Quite simply, the primary difference between a rain poncho and a rain jacket is going to be the fit. Where rain jackets contour to your body as you would expect from any jacket, ponchos take a drape-it-over-everything approach to rain protection. The fit benefits hikers in many ways — to the degree that some of you may be surprised — and of course, there are some drawbacks.
• Rain ponchos tend to hang lower than your hips (which is where most jackets make their cutoff), and some cover down to your knees.
• Body-length protection from rain
• In most cases saves you from also needing rain pants.
• Ponchos often provide better ventilation than jackets
• The loose fit helps, as does zippered vents (under the arms or down the middle), which rain jackets sometimes have but not always.
• Many poncho models also protect your entire backpack and can be converted into a shelter, providing versatility with which jackets simply cannot compete.
• Rain ponchos, when compared to jackets, are typically made from thinner, less durable materials, so keep an eye out for trailside thorns and twigs. This is due to the fast and light idea of a rain poncho, and because if it was made of thicker fabric it would be a much heavier item in your pack, given how much more fabric a poncho has than a jacket.
• If you’re into style — in any way shape or form — a poncho may cramp it. Jackets are form-fitting. Ponchos are not.
If you need to bug out or pack light, then you’ll want to embrace any gear that can serve multiple uses.
Matou te iloa uma lava o ponchos e lelei tele mo timu, ae na e iloa e mafai ona latou faʻaogaina e fai ma malutaga o faleʻie.
O le mea lea o le puipuiga mamao o timuga o ponchos e tuʻu ai peleue i le palapala. I tua atu o le puipuia o oe ma lau ato faafafa mai le leaga o le tau a'o savaliga, e mafai ona liua ponchos maualuga i totonu o malutaga i le fesoasoani a ni nai faleie ma se pou savali.
E faigofie lava, o le eseesega muamua i le va o le poncho timu ma se peleue timu o le a fetaui. O mea e fa'ata'amilo ai peleue timu i lou tino e pei ona e fa'amoemoeina mai so'o se peleue, o ponchos e fa'alava-i-over-mea uma i le puipuiga o timuga. O le fetaui lelei e faʻamanuiaina ai tagata faimalaga i le tele o auala - i le tulaga e ono ofo ai nisi o outou - ma ioe, o loʻo i ai ni faʻafitauli.
• O poncho timu e masani ona tautau i lalo ifo o ou suilapalapa (lea e tipi ese ai le tele o peleue), ma o nisi e ufiufi i ou tulivae.
• Puipuiga umi o le tino mai timuga
• I le tele o tulaga e sefe ai oe mai le mana'omia fo'i o ni ofuvae timu.
• Ponchos e masani ona maua ai le ea sili atu nai lo peleue
• O le fa'amama e fesoasoani, e fa'apena fo'i fa'a savili sipi (i lalo o lima po'o lalo i le ogatotonu), lea e maua e peleue timu i nisi taimi ae le o taimi uma.
• O le tele o faʻataʻitaʻiga poncho e puipuia ai lau ato faafafa atoa ma e mafai ona liua i se malutaga, e maua ai le faʻaogaina e le mafai ai e peleue ona tauva.
• Ponchos timu, pe a faatusatusa i peleue, e masani lava ona faia mai mea manifinifi, itiiti le umi, o lea ia mataala i vao tuitui ma lala. E mafua lenei mea ona o le vave ma le malamalama o le manatu o se poncho timu, ma talu ai afai e faia i le ie mafiafia o le a sili atu le mamafa o mea i totonu o lau ato, ona o le a le tele o le ie o le poncho nai lo se peleue.
• Afai e te fiafia i sitaili - i so'o se itu foliga po'o foliga - e mafai e se poncho ona fa'apipi'i. O peleue e fetaui lelei. Ponchos e leai.
Afai e te mana'omia le tu'u ese po'o le fa'apipi'iina o le moli, ona e mana'o lea e talia so'o se mea e mafai ona fa'aoga tele.
Matou te iloa uma lava o ponchos e lelei tele mo timu, ae na e iloa e mafai ona latou faʻaogaina e fai ma malutaga o faleʻie.
O le mea lea o le puipuiga mamao o timuga o ponchos e tuʻu ai peleue i le palapala. I tua atu o le puipuia o oe ma lau ato faafafa mai le leaga o le tau a'o savaliga, e mafai ona liua ponchos maualuga i totonu o malutaga i le fesoasoani a ni nai faleie ma se pou savali.