I’ve been toying with the idea of making an item for a phtoshoot I want to do out of Neoprene, this has just helped make up my mind that I have to give this a go!!

Thanks for the update Aurora, love your pics

You are right, neoprene is used also for drysuits in compressed form. I had looked up the word in Wikipaedia before and there only the wet suit application is mentioned explicitely…

The reason I thought the neoprene coat might be good for a rainy day is that many drysuits are made from neoprene. I had a pair of neoprene gloves when I was officiating football (the American version) while I was in college. It kept most of the moisture off my hands during rainy football games and kept the grip on the pigskin.

I am quite sure you will loose your bet regarding this Neoprene coat to be “great on a rainy day”. The effect of a Neoprene suit is not to keep the wearer dry underneath but to isolate the body by a layer of warm water at the inner side of the suit. Neoprene is not watertight, though. So on a rainy day you will get all wet through the coat and clothes worn underneath will become wet as well, except the coat has a water tight lining. But without a lining like that I don’t think that this is such a nice feeling…