Strider wrote:What jacket are you using, NNW?
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wayno wrote:some people say their jackets are leaking, dont underestimate how much persperation you build up while walking, which is why i say you need a jacket with physical vents like pit zips or vented pockets...
RonK wrote:wayno wrote:some people say their jackets are leaking, dont underestimate how much persperation you build up while walking, which is why i say you need a jacket with physical vents like pit zips or vented pockets...
Quite right Wayno. My eVent jacket with pit zips, vented pockets and a back vent is the best I've owned but even so makes me sweat too much to wear unless the temp is less than about 10C.
If I'm gonna get wet anyway there is no point wearing it.
wayno wrote:some people say their jackets are leaking, dont underestimate how much persperation you build up while walking, which is why i say you need a jacket with physical vents like pit zips or vented pockets,
there are much worse fabrics than gore tex and it depends on which one you get, (snip)
newhue wrote: But one plods along a Tassie track at 20deg feeling no perspiration. It rains and possibly drops to 10deg, but my back and shoulders slowly get wet. Cuffs are open, hood on but not trimmed in.
stry wrote:Back and shoulders slowly getting wet is exactly what has happened to me with a couple of jackets, one tired, one not, neither Goretex. It was leaking fabric every time.
Orion wrote:stry wrote:Back and shoulders slowly getting wet is exactly what has happened to me with a couple of jackets, one tired, one not, neither Goretex. It was leaking fabric every time.
How did you determine that it was due to leakage as opposed to condensing perspiration?
Wayno is right about condensation. And it's often hard to tell if it's really a leak or your own moisture.
So I ask -- how do you know?
wayno wrote:some people say their jackets are leaking, dont underestimate how much persperation you build up while walking, which is why i say you need a jacket with physical vents like pit zips or vented pockets,
there are much worse fabrics than gore tex and it depends on which one you get, paclite is light but crap breathability the new Pro is better but nothing is the b al and end all. when your raingear is wet outside, it hardly lets any moisture out without vents. there are a lot of lesser known materials that are little better than plastic bags and barely let any moisture out at all
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