Jacket Safety Material

[nimzotech]

Vote for your favored gear material. Cheers!

Even though I am still a rookie; I choose leather. My second choice would be textile for the hot California Weather.

 

[fisheye]

I voted for leather.
Here in Florida I ware leather in the winter and textile in the summer.

 

[Maverick]

I prefer leather, but I have all three types - leather jacket, a textile jacket, and a mesh jacket... all three are armoured.

First choice is to wear leather... if raining or very cold, wear textile... if stinkin' hot, wear mesh.

 

[mikebike]

I wear all three...not at once

leather in the winter.... my other jacket is textile with zip off to mesh (Joe Rocket Alter Ego)

 

[wrightme43]

I wear all three as well.

 

[Graven]

Leather

I like leather but textile works great in hot weather.

 

[reiobard]

leather baby, i'll let the cow's skin take the rash, mine if for me and my wife...

 

[DefyInertia]

Leather in the cold and perforated leather in the heat.
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White widow seeds

 

[Howattzer]

Shift Octane (leather) for most days, and Joe Rocket Alter Ego (textile and mesh) for super hot days.

 

[Nelly]

I like the feel of leather on my skin..

Oopps! Sorry wrong forum lol.
I prefer leather and like you all I have all three. I had never owned textile before the FZ6. I was really dubious about abrasion qualities. I did some reasearch and found that some textiles actually perform on par with leather.
The trick is don't fall off to test it lol.
I have to say that since owning my textile jacket I am a convert.
Its warm, waterproof and very comfortable and cheaper than its leather equivilant.

 

[Antonio Bandana]

Tourmaster, Gericke, and FirstGear textile wear for all seasons.

 

[reiobard]

I will be trying my first textile this spring when i complete the trade for the one that i have that does not fit.

 

[madmanmaigret]

I would prefer leather because it is considered best but i wear a mesh w/armor because it had more features i could live with (ie; machine washable, cooler in the year round heat of florida, a zip-in liner that is very waterproof and warm for our three cold days a year, etc) and sweaty leather stinks!

 

[Nelly]

I would prefer leather because it is considered best but i wear a mesh w/armor because it had more features i could live with (ie; machine washable, cooler in the year round heat of florida, a zip-in liner that is very waterproof and warm for our three cold days a year, etc) and sweaty leather stinks!

I really think textiles have come such a long way.

 

[Cloggy]

I wear both, textile and leathers. I find the textiles unmissable especially in the wet & cold.

 

[madmanmaigret]

can you wash your tetile jackets in the washing machine?

 

[gamestone]

can you wash your tetile jackets in the washing machine?

I'll check the label

My Akito textile jacket label says it can be washed in a machine at 30 degrees (you take the armor out first though).

I washed mine the other week as the road salt made the coat smell funny, don't tumble dry, dry clean or iron it or the water proof layer with be knackered.

With the British weather raining for the last few weeks, a leather coat would be ruined.

 

[Nelly]

I'll check the label

My Akito textile jacket label says it can be washed in a machine at 30 degrees (you take the armor out first though).

I washed mine the other week as the road salt made the coat smell funny, don't tumble dry, dry clean or iron it or the water proof layer with be knackered.

With the British weather raining for the last few weeks, a leather coat would be ruined.

Rain sucks...

 

[madmanmaigret]

I'll check the label

My Akito textile jacket label says it can be washed in a machine at 30 degrees (you take the armor out first though).

I washed mine the other week as the road salt made the coat smell funny, don't tumble dry, dry clean or iron it or the water proof layer with be knackered.

With the British weather raining for the last few weeks, a leather coat would be ruined.

similar to my mesh. ill have to check them out (more money i will spend because of this site!)
i swear i can spell textile :thumbup:

 

[trailblazer87]

You know what bothers me about the poll results....

That a couple of people have actually chosen skin as their favorite. Unless they have the super protection of the Corona T-shirt and sandals