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Amoki · June 2nd, 2015, 03:16

I have multiple softshell jackets.

As Azatoth said, layering, layering, layering. You wear according to your conditions. Your jacket is the most important. You can freeze your balls off, but if you freeze your body off you'll die of hypothermia.

"Stock" Goretex is meh. It will keep you from the rain, but you'll be wet from your own moisture. That's why there are multiple iterations of Goretex/PU to try to make it breath better e.g. eVent. I have both eVent and Chinese Goretex jacket/pants combo, and they are my "garrison"/defensive kit at best.

(btw, the patent for Goretex expried in 2001 IIRC. Hence, why you get Chinese Arcteryx LEAF Alpha copy that actually uses Goretex rather than than N80px-Goretex. And they *do* work as raingear, just not as ideal as the real stuff I would imagine.)

Fancy tech like Schoeller C_Change and Nextec is actually worth trying out if you can find a second hand one for sale. I own both the TAD Stealth and Stealth LT, as well as a Beyond PCU L5. Something like the Stealth LT can and will resist heavy rain even if the DWR is gone. DWR not last forever so the material that build your softshell is pretty darn important as well.

June 2nd, 2015, 03:16	#29
Amoki Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Aotearoa	I have multiple softshell jackets. As Azatoth said, layering, layering, layering. You wear according to your conditions. Your jacket is the most important. You can freeze your balls off, but if you freeze your body off you'll die of hypothermia. "Stock" Goretex is meh. It will keep you from the rain, but you'll be wet from your own moisture. That's why there are multiple iterations of Goretex/PU to try to make it breath better e.g. eVent. I have both eVent and Chinese Goretex jacket/pants combo, and they are my "garrison"/defensive kit at best. (btw, the patent for Goretex expried in 2001 IIRC. Hence, why you get Chinese Arcteryx LEAF Alpha copy that actually uses Goretex rather than than N80px-Goretex. And they do work as raingear, just not as ideal as the real stuff I would imagine.) Fancy tech like Schoeller C_Change and Nextec is actually worth trying out if you can find a second hand one for sale. I own both the TAD Stealth and Stealth LT, as well as a Beyond PCU L5. Something like the Stealth LT can and will resist heavy rain even if the DWR is gone. DWR not last forever so the material that build your softshell is pretty darn important as well. Last edited by Amoki; June 2nd, 2015 at 03:19..