About this product
A Tanzanian downpour does not negotiate. In the long rains it arrives in minutes and soaks everything that is not covered, and a rain jacket only covers you – your backpack, with your phone, documents and camera in it, gets the full weight of it.
A poncho solves that in the simplest possible way: a single sheet with a hood, draped over you and whatever you are carrying. It is roomy enough to walk in, hooded, and closed with press studs down each side so that it holds its shape rather than flapping loose in the wind, which is the difference between a proper poncho and a sheet of plastic.
Packed, it goes into its own pouch about the size of a sandwich – small enough to sit permanently in a daypack, a glovebox, a boda box or a pannier. That is the whole point: you never decide in the morning whether to bring it, because it is already there.
Undo the studs and it opens right out flat, which gives you a groundsheet to sit on, a cover to throw over gear in the back of a pickup, or emergency shelter in a place with none. It suits hiking, camping, commuting, market days, festivals and the school run, and it fits most adults.
Poncho Raincoat