>>213125I guess there's a communication breakdown here. Don't call it moving the goalposts, because it's really not - it's clarification - but the way the word "goretex" is used may vary from person to person. When I use it to mean "a jacket that won't wet out," I mean two things: 1) that it uses a Gore-tex brand membrane in its construction, and 2) that the jacket is built properly, with all the seams taped from the inside.
There are other brands of waterproof membrane that are truly waterproof, but many tech fabrics that laymen might refer to as "goretex," but are really other brands' proprietary rain fabrics, are often actually not truly waterproof. Gore-tex membrane is truly waterproof, but sometimes people will feel wet from the inside because the outside FABRIC wetted out (read: not the membrane, which is sandwiched between two layers of fabric and can't wet out), and the membrane stopped breathing, resulting in condensation of sweat from the inside.
Then you have the issue of proper construction. I'm convinced many of the fashion/outdoor brands, like Eddie Bauer, do not properly tape the seams in their jackets, and that's why many consumers believe that Gore-tex wets out after enough rain. Untaped and poorly-taped seams do wet out.
>>Raincoat (big, heavy, wet-weather riding coat)I'm not sure if your jacket was one with a genuine Gore-tex membrane, or if it was simply of poor construction... or if it wasn't Gore-tex at all, and you use the word "goretex" to refer to "any old rain jacket," but there are a lot of factors that could cause any random jacket to wet out.
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I only typed that much to be educational.
