Mods to my EDC jackets

[NorthernRaider]

Mods to my EDC jackets

I've been playing around with my summer and winter EDC jackets to make them slightly more prepper friendly whilstretaining the civilian grey man effect.
I have two current EDC jackets one a simple Mountain Warehouse Soft shell the other a Dare2Be fleece lined soft shell.
I wanted to be able to carry and easily access more kit than can be comfortably or easily carried in the jackets pockets, and I wanted to jackets to be a bit more ...... erm....... urban practical or urban tactical for wanting of a better description. its all to easy to throw money at some fancy labled TACTICAL gear and either end up with something far to 'gung ho' or something STILL not quite what I wanted.
So I got the sewing kit out again.
Soft shell 1 the Mountain WH one, Cut off hood and retailored to make stiff fold up collar, I never liked hoods that cannot be pulled off especially if you are grabbed from behind by an agressor plus pulled up hoods reduce peripheral vision and sound that is never good for preppers , but if you must have one ensure its only attached with poppers. I removed bloody dreadful velcro cuff adjusters which only ever snag on everything and elasticated the cuffs.
I replaced the polyester draw cords from waist and hem and replaced only the hem with elasticated draw cord for convenience .
The jacket is black so I attached a few strips of 25mm nylon webbing to one side of the upper chest area to clip an microphone, caribiner or angle head flashlight with. I added similar strips to the upper parts of the inside of the jacket to be able to fasten or attach other items of kit out of sight of prying eyes.
I got the village seamstress to replace the cheap OE zippers with YKK branded zippers to improve reliability. I was briely tempted to overlay the zippers with a few gastex clips to better secure the jacket but thought better in the end because it would have been just not quite 'grey man' enough.
The Second jacket did not have a hood but the rest of the changes matched those of the first jacket.
Overall both jackets look pretty much bland, typical civvie outdoor coats but a fair bit more user friendly without screaming 'operator' or off duty squaddie.

Have YOU done any mods or improvements to your edc clothing that's worth sharing.