Our Materials
Care Instructions
Your rain garment should last for many years. Here’s how to take care of it.
Hand washing is always preferable. Use tallow soap (“tallsåpa”) — gentle on the material, gentle on the skin, and it does the job. Let the garment hang and air-dry. No shortcuts needed.
If the garment is heavily soiled, you can machine wash it on a gentle cycle at 40°C, without fabric softener. Turn the garment inside out before washing. Pull up all zippers. Empty the pockets — including the inner pockets.
Avoid machine washing when you can. Hand washing causes less wear, and the garment lasts longer for it.
Never tumble dry. Never iron. Dry cleaning and bleach ruin the material — avoid entirely.
A good rain garment starts with the right fabric. Here are the materials we use, what they do for you, and where they come from.
Biovinyl+
Biovinyl+ is our further-developed vinyl. We have recently switched to a renewable plasticizer that fully replaces the previous one, traceable through a certified mass balance model — around 80 percent lower climate footprint than conventional plasticizer, with no compromise on softness or UV resistance. The PVC itself is based on renewable biomass instead of oil, a 100% substitution that cuts greenhouse gas emissions by more than 90% compared to conventional PVC. Same waterproofness. Same durability. Lower footprint.
All our own fabrics are free from phthalates and PFAS. No impregnation with environmentally or health-harmful substances is needed — the vinyl is waterproof by design.
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Our biovinyl is environmentally declared according to the international standard (ISO 14025), third-party verified by Sweco Environment. The jacket is made from 88% bio-based PVC and 12% recycled polyester from PET bottles, contains no phthalates and no substances on the EU’s SVHC list. The hydrostatic head is above 20,000 mm and the material is Oeko-Tex tested. The technical lifetime is estimated at 30 years.
We measure our climate footprint on an ongoing basis — our latest environmental declaration shows 5.82 kg CO2-equivalents per jacket, cradle to grave. We are currently working on an updated measurement reflecting our latest material choice.
Material List
Farmerrain’s Own Fabrics
Made in Sweden/EU. Phthalate-free, EPD-verified.
- Blank Biovinyl+ — 400 g/m², hydrostatic head >20,000 mm, cold-resistant
- Biovinyl+ — 430 g/m², hydrostatic head >20,000 mm, cold-resistant
- Raintex+ — 470 g/m², hydrostatic head >20,000 mm, oil- and cold-resistant, phthalate-free
- Raintex Light+ — 250 g/m², phthalate-free
Farmerrain Models in Opalo and Plavitex
Models designed and sold exclusively by Farmerrain.
- Opalo 1000 — 1000 g/m², cold-resistant (Strong waders)
- Opalo 700 — 700 g/m², cold-resistant (standard waders)
- Plavitex 500 — 500 g/m², cold-resistant (women’s waders)
- Plavitex 700 — 700 g/m², cold-resistant (standard waders)
Deadstock
- Deadstock — 370 g/m², cotton backing, PVC-coated. Not phthalate-free. Limited quantity of older warehouse-stocked fabric.
Others
Ålesund — manufactured in China.
- Vigra — 330 g/m², grease- and cold-resistant. New design, manufactured in China (previously EU).
- Doggerbank — 480 g/m², resistant to mechanical wear, oil-/grease-/cold-resistant. Discontinued — no longer available in green. Manufacturing has moved from the EU to China.
Guy Cotten — manufactured in France.
- Nylpeche — 485 g/m², hydrostatic head 13,000 mm
- Cap-Coz — 480 g/m², reduces condensation, hydrostatic head 13,000 mm