Portable Dry Robe?

[Rhysito]

Hi All,
I have started doing open water swimming which in the Uk at this time of year means cold water swimming! Can anyone recommend a decent changing / dry robe which is also portable so I can then continue on from my swim on my bike? Dry Robes look amazing but they are seriously bulky!
Best
Steve

 

[numbnuts]

I have this one
View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frostfire-Moonwrap-Waterproof-Changing-Fleece/dp/B083V59BWD/ref=sr_1_5?crid=G32QF7RPRCOJ&keywords=frostfire+moonwrap&qid=1673462853&s=sports&sprefix=Frostfire+Moonwrap%2Csports%2C85&sr=1-5
PS shorter sleeves will be less bulky, but colder
or something like this, but colder, but if your quick in changing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19535462...DwgtfllRSvohVtUOLRdZ57zrOB64|tkp:BFBMpMD5orRh

it fits in this dry bag/float along with towel, shoes shorts light top, but not much else
https://www.lomo.co.uk/products/swim-run-rucksack-tow-float/

 

[cougie uk]

Hi All,
I have started doing open water swimming which in the Uk at this time of year means cold water swimming! Can anyone recommend a decent changing / dry robe which is also portable so I can then continue on from my swim on my bike? Dry Robes look amazing but they are seriously bulky!
Best
Steve

Do you mean to ride home in - or just carry ?

 

[Rhysito]

To ride home or to work or for a longer work out

 

[byegad]

While very bulky, I wear my Dryrobe on my Mobility Scooter, it packs into a netting bag small enough to fit into a large pannier bag.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

How about a cycling cape? Dry robes are bulky because of the fibre pile that keeps you warm.

 

[simongt]

Back in the early 60s, my mum made a 'dryrobe' for my sister so she could get dry and change from her cossie back into shorts & t-shirt on the beach in full view of all and sundry, but in complete modesty. It was a suitable length of towelling material sewn into a tube with a drawstring around the neck.
Presto, job done, and a LOT cheaper than these Dryrobes now on the market - !

 

[cougie uk]

Lomo make decent stuff.

I'm sure you could carry this somehow.

https://www.lomo.co.uk/products/zipped-full-sleeve-changing-robe/

 

[Dirtyhanz2]

Not a dry robe but have a look at buffalo cycling warmest cycling jacket I have ever had I would say very really cold enough for it and not to bulky

 

[simongt]

Buffalo windshirts have been around for yonks and still appear to be making a good product. Never had one, but all the reviews speak well of them. Not cheap, but maybe you get what you pay for here.
Apparently they're worn with no base layer under them to work best - ?

 

[Dirtyhanz2]

Buffalo windshirts have been around for yonks and still appear to be making a good product. Never had one, but all the reviews speak well of them. Not cheap, but maybe you get what you pay for here.
Apparently they're worn with no base layer under them to work best - ?

I have worn mine at temperatures below -10 yes you wear them on there own no layering amazing bit of kit and made in Sheffield top quality only downside to them is they get to hot in anything but the coldest of weather mine only comes out when we get in minus figures

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Buffalo windshirts have been around for yonks and still appear to be making a good product. Never had one, but all the reviews speak well of them. Not cheap, but maybe you get what you pay for here.
Apparently they're worn with no base layer under them to work best - ?

Yep nothing under them is best, you’ll be colder with something under them