Hydraphilic or Sprays

[CharlesHarris]

My experience with Gore Tex has been that it doesn't hold up under heavy use, it is noisy and also easily torn or damaged when moving through heavy brush. I had new Gore Tex garments come apart on one SAR mission, whereas I have good quality, tightly woven wool whipcord and Mackinaw fabrics which I have used for 40 years.

During rainy weather I wear an felted wool wetterflek (cape) to keep the direct hard rainfall off my other garments and this has worked well with good freedom of movement and it is breatheable.

But it weighs a ton and smells like shep dip when it gets wet, so life isn't fair.