buying a coat as it is bound to be cold/rainy at some point in the winter, then what happens to the child's legs?

Pop clothing is huge, ds is 19 months and he is very average, his new rain clothing is size 86 (18-24 months I think) and it is massive but fits ok as it has elastic at the wrists/ankles, his new rain clothes were in dp's car on friday when I needed to take ds out in the rain so I tried on last years rain clothing which was size 74 (9-12 months I think) and it fitted just fine!

We use some pop clothing that belonged to my dp who was born 37 years ago, so it really is indistructable.

60 pounds for a coat really doesn't sound like that much to me, ds has 2 snow all in ones and 2 rain all in ones along with a proper rain hat, rain gloves, padded wellies and snow boots as being outside is very important in Sweden and the children spend the majority of the day outside at ds's nursery regardless of weather, but I would never dream of just buying a coat, I'd rather buy a cheap coat/trouser set than an expensive coat.

Oh I love pop. The quality is amazing. Also consider getting one of the winter hats! They're the best winter hats around. I struggled for ages to find the 'perfect' winter hat. They always either fell down over their eyes constantly, fell off their heads, didn't cover their ears properly or weren't thick enough. Then I found the polarn ones... No turning back.

Pop clothing is also indestructible and has a good resale value. Worth every penny.

IKEA... 86 is actually 1-1.5, but still enormous?

Thanks

Is a great coat. Eyewateringly expensive but served DS1 2 years, DS2 1 year (but he doesn't like the zip-no fault of zip just DS2!) and will go to DC 3. So effectively £20 each over 6 yrs and still looks good as new.

I have found the sizing massive, even as a little baby when ds was in the 98th percentile the clothes seemed big on him.

I think the outside clothing is big because the idea is that you use lots of layers to keep the child warm, at ds's nursery they play outside down to -15 so the outside clothing needs to have space for wool thermal underwear and then enough fleeces/jumpers to keep the child warm, also in the winter outside clothing is always worn with some sort of glove, snow/rain gloves go up to the child's elbow so there isn't gaps left if the coat is too big. The trousers tend to have elastic braces to keep them up so they can be a bit big around the waist.

The normal clothing has sleves designed to fold up and elastic in the waist to you can let the trousers out as the child grows.

When we first went to try on snow clothing last year the shop assistant actually warned us about how funny ds would look toddling about in a huge snow suit even though it was the smallest size they did in snowsuits designed for walking babies.

We got a Polarn o Pyret coat for DS1 when he was about 18 months. It was the only expensive item of clothing he ever had. It was quite big and he is skinny, so it lasted for over 2 years, and he could still squeeze into it in an emergency right up to starting school at 4, when it was passed to his brother who is still wearing it. It's still in perfect condition - a couple of marks, but no real wear. £60 over 4 years and 2 children isn't bad going!

We also got the all in one suit off ebay, but would have paid full price and thought it worthwhile. It has a double zip so you can lie a sleeping baby down and take it off without waking them. It lasted over 2 years, and then DS2 had it. It's also been loaned out twice and still looks like new.

Ds has had one for 4 years and he's still wears it (he's 15, still growing but not a toddler). It's a fantastic coat and still looks brand new. You can always resell it when he does grow out of it.

I've just had a nosey on their site.

Mine are older now but when they were little a samn goid snow suit was invaluable, I didn't drive and walked everywhere in all weather.

I bought ds1 a Lego snowsuit that all three boys got use out of, it was fantastic, expensive yes but cost per wear made it worth every penny.

DS has clothes from White Company, Boden and JoJo that I paid 50% or less on and in readiness for two or three years away. I find they wear and wash beautifully and retain value to re-sell. If you're organised it is no worse economically then spending £50 in George on a whole wardrobe that needs replacing in three months and won't re-sell. I don't think £60 is too much for an item that will be worn a lot and will grow with them. Yanbu

I think worth it because they are amazing quality - i have had some of them used and still looking good by all 3 DC's. One was a bit more gender specific and after DD used it (two winters) I sold it on eBay.

For an item likely to get used every day in winter, it's not too overboard.

I'd buy the correct size though, there's nothing worse than ill fitting clothes just to make them last millions of years. It just looks scruffy and can be uncomfortable and not do the intended job.

Why not, I spent £120 on ds3s coat, it only lasted a year as a coat due to his very long arms but the arms and hood come off and he still wears it as a body warmer. It will also do for ds4 when the time comes

Unless you are living in a very cold place with consistent cold winter temperatures - in which case you've probably got some good local providers, or are on an island without much options. Then if your baby will be in it for every day for 5 months of the year, then I'd say it's completely pointless, it will have to just be one layer of many, since a coat suitable for 10 or 15 degrees will be too cold for -5 or 0 degrees, and a coat suitable for sitting in a buggy going to the park, will be way too hot when playing in it.

So 60 quid for something that is just part of the solution to keeping warm and dry is pretty silly, spend less, put the rest in the toddlers piggy bank.

Erm, naw. YABU. £20 at most and spend the rest on beer sweeties educational books.

Piggy... its three in one. Layered. Will last through autumn and in to spring

this just depends on your income. sixty quid is nothing to some people. not worth it if you will notice the lack of money though.
remember it could get lost. how gutted would you be? if devastated, just buy two cheaper coats