Comments on: Tineli Rainman Jacket on Review

By: Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:54:19 +0000

From the website “as a safety feature, has reflective piping along the back seams.” Now this is not marketed as a hi-vis rain jacket – the fluro ones tend to do this best (and Tineli also have a few fluro jackets).

It depends what the rider wants – not all want to wear fluro and the Rainman is more of a portable jacket for jesey backpocket – with the added advantage of having reflective stripes. Considering that most jerseys (than will be worn underneath) don’t have reflective stripes, this is a plus. In my view, I feel that this is a plus however I am sure that Tineli would be interested in hearing your feedback if you feel a more visible version of the compact rain jacket makes sense.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:08:33 +0000

What I find really frustrating is so many products that claim to have increased safety due to added reflective material actually do not. Compare the miniscule patches of 3M on a typical riding jacket to the broad stripes of a properly certified Hi-Vis safety vest. They are invisible by comparison. The vest has those big stripes because they are the minimum required to have effective reflection at distance when the wearer or apporaching driver is moving. So if the marketers of the clothing won’t admit it can we at least have resposible journalists denouncing such ineffective “features”.

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