I bought the Kokotat paclite anorak. Have to say that I'm disappointed with the goretexing - I always smell whan I take it off. I have used it once in a storm (in summer off Ibiza) when it was pretty good at keeping most of the water out, tho some water did get in - whether it got in through the arms or via perspiration I don't know- was too busy and only realised once we'd got to calmer waters. I have also used it for cycling, in situations where other goretex jackets do breathe. Its a well designed jacket, but I had hoped (at that high price and at the dollar/sterling 1 for 1 price conversion or near enough) to be able to use the jacket "in town" and for cycling, but given the non-evaporation of sweat I'll use my cycling jacket for activities off the water. Pretty disappointed with it, given the advances in technology over the past 10 years, and the very high price. I had hoped the goretex would work better than it did. I am a fair weather kayaker, probably spending no more that 20 or so days on the water per year, and would rather find a bar/play backgammon in the tent than battle against the elements, so in retrospect I'd rather have spent 50 sterling on a non-goretex jacket which would hopefully be used very rarely. Regards Paul On Monday, Dec 8, 2003, at 05:31 Europe/London, PaddleWise wrote: > from Lotus Designs (Patagonia) and the Gore-Tex PacLite Anorak from > Kokatat. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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