Has anyone tried a rain suit?

All I know is, rain suits work great on the golf course.

We use knee length waterproof raincoats. Eddie Bauer WeatherEdge. There are many others, just make sure it is waterproof not water resistant.

I have made four trips to Europe and always packed my very lightweight golf rain suit, which has a hood rolled up in the collar. Wore it in the rain on the Old Course in St. Andrews, the wind and rain in the Cinque Terre and in downtown Paris and London as well without even the first disapproving look. All of our trips have been in September and because the jacket is thinly lined it also saved me packing an extra one for cool weather. I would recommend getting black or some other solid color that will go with the wardrobe you are taking. While the pants can be worn over jeans or other clothing, they are even nice to wear over shorts if it has been raining or is windy and your legs get cold, and can easily be rolled up and put into the RS day bag when not needed where it turns the day bag into a nice soft pillow (good for airplanes too). I have found that when the temps drop they both work well on top of several layers to keep warm. What do I do with the jacket if it gets warm? I tie the arms together around my neck or waist as you would normally do with a NON-waterproof sweater. If the rain suit gets wet it will dry our rather quickly, or you can toss it into a dryer if one is available. The one you saw on Amazon looks pretty good and you can also find them any golf web site. Dick's or Academy Sporting Goods usually has a good selection if you like to try things on first. I do. Hope this helps.

Yes if you mean rain pants and rain jacket with hood, both items with Gortex membrane on UK walking trips in England and Scotland. If you are walking for 5 or more consecutive days you have a high probability of deluge rain with high winds.

Even with a rain suit you can expect to get wet. My socks get soaked even with rain pants, waterproof gaiters and Goretex lined boots. After a couple of hours of heavy rain you will look and feel like something the cat dragged in even with a waterproof rain suit. That said, on heavy wind driven rain forget umbrellas and ponchos.

Full side zip rain pants are handy in not having to remove boots but even with rain flaps and Velcro are another leakage path.

PS. It helps to have a waterproof "dry bag" to keep critical gear like cameras dry. A waterproof map case is also essential if you need to do route finding in the rain.

In four trips to Ireland, two in February, one in April, and one in October, I have never encountered drenching rains. There has been rain that lasted all day, but it was light. Unless you are outside all day I wouldn't worry about a rain suit. For me, personally, it would be way too hot. I take a waterproof raincoat (about knee length) from LL Bean. It's large enough to put a sweatshirt under, and it has been plenty dry and warm.

My brother has a FroggToggs jacket. It looks and feels like it is made out of Tyvek, the house wrap stuff. The fit is weird on the particular style jacket he has...makes him look like the Michelin Man as it is very wide and batwing-like under the arms. It is also kind of fragile altho he says you are supposed to be able to repair it with masking tape. He has worn it in the rain and says it breathes pretty well and is pretty good with being waterproof. He says for travel he would rather have something like the Marmot Precip which he wore in Ireland. He says basically it is good enough to wear to change a tire in a rainstorm.

I would only purchase it if the store/online company has a good return policy in case you don't like the fit or feel.