this is my opinion on rain. if its downpouring i wont hunt or i will go home. there is a blood trail issue with heavy rain so i try to draw the line somewhere. in the early part of the season which is usually hot i would go with a light weight packable type camo. some are more noisey than others but i figure the rain is already making noise on trees and things so i would just get a set of 60$ packable type camo suit. you can also just but one of those strap on umbrella tree stand type things although kinda noisey i dont pay no mind sometimes its just nice to get out in the woods. another idea that im gonna try this year is to order this product called hunt dry which is a spray that is supposed to make anything waterproof and last quite a while.