>>2787510LMAO he's got dementia. Swanndri is the ALTERNATIVE you were asking about.
Gabardine is THINNER you dummkopf, Swanndri has a wider weave than loden allowing more vapor to pass but the felting closes the gaps to water to some extent, that together with the treatment keeps most water out.
Both of these absorb less water due to the fabric structure.
Loden is notoriously thick and heavy (like the germhog brain), you said it yourself, it soaks water, never dries, has little resistance to abrasion and is very costly. Nobody uses it for sports.
