Modern Beaufort Waxed Jacket
Barbour · £349
Worth being NRY provisional
Still made in England, still waxed cotton, and Barbour will re-wax it rather than sell you another one, which is why Beauforts get handed down instead of replaced. The Modern cut adds a detachable hood and a quilted lining, so it sits at the warmer end of the range. Waxed cotton sheds a shower and gives up in a downpour: treat it as a coat, not a shell.
- For
- Someone who wants one coat for the next decade and will send it back for re-waxing every couple of years.
- Not for
- Anyone who needs to stay dry on a hill, or who would rather never think about maintaining a jacket.
What we checked
- A long-term reviewer states the Beaufort is still made in England, and is among the last Barbour jackets that is. Stridewise
- Barbour will re-wax the jacket for owners who send it back, and it is not machine washable. Stridewise
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar; no primary source supports the justification (§8: primary sources for facts). We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.