 Poster: A snowHead
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Just returned from a 2 week trip to Austria, for a walking / biking holiday with the wife. We were lucky to have mostly good weather, but on one occasion we did get caught in a severe downpour. Being reasonably well prepared I had packed my wet weather gear into my day pack....
I have a set of Rab eVent over-trouser which after an hour in the rain left my bottom half completely drenched, these trousers are about 18 months old and have never been washed or subjected to any rough treatment! Does anyone else have any experience with eVent? Is it that unreliable?
It was also more annoying as my wife who was wearing a set of lidl softshell trousers remained dry!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'd take them back.
I never choose any of the goretex alternatives.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Most high end waterproof membranes/coatings "wet out" in about an hour of sustained rain and thereafter functionality massively decreases so I've never really counted on them.
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Were you wet from water ingress or perspiration? If the outer fabric is saturated, it can affect the breathability significantly.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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with eVent you are supposed to wash regularly so i would try washing with a tech wash, I'm sure the eVent jacket i had then said to tumble dry or iron to reproof as well
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I have a set of Rab eVent over-trouser which after an hour in the rain left my bottom half completely drenched, these trousers are about 18 months old and have never been washed or subjected to any rough treatment! Does anyone else have any experience with eVent? Is it that unreliable?
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there you have it, as has been said, you need to wash these and then tumble dry them to reinvigorate the DWR of the fabric and remove dirt from the pores of the eVent
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CEM +1. Goretex is the same. After a winter of heavy/sweaty use skinning and skiing, my goretex shell leaked on the shoulders during a Bristol summer downpour. A wash with tech wash sorted it out. When it starts leaking, it'll accelerate as osmosis takes hold and will literally run in rivers down the inside of your sleeves...
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It's hard to beat a good heavy tweed. Takes hours before the wet gets through.
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