Tyvek Jacket Not Even a Step Up from Garbage Bag

By Rocky Thompson on July 14th, 2008

I’ve heard Tyvek is amazing. Of course, that was in the context of home building and heating costs. Cyclists are noticeably different from houses. For one, they look different. For two, well, they don’t do well with Tyvek. These cheap jackets are made from the crinkly DuPont material and available as a cheap alternative to garbage bag ponchos. The sick airbrushed graphics almost make up for the lack of utility—almost.

via Bike Hugger

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12 Responses to “Tyvek Jacket Not Even a Step Up from Garbage Bag”

1. tyrone.sweetlick July 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am

   If Tyvek helps your heating costs, your house is a serious piece of crap. The purpose of house wrap is to provide a rain plane for precipitation to drain on before it gets into the wall assembly. It is not airtight. You don’t want your wall assembly to be air tight, especially on the outside of the wall, unless you enjoy moldy houses.

   Misguided outdoors people getting bad information from misguided contractors. Idiots untie!

2. sam July 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

   Whoa, that was a lesson in Tyvek I wasn’t expecting. Thanks?

3. billygoat July 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm

   unfortunately there are still a lot of people out there deciding between a garbage bag for a jacket, or a tyvek jacket. this is a low cost item, and for the money these types of jackets do a great job. the dupont nonwoven material also is recycled PE material, and is waterproof and breatheable. okay, its not an arcteryx or a GORE bike jacket that sells for $200. but it is a great jacket, when compared to a garbage bag

4. tyrone.sweetlick July 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

   Sure sam, glad to be useless. It’s just another service I provide . . .

   I agree with billygoat. As a cheapo jacket, they’d be fine, but stay away from the contractors Rocky talks to.

   Let me know when you’re ready to move on to chapter 2, duct mastic misappropriated as boot sealer.

5. Franco July 14th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

   Tyvek is a brand (by DuPont) not product. There are at least 16 different version of that material , so the Home Wrap is not the same as Soft Structure , Stucco Wrap or Asuron (medical packaging). Versions of Tyvek are commonly used for protective clothing, envelopes and even tent flys
   Franco

6. notanidiot July 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

   “Idiots untie” nice move

7. phUnk July 15th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

   tyrone.sweetlick you need to fucking simmer.

8. tyrone.sweetlick July 16th, 2008 at 8:13 am

   who’s worked up, phUnk? nearly everything I said was tongue-in-cheek. well, other than that factual stuff.

   i’m just enjoyin’ my coffee.

   i’m calmer than you are.

9. Mick April 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am

   Usefulness is not in question. Huge market in industrial garments. An excellent light duty, compact windbreaker and sunshield. Suggest y’all start using your heads for more than hanging your cool shades.

10. Luke July 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am

    Tyvek IS an air barrier material. It is impermeable to water, but has a good vapor transmission rate. In those two ways it is much like gore-tex or eVent for your house. The main difference is that Gore-Tex and eVent are fabric treatments benefitting from a good cordura or otherwise ripstop type nylon fabric adding the “armor” durability that tyvek does not have.

11. Super_duper July 13th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    Wow, has this turned into a chat room for Tyvek reps?

12. Diz January 5th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Tyvek comes in a ton of different varieties. There are even air-tight tyveks (People use them to make kites)