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Typhoon TX-3 Coast Jacket & Hi Fit trousers

This long established watersports brand has expanded into the market for technical offshore foul-weather gear. When I first saw a sample of the impressively lightweight TX-3 Coast Jacket and Hi Fit trousers, at last year’s METStrade marine equipment exhibition in Amsterdam I knew almost instantly it was something I wanted to try for myself.

Both garments have all the hallmarks of high-spec gear, including flexible three-layer fabrics, with durable water proof (DWP) coatings. Yet they are exceptionally lightweight and pack down very small, making them amazingly easy

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