When the days shorten and the temps drop down to… unreal… one has two options: be cold and complain or put on some winter work wear. There’s only one problem. There are too many outerwear options out there for most folks.
The answer to the question, what’s the best outerwear? can get messy. It’s gonna come down to what matters most to each buyer. For some it’s tradition. They want to wear what their parents wore. For others, it’s options, but it could be anything.
Today we’ll focus on what brand offers the best bang for one’s buck.
(Rolls up sleeves and clears throat.)
This is what I’ve done for you. Weighing the many factors of purchasing winter outerwear, I’ve determined the best option. [Spoiler: It’s Berne.]
When the price is a factor, one could save money by shopping outside of Berne’s outerwear options, but it would be unwise.
Think of it this way. For every dollar saved with a cheaper brand than Berne, you can subtract another degree from the thermometer of your outerwear effectiveness.
The world is not without knockoffs and wannabe workwear brands, but few bring the quality of Berne Workwear at such awesome prices.
The Berne Brand
Only a handful of workwear brands have been around longer than Berne. Over 100 years ago, in Berne, Indiana, a company arose from the farmlands of America’s heartland, The Berne Overall & Shirt Company.
Originally, the Berne brand intended to do one simple thing: put quality clothes on the backs of the hardest-working people growing food for the country.
Today, Berne makes more than overalls and shirts. The original offices have moved, but Berne is still in Indiana, still in America’s heartland.
Through trusted distributors like All Seasons Uniforms they still put quality clothes on the backs of farmers, but now they also put that technology on the backs of all hard working folks.
As part of their brand strategy, Berne has always priced competitively. The good people of Berne Workwear have never wanted to overcharge and it shows.
Ladies’ Barn Coat
Lest anyone should assume that this blog was directed at men, this coat comes first as evidence that Berne has a knack for combining elements.
With their Barn Coat, they’ve taken years of extensive textile learnings and mashed it with the fit of a woman in a comfortable coat with so many pockets.
Forget carrying a bag with this coat. There are enough pockets on this gem to stash a week’s worth of garments and snacks, 11 pockets all told.
Even though this is one of Berne’s most fitted cuts, the coat moves like a jacket. All of the heavy-duty elements, the 10-ounce cotton duck shell, the medium-weight quilt-lined flannel, and solid brass zipper won’t slow anyone down.
Berne worked pleats into all the right places, the elbows, and in the back, so ladies don’t have to feel like their wearing a small man’s coat.
After all that, it’s a darn fashionable coat with a zip-off hood for less money than the other brands.
Washed Gasoline Jacket (Fleece Lined)
There’s a good reason this jacket hovers in the bestseller category for All Seasons Uniforms. It’s a timeless look, loaded with modern features in a jacket that wears more like a coat.
The Gasoline Jacket from Berne features a 12-ounce cotton sanded duck, meaning it’s heavy-duty, but doesn’t move like a tank.
Buyers will know right away that Berne has been perfecting this jacket over the years by the details. The back fits but moves with Berne pleated bi-swing action design.
The pleated elbows allow one to reach up without feeling like the tin man, and every seam is triple-stitched so there’s no worry of seam pops when performing said reach-ups.
Every element, from the heavy-duty brass zipper to the heavyweight polyester fleece lining is the product of years of experience, learning what works best.
We carry three colors of this classic in midnight, bark, and olive so you can have one to match most outfits.
Original Quilt Lined Hooded Jacket
Two keywords should jump out of this one after the word Berne, quilt-lined and hooded. This jacket is a stout winter sleeping bag with arms but cut to fit like a glove.
It should come as no surprise that this is another best seller for us. The cotton duck is a little lighter in this jacket versus the last one, 10-ounce instead of 12, but the hood and insulated, quilt interior won’t let the cold in.
You can even take a little rain in this jacket; Berne finished the shell in a water repellent treatment. Like all Berne workwear, this jacket comes with triple-stitched seams, heavy-duty brass zippers, and reinforcing everywhere it counts.
What separates this jacket from Gasoline Jacket is the hood, the knitted cuffs, and the knitted waistband. These little extras are just more ways to battle the cold from seeping in.
What’s more, All Seasons now offers five different color options, black, brown, navy, red, dark brown, and green. No manufacture of comparable quality can offer everything you find in this jacket for under $50 like Berne.
Flame Resistant Bomber Jacket
Fighting the freezing winter weather is one thing, but what about when one needs a jacket that can fight the heat as well as the cold? The Flame Resistant Bomber from Berne is about the toughest jacket one can ever own.
Berne is not the only company to offer these features in one competent package, but they’re the only ones to offer it at such an affordable price point.
With an arc rating of HRC 3/ ATPV 37, this jacket is tough. But, like Berne’s other jackets in this category, it offers the bi-swing action back for easy mobility. That way tough doesn’t mean tough to move.
The 10-ounce cotton and flame resistant nylon duck won’t slow you down either. Combined with that high tech shell, the modacrylic insulation of this jacket is the secret to its success in fighting the temperatures outside.
Whatever the shell can’t reflect, the insulation buffers, leaving you comfortable on the inside.
Washed Hooded Coat (Sherpa Lined) for Girls and Boys
In this season of giving it would hardly be fair to leave out the kids. Staying warm is a family affair, and sometimes it seems there’s nobody harder on clothes than children. It’s like they get out of bed to destroy things.
Good luck with these hooded jackets from Berne, kids. They’re both lined with sherpa so you don’t have to hear the kids whine about how uncomfortable their clothes are.
The kids don’t have to know that the 10-ounce heavy-duty, washed cotton duck is the same material built into their parents’ winter outerwear.
Also, don’t let the term princess seams on the girls’ version distract you from the triple-needle seams, just like on every other Berne jacket and coat. The princess seams are only a detail of fashion to help separate the cut of this jacket from the boys’ version.
Both jackets feature three interior pockets so the kids have plenty of room to stash smartphones, gaming systems or whatever else they put in their pockets.
Whether on the job site or at work, this year makes sure the whole family has the right winter outerwear to battle every necessary element.
This winter is gonna be a long one. Make it as comfortable as possible. Wear your outerwear with confidence without having to spend the mortgage to get the quality you and your family deserve.
If you didn’t see exactly what you need here, check out All Season Uniforms full catalog of Berne outerwear to find your perfect jacket.
About the Author
Nick Warrick
Nick Warrick is the Sales Manager at All Seasons Uniforms. With over 15 years of experience in the work uniform business, he has worked with hundreds of clients across 20 different industries. Holding bachelor’s degrees in both Business Administration and Information Technology, Nick revamped the company’s online presence, offering its customers a new uniform shopping experience.