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Posted: 8/21/2015 8:18:13 PM EDT
| Have these disappeared from the earth? Can't find any that's not old or a knockoff. |
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Old, surplus ponchos , with waterproof coating peeling off due to age suck. IMHO, GI ponchos sucked in even when new. YMMV. The old Heavy OD Green Vietnam issue ponchos were awesome. SUPER tough and the waterproofing didn't delaminate like the newer ponchos... BIGGER_HAMMER 
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We used ponchos to cover our head and ruck/weapon with the bottom half of our bodys in our bivy sack. Worked pretty well except in monsoons. Ive slept like that from hawaii to the Philippines and a lot of islands in between.
Its also how ive camped for the last 10 years. Im talking week to month long backpacking, hunting, canoe trips from ny to Maine including winter trips in the single digits. It started to getkinda cramped under a poncho with my dog. With a wife i broke down and got an 8x10 silny ripstop tarp when she started coming with me when we first met. |
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I have GI ponchos bought 25 years ago that are like new. My secret is Armor All every few years. Quoted:
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Old, surplus ponchos , with waterproof coating peeling off due to age suck. IMHO, GI ponchos sucked in even when new. YMMV. I have GI ponchos bought 25 years ago that are like new. My secret is Armor All every few years. Yup, use that trick myself. |
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The old Heavy OD Green Vietnam issue ponchos were awesome. SUPER tough and the waterproofing didn't delaminate like the newer ponchos... BIGGER_HAMMER Quoted:
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Old, surplus ponchos , with waterproof coating peeling off due to age suck. IMHO, GI ponchos sucked in even when new. YMMV. The old Heavy OD Green Vietnam issue ponchos were awesome. SUPER tough and the waterproofing didn't delaminate like the newer ponchos... BIGGER_HAMMER The old GI OD "heavy" ponchos will [I]definitely benefit from an ArmorAll application to both sides. Will keep them from sticking to themselves, and so ripping-off the waterproof coating when they are unfolded/unrolled. |
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