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Listen senpaitachi gorkas are fucking great and I love mine, however. They're heavy, which is a good thing if you're wearing it, incredibly abrasion resistant. I wouldn't want to wear anything else for off - trail use, shits caught on barbed wire and not torn. so if the weather permits you keeping it on all the time, great. But if you have to try make room in your pack for it you'll see what I mean. They breath better than goretex and are nice in the cold with insulation layers underneath. As well as fine in warmer conditions
As for rain, they don't deal with it too well. They'll shed water if they are treated with waterproof spray so if your location only has short showers or mostly snow then you're fucking good. I wore mine constantly in Scandinavia where the rain really isn't that bad and it's usually just gonna snow instead, but since coming back to the UK where the weather is constantly changing I don't really use it as much as I'd like. Rain is heavy, constant, and regardless of how much waterproof spray you put on it'll get fucking soaked through.
Definitely pick up a gorka if you know it'll work in your climate
