The Hagelschutzpelerine APA 16172 should be handled alone poor very hard and for a man. She soaks up water and then need several days to dry, wobwei you do not know where to spread and merge them if you have no place. They can never again put together so small that it fits in the included envelope. I have to try out in practice never since the announced hail came down elsewhere and that in golf ball size. Whether the cape would have there been of some use, I can not say, therefore. Just in case I have 3 rugs in the trunk, because in an emergency, when a hail caught on the street, you would not have the time (when you are alone) impose the tippet. Lifra, Oberaudorf