Al's Anorak

NOTES:

• Anoraks are $655 up to size 2X;  3XLarge, $685; 4XLarge, $715
  
• SHIP ASAP backorders will ship at price in effect at time of original order

• These Anoraks are in stock and can be ordered on the website or by phone:
• XXSmall: FullWeight Lynx; MidWeight Drab
  
• XSmall: FullWeight Lynx; MidWeight Drab
  
• Small:  MidWeight Drab
  
• Medium:  MidWeight Drab Green
  
• Large:  Sold Out.  Tailors now making Drab Green Full- and MidWeight
  
• XLarge:  MidWeight Drab Green; MidWeight Natural White
  
• 2XLarge: FullWeight and MidWeight Drab Green
  
• 3XLarge: FullWeight Brown, Drab and Lynx; MidWeight Drab Green
  
• 4XLarge:  MidWeight Drab Green
  
• If you want an Anorak that is out of stock, we suggest placing a backorder (price of 0) on the website or by phone. You can reserve by leaving a credit card on file (SHIP ASAP) so we can ship and charge as soon as your garment is ready, but it's not a requirement.
• We are now offer Anoraks, both FullWeight and MidWeight, in Natural White/Cream. This is undyed wool.
  
• The current production run of Anoraks will be almost all Solid Drab Color, both FullWeight and MidWeight. Plus ONE left in XLarge Natural White
  
• I am guesstimating and hoping March of 2024 we'll ship Anoraks that are not already in production. But that is not a promise or a guarantee. If you want something not in stock, please get an ASAP order on our books.
  

SIZE CHART for the Anorak

We love that our Anorak has been on TV a bunch. It's a favorite among the participants in History Channel's Hit series Mountain Men and Survival Contest ALONE. The WeatherWool Anorak has been worn on History by Mike Horstman, Brady Nicholls, Benji Hill, JP Quiñonez, Callie Russel and Amós Rodriguez. It's also worn by hundreds of people in the Military.

The Anorak is a design of the first inhabitants of North America's Arctic Region. (Our Finnish Advisor Anton Kalland tells us the term comes from the Finnish Anorakki, which in turn comes from the Ancient Greenland word Annoraaq.) Our Anorak handles a wide variety of conditions and activities and is designed for a relatively active individual to wear over one or sometimes two light base layers.

The Anorak is intended for temps between from 10F/-12C to 80F/27C. But people push it, successfully, into much colder conditions. Most people will be comfortable in temps from 20F/-7C to 70F/21C, indoors and out, with low to moderate levels of activity. The FullWeight Anoraks is better at lower temps and the MidWeight better at higher temps.

Our custom-made 100% wool Fabric is soft enough to be worn directly on even the most sensitive skin, yet durable enough to see you through the most rugged adventures. Choosing the best fabric weight and garment size will depend on your climate, activity level, base layers, and personal preference.

Our Anorak features:

• Our custom Jacquard woven Fabric throughout the entire garment
• Offered in both MidWeight and FullWeight
• Craftsmen-sewn, ultra-durable construction and materials
• Like our other garments, the structural seams of the Anorak are sewn with Mil-Spec Anefil water-resistant thread used by the US Army
• A modern take on the classic design, with a focus on comfort and utility
• Extra-long sleeves, reducing the need for gloves. Sleeve cuffs can also be "let-out" for unusually long arms
  
• Slot Buttons used exclusively because they are so secure
  
• Wrist cuffs can be adjusted to six sizes (flap can go around wrist either way)
  
• Four buttons at the neck closure, allowing for ventilation, comfort, and warmth. Our Neck Gaiter can be added for extra warmth around the neck
• Waist cinches to create a more tapered shape, reduce air space, prevent updraft
  
• Extra-large hood. Rear cinch enables the hood to be pulled back. Pull-cords in front, at each side, enable the hood to be fitted close around the head. We have lately switched the front cords from synthetic shock-cord to wool cord. The cords are now made from the same fiber as the garment. The new cords are shown in a close-up at left (black cord on Brown 'Rak). We can send wool cord to anyone who wants to upgrade an old Anorak. And we can even send shock cord to anyone who likes the synthetic better. You can switch by attaching the new cord to the old and carefully pulling though. We left the cords long and many people will cut them shorter. The hood will protect the head from a great deal of weather, even sideways weather. The large hood is also very good to provide some privacy and darkness for sleeping ... and a lot of people, particularly Military and travelers, do sleep in the Anorak (instead of hotel during long layover!)
  
• Generous front pouch, with elastic organizer strip, closure secured by slot buttons. A friend of mine who lives in Yellowstone National Park told me he never leaves the house without his bear spray tucked into the right-most position of the organizer. I visited him in 2022, and he was completely serious about the bear spray.
  
• Hidden zipper pocket inside the body of the jacket, behind the front pouch
• Inconspicuous yet spacious zippered pockets on each side of the chest. Left side has an additional cell-phone sleeve. Phone will be inside the garment, where body-heat will help extend battery power
  
• Super-long zippers on each side of the Anorak enable venting of heat and ease entry and exit. Side zips also facilitate access to anything on a belt. Opening the side zips also makes it comfortable to sit without hiking the 'rak. Jennifer H has reminded me the side zips are useful during pregnancy.
  
• At the base of the side zips are a button and elastic; tab. With the bottom of the 'rak buttoned this way, the zippers can be left open and there is no flapping.
• On 19 September 2023, I heard two expectant Moms told me the Anorak is great maternity wear! The photo at left is my daughter-in-law, Carla, in the summer of 2022.

In size Large, a FullWeight Anorak weighs 3 lbs., 7 oz (1.6 kg)
In size Large, a MidWeight Anorak weighs 2 lbs., 12 oz (1.25 kg)

We have lately changed the front pull-cords from synthetic shock to knitted wool (photo at left). The cords are now made from the same wool as the Anorak itself. If anyone wants to switch out the synthetic, just let us know. And actually, if anyone wants to switch from the wool cord to synthetic, we can send synthetic, also. Either cord can be replaced by simply pulling the new cord through (carefully).

Please follow Anorak Sizing directions before ordering 

At this point, you'll find a lot of independent review and discussion of the Anorak and other WeatherWool products on the web. Here are a couple of nice comments/reviews from 2018, when not many people had heard of us:

• Dave Canterbury (Pathfinder Survival) says: "... absolutely top of the line product in both technology and comfort." Dave has since become a WeatherWool Advisor.
• Click here to see a video about WeatherWool and our Anorak, from Advisor Rob Allen. Or click here for Rob’s detailed review of the Anorak.

To secure your garment from an upcoming production run, please place a SHIP ASAP order.

For Batch 7 and later, the FullWeight Brown has replaced the FullWeight Duff. This is a consequence of working with a new dye house because of the Floods of Hurricane Ida.

The reviews at the bottom of this page are posted by owners of the Anorak.  There are also other pages for Reviews previously sent to us by Civilians and by Military.

(Please click here for more pictures, video and details about Al's Anorak)

• If you have previously placed a $0 backorder but didn’t set up a SHIP ASAP please provide us with payment info to reserve your garment
• If you have a SHIP ASAP and your Anorak is shown above as IN STOCK, but you have not received it, please call right away.
• If you need larger than 4XL, please get in touch.

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Please follow Anorak Sizing directions before ordering

Care and Cleaning

Latest information about our production is here.

2 December 2023 --- Ralph & Alex