The 9 Best Waxed Jackets Right Now | Thickest, Coolest, Best Value, and More

Waxed canvas is awesome. It's waterproof, it resists tears and abrasion, and it looks cool. It's also half the price of a good leather jacket while remaining a great option for something that exudes toughness and a masculine edge. Waxed canvas is SO cool that there are endless options on the market for you to choose from, so which should you get? I rounded up the best of the best in this video.



00:00 Why waxed jackets?
00:39 Best overall: Flint and Tinder's Flannel Lined Waxed Trucker
02:21 Best value: Thursday's Field Jacket
03:30 Thickest: Filson's Short Lined Tin Cloth Cruiser
05:22 Best hunting: Tom Beckbe's Tensaw
06:21 Best Barbour jacket
07:18 Coolest waxed jacket: Rogue Territory Supply Jacket
08:17 Best waxed bomber: Bradley Mountain G-1 Waxed Bomber
08:58 Also consider: Iron and Resin's Rambler
09:33 Cheapest: P & Co.'s Wayfare

[eagleeyes]

Freenote RJ1 Riders is the best waxed jacket… made in US, functional shoulder gussets, 10oz waxed cotton, flannel lined, details and construction are top notch.

[MemphisCorollaS]

I’m digging your waxed jacket coverage. I’m planning to make my own waxed or tin clothes canvas jackets and pants soon using some YouTube videos like Lone Woodsman and Carl Morawski out of some Levi’s trucker jackets. Hopefully I can achieve some of the benefits of the commercially available ones and can always save up to upgrade to one of these someday. Hopefully companies like Thursdays and Huckberry stick around for a long time making more affordable options for footwear and other heritage style goods.

[F-Tier_Physique]

Important point about cotton lining instead of polyester, its not about being "more natural":
1. Cotton breathes much better than polyester. If you wanna stay warm you can have a wool lining, that way you wont get wet like a polyester flannel lining.
2. Cotton does not retain sweat, body odour and bacteria like polyester does. If you've ever had stretchy polyester training wear you'd know how much faster these start to stink, and how much harder it is to remove the smell than cotton. You basically have to use way higher heat, more soap and dry it faster.
3. Polyester products bleed BPA into your body through your skin. These are chemicals that are proven to disrupt your hormones.
4. Ripped polyester flannel linings are harder to mend back together once they rip. Cotton canvas, denim, wool etc are much easier to stitch than a part ployester or full polyester lining.

[UltimateCap]

I just bough 2 freenote cloth riders jackets (tan/oak) and one tan Bradley Mountain tan cabin jacket with zipper.

All are Amazing jackets. The freenote arm gussets are eye catchers and functional. I meant to keep only one but I just may keep all of them.

The Bradley mountain cabin jacket with zipper is awesome. It’s inner lining is more comfortable than freenotes and the inner sleeves aren’t silk so you don’t tend to have those moments where your arm stick to the sleeves if it gets hot like when wearing the freenote cloth riders jacket.

I guess when it comes to silk arm lining on the sleeves, there are pros and cons.

But I do wish the Bradley Mountain had some of the details the freenote has.

Also, Bradley needs to remove their front label on their chest pocket. It’s just an eye sore in my opinion but I understand they are proud of their product and want to show that it’s American made.

Bradley Mountains pockets and their fit is really great. I thought it would be more boxy but it’s surprisingly formfitting.

I love the zipper and snaps combo on this jacket. Most wax jackets don’t have a zipper, and this is a good example of one that is made with the combination of both.

Although I wish it had the free note cloths arm gussets.

[TheSnozzwangler]

Hey Nick, glad you touched on Thursday's waxed jacket (I've been wondering about them for a while)! Did you have any plans on reviewing Thursday's new leather jackets? The pricing on them is really competitive, so I'm pretty curious how decent they are for the price.

[JesusAguilar-wxur]

how do you clean these types of jackets? Bought the Huckberry Flint & Tinder (love it). Let it air out? spot clean the armpits with a lightly soaped cloth? :/

[michaellumpkinss]

Dude. Freenote cloth riders waxed jacket is hands down the best one made 🔥🔥

[BeastMadeReviews]

Thank you for adding me to the video! The Rambler is obviously the G.O.A.T. 😁

[grahamliebman]

For barbour alternatives, I have the Wax Walker by Private White VC and its like a barbour on steroids. Super cool jacket imo

[starskymedia]

Hey Nick, awesome video, I bought the F&T jacket a few years ago after watching your review and love it, even bought a second in a different colour. The other waxed jacket I have that is awesome and another favourite, and solid alternative to the Barbour options, is the Peregrine Bexley. Check it out, for me it's a more dressier and cooler version of the Barbour, I like it just as much as the F&T. Cheers, catch you in Melbourne sometime!

[aGobot]

Hey Nick, great content as always! Can we get an update on the Bradley Mountain bomber? Did you get the large and does it fit well?

[pedromanuellopez]

Gustin makes an amazingly thick waxed canvas field jacket, US made. Unlined, but you can easily have a liner made for it and the cloth is incredible.

[HeritageCast]

Love this. Please do a video on English hunting wear...The brands arent well known

[jerrypomroy]

I have had the F&T Hudson in an olive color for a few years. Love it. It has a little more of a sophisticated look. I tried the flannel lined trucker but couldn’t get sizing right. The medium was too tight around the chest/back & the large looked bulky, so I returned for the Hudson.

[th]

With the Barbours, Sylkoil rips easier than the thornproof material, so you'd want to flip the material types for your recommendations there.

[jasoncurtis]

Please do one on waxed canvas bags and backpacks next! So many good options out there (including the Bradley Mountain 10 year Wilder) that you haven’t covered. Keep the content coming!

[adamsmithproperties]

Great video, do you have any thoughts on the Kuhl outlaw waxed jacket? Thanks for the content

[bcross]

stealing this and writing my tinder bio as Thickest, Coolest, Best Value, and More

[realblackbetty]

The kuhl outlaw is the best fitting. Give it a try

[Laguna]

the Bradley mountain limited edition cabin jacket with zipper is amazing I bought 2 and also one with just buttons