Another pick for drier and/or warmer days, the Mystic changing robe takes cues from our favourite hoodies to deliver a fuzzy and comforting finishing product: the perfect excuse to wear your comfiest loungewear out on your seafaring adventures. The biggest downside is it’s weight: you’d want to know you were going to keep it on, it’s heavy to carry. The long sleeves can be tapered, thanks to Velcro cuffs, and the hood is nice and large, yet adjustable using a drawstring. It feels like one you can sit on pebbles, in puddles, in mud, use as a rug, go out in storms, and throw in the back of the car and it won’t get damaged, and will still function.

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Its spacious design is noticeably longer than your standard change robe and it also puffs out nicely to make it easy for you to get changed discreetly inside. In our water repellency test the water slid off like the proverbial ducks back, though our own 4 year old one absorbed water – possible in need of reproofing for a sustainable repair. It arrives packed down into a surprisingly small, but very handy reusable bag (or stuff-sack), and the sherpa fleece lining is super cosy.SUSTAINABILITY: In manufacturing terms, semi-sustainable: the fleece lining is made from 37% recycled S.

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Zipped pockets, a zipped front and a capacious hood finish off the picture of what is a marvellous changing robe option.While its fleece Sherpa lining feels warm and waterproof exterior will keep you dry, the Passenger ‘Escapism’ Recycled Sherpa Lined Robe feels comfortably light and easy to wear. They keep you warm whilst changing outside, protect against the elements and provide modesty in the absence of changing rooms. Changing robes are clothes that work as mobile changing huts,' says Kate Rew, author of The Outdoor Swimmers’ Handbook and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society. There's nothing quite like the invigorating hit that comes with plunging yourself into icy cold water.